Hew Morrison Collection > Gaelic texts for schools (new code)

32 GAELIC TEXT.
Ach chi mi cVfhardaich air dol sios,
'K an laraich', fhalamh, fhuar ;
Cha-n fhaic fear-siubhail, far nan stuchd
28 Na smiiidean 'g eiridli suas.
Do gliaradh fiadhaich air dol fas
Gun neach g'a chur air seol
Le fliodh 'us foghnain ann a' fas,
32 'S an fheanntag 'n aite 'n rois.
! c'ait' am bheil gach caraid gaoil
'Bu chaomh learn air do learg
A cliuireadh failtean orm a' teachd,
36 'Us beannachd leam a' falbli 1
Analysis.
25. Air dol sios is Enl. of Obj.
26. Whole line is Enl. of Obj. cVfhardaich.
27. Far nan stuchd is adverbial phrase Ext. otfaic.
29. Tha do gharadh gun neach g'a chur air seol
fiadhaich, &c. Fiadhaich is the completion
of the Pred., not Enl. of Subj.
31. This and next line are Enl. of Subject, garadh.
33. The principal clause. The next three lines are
each adjectives qualifying gach caraid.
Parsing.
25. i)oHs the Infinitive of the verb = a noun, gov.
by air. 'Sios is a noun, gov. by a?m--=an
adverb, adoivn.
Chi, the future, used in a present sense,
26. Note idiom, in their ruins empty cold,
28. Suas (see sios, 25).
29. Fas, a Noun, gov. by ann = a.n Adverb.
32. The first '?* aite, is a Prep,, the second '?i r6is,
the Article.