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12 GAELIC GRAMMAR.
ENLARGEMENT AND EXTENSION.
An Adjective is a word tliat goes with a noun to
express some quality or attribute : — as, Beinn mlior,
a big mountain; Duine maith, a good mem; Gille tapaidh,
a clever lad.
When an Adjective goes along with the noun
that forms the Subject, the Subject is said to be
Enlarged, and the Adjective is called an Enlarge-
ment of the Subject.
Tha Curra ag iasgach. Not enlarged.
Tha a' Churra ag iasgach. The article a is an enlarge-
ment.
Tha a' Churra ghlas ag iasg- The adjective is a further
ach. enlargement.
Tha a' Churra 7??/wr 5'A/a5 ag The tivo adjectives are en-
iasgach. largements.
The Object like the Subject, and in a similar
way, is said to be Enlarged.
Tha a' Churra 'glacadh eisg.
Tha a' Churra 'glacadh nan iasg.
Tha a' Churra 'glacadh nan iasga mora.
Tha a' Churra 'glacadh nan iasga mora geala.*
*** Observe that every Enlargement, whether of
Subject or Object, is an Adjective.
Exercise IV.
Tell—
(1.) The Simple Subject, Predicate, and Object.
(2.) The Enlargements of the Subject, and of the
Object.
(3.) The Parts of Speech, and
(4.) Translate the following : —
Fhuair sinn iasg. Glilac Seumas beag iasg mor.
Chunnaic mi fiadh, Bha am biith Ian. Fhuair na