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GAELIC GRAMMAR.
labour in description. They are only Approximately
Definite, and are limited to a certain extent by cir¬
cumstance. They are as follows:—
<S'o = here, refers to a place nearer to the speaker, or First
Person, than to the hearer, or Second Person, as,
Tha clach an so.
Is stone in here.
f A stone is here.
Sin - there, refers to a place nearer to the Second Person than
to the First Person, as,
Tha clach an sin.
Is stone in there.
■A stone is there.
Sud (siod) = yonder, refers to a place so far removed that it is
useless to define its position in relation to First or Second
Person, as,
Tha clach an sud. I
Is stone in yonder./A stone is yonder-
230. The Demonstrative Pronouns are often used
without any verb, before a noun or subject, as,
So am fear.)
Here the man. |Here is the man-
231. They also stand for things in positions corre¬
sponding to the meaning of the words so, sin, sud, as,
Tha so blath.)
Is this warm. (This is warra-
Tha sin fuar.)
Is that cold, f That is cold-
Tha sud gorm.)
T 11 h Yon is blue.
Is yon blue, j
232. The Demonstrative Pronoun, unlike the Personal
Pronoun, does not enter into Composition with the Verb
of which it is the Subject. It, however, enters into
Loose Composition with a Preposition preceding it,
and ends a Limitation.