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OF THE PARTS OF SPEECH.
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Mar so ; as this, thus.
Mar sud ; as yon, in yon manner.
Mu seach ; in return, alternately.
Na, Nar ; let not, — used optatively, o
Nach ; that not, who not, not ?
Ni; not.
CHAP. VII.— OF PREPOSITIONS.
The Prepositions, strictly so called, are single
words, most of them monosyllables, employed to
mark relation. Relation is also expressed by combi-
nations of words, which often correspond to simple
prepositions in other languages. These combinations
are, not improperly, ranked among the prepositions.
The following list contain, first, the Prepositions pro-
perly so called, which are all simple ; secondly, im-
proper Prepositions, which, with one or two excep-
tions, seem all to be made up of a simple Preposition
and a Noun.
PROPER PREPOSITIONS.
Tlie Preposition ' ann' is often written double :
' ann an eòlas' in knowledge, ' ann an gliocas' in wis-
dom. The final n or nn is changed into m before a
labial, as ' am measg' among, ' ann am meadhon' in
midst. Before the Article or the Relative, this Pre-
position is written ' anns', as ' anns an toiseach' in
the beginning, ' an cor anns am bheil e' the condition
in which he is; and in this situation, the letters ann
are often dropped, and the s alone retained, as ' 's an
toiseach' in the beginning.
The Preposition ' do', like the verbal particle, and
the Possessive Pronoun of the same sound, loses the
o before a vowel, and the consonant is aspirated,
thus ; ' dh' Albainn' to Scotland. It is also preceded
sometimes by the vowel a when it follows a final
consonant ; as ' dol a dh' Eirin' going to Ireland.
' Do', as has been already observed, often loses the
d altogether, and is written a ; as ' dol a Dhuneidin'
goiiiff to Edinburgh.
The manner of combining these prepositions with
nouns will be shewn in treating of Syntax. The
manner of combining them with the personal pro-
nouns must be explained in this place, because in
that connection they appear in a form somewhat dif-
ferent from their radical form. A Proper Preposition
is joinetl to a Personal Pronoun, by incorporating
both into one word ; commonly with some change on
the Preposition, or on the Pronoun, or on both.
The following are the Prepositions which admit of
this kind of combination, incorporated with the seve-
ral Personal Pronouns.
1st Perf.
Plural.
2rf Perf 3d Perf
De;
Do;
Fo, Fuidh ;
Gu;
f dhomh, \
(dhom, J
h-ugam,
chugam,
annad,
asad,
dhiot,
dhuit,
h-ugad,
chugad.
fm.d
tf. dh
m. fodha,
f. fuidhpe,
chuige,
f. h-uice,
chuice,
eadarainn,
fodhainn,
annaibh,
asaibh,
dhibh,
dhuibh,
eadaraibh,
fodhaibh.
h-ugaibh,
chugaibh,
asda.
dhoibh.
eatorra.