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Tit. Ill- An Armoric Grammar.
Subjunctive.
Prefenc.
That I may have.
S.Euit mam be bet, a ffe bet, endeffe
bet- PI. Horbebet, ho fe bet, o
deffe bet.
Future.
When I null have.
S P'tfOT bex.0 bet.afezo bet, endeve-
%o bet. PI. Horbezobet, ho fezo
bet, devezo bet.
Infinitive.
Beza bet, to have had; Da gahout.oi
or in having ; o cahout or c'haout,
having ; Dagahout, for to have.
X. The Verb Mefo taken out of
G §lmquer's Colloquies, Printed at
&utmftr-Corentm. An. 1671.
Indicative.
I am.
S Mefi,tefi,enfi. "^INy fo.c'huy
fi, yntfo.
I was.
S. Me a oue, te a one, en a cue. PI.
Ny a oue, c'huy a oue.ynt a oue.
I have been.
S.Mefobet, te fo bet, en fi bet. PI.
^yfi bet, c'huy fi bet, ynt fi bet.
I will be.
S. Me a vezo, te a vezo, en <J vezo
PI. Ny a -vezo, chuy d vezo, ynt
a vezo.
Imperative.
S-Tebez,htt\\on; ^» ^fzf^ let him
be. ^XNybez^emp, let us be ; c'huy
bezet, be yc-^ynt bezent, let them
be.
Optative.
That I may be.
S..Ayoul e I'en, e vez, eve. PI. £
vemp, e vech, e vent.
That I were.
S. j4 youl e vifin, e vifis,e vifi. PI.
E vifemf, e vifec'h, e v'tfent.
SUCJUNCTIVE.
Seeing I am.
S. Ptf ven,vez, ve. PL yemp, vec'h.
vent.
Seeing I was.
S. P« vifin. vifis, vifi. PI. Vtfimf,
vifec'h, vifint.
Infinitive.
B««, To be; Beza bet, to have
been ; O veza, being.
% .JThe Verb Me a meus taken out
of the fame Book. .
Indicative.
I have.
S. Me a meus, te eus, en endeus. PI.
Uy hen eus/hui oc'h eus, ynt deus.
I had.
S. Meemboa,te ^ boa, Cii endevoa.
YX.Nyhor boa, c'huy ho boa, ynt
devoa.
I have had.
S.Me a meus bet, te a eus bet, en en-
deus bet. PI. Ni on eus bet, c'kuy
oc'h eus bet, ynt odeus bet,
I (hall have.
S Me ambezo, te a bezo, en endeve-
zo. PI. Ni horbezo, c'huy ho bezo,
ynt devezo.
Imperative.
S.Te da vezet, have thou ; en ende-
vezet, let him have. PI. M hon
bet, let US have ; chuy ho bet,
have ye -.yynt bet, let them have.
Optative.
O that I might have.
S. O youll embe, te a be, en endeffe.
PI. A/» hor he, c'huy ho pe, ynt
deve.
That I (hould have had.
S. A youll me am bife, te a pife, en
enaevifi. PI. liy hor bife, c'huy
pife, ynt devife.
Subjunctive.
God grant I may have.
S. Pliget gant Doue ra ambe, ra ez
pe, ra en deve PI. Ra hor be, ra
ho pe, ra deve.
That I may have.
S. Mar em bez, mar ez pe, mar en
deve. Fl.Mar hor bez, maroz pe,
mar deve.
Infinitive.
Evit cahout. For to have ; Da ca-
hout, oi having ; cahout, having.
Seft. 3-
Of Active Veres.
I. An Adive Verb hath four
Conjugations.
The Firft exprcfTeth the Pcrfons of
the Singular and Plural Num-
ber; as. Me a gar, I love; te agar,
thou loveft, &c. This is made
ule of in the beginning of a Pa-
ragraph pr of fome fentencc that
hath a Nominative preceding
in it.
The Second ends in an without
any Perfon exprefs'd. This is
lis'd after Adverbs ending in e or
a, and after the Particle a, before
which the Cafe that the Verb
governs is put in the Accufative ;
as, Va veldn, fmce 1 fee. Ne le-
vardn, I do not fay. Doue a ga-
ran, I love God.
The Third alfo ends in dn , but
hath not the letter a before it,
it admitts of iome other Particle ;
1.%^ Me finch e cardn Doue, 1 think
1 love God . Peguement benac ma
eftimdn ho verttiz,h\Ccio' I efteem
your vertue.
The Fourth is perform'd by the
help of the Verb A ran, i do ,
putting the Verb, of whom it is
govern'd, in the Infinitive, and
forming the Verb A ran thro'
all Moods and Tenfes , like
Verbs of the Second Conjuga-
tion : as, Caret a ran Doue , 1
love God ; word by word., Love
1 do God. A Verb Adive is
form'd according to thefe four
Conjugations, and this laft one
is us'd as the firft, in the begin-
ning of a Sentence where there
is a Nominative going before.
1 Here all the Preter-Perfed
and Piu-Perfed: Tenfes of the In-
dicative, Optative and Subjundive
Moods arc- tiken from the Verb
Me a meus, by adding thereto the
Participle-Paffive of the Verb, of
whom 'tis govern'd ; as, Me meus
caret or caret e meus, 1 have lov'd ;
Me am boa caret, or caret am boa, I
had lov'd; Me am Life caret, I might
have lov'd; Me ambezo caret, I
fliould have lov'd.
I . The other Tenfes of the In-
dicative and Subjundive Moods ,
are form'd from the Prefent, and
the Prefent from the Participle Paf-
five: as, Lxnn , To read; lennet,
read ; me a lenne, I did read ; tne a
lenno, I will read ; knn, read thou ;
me a lenne, I fliould read ; me a len-
fe, I fliould have read.
4. The firft thing to be taken
notice of in an Adive Verb, is the
Infinitive ; For
ift The Participle Paflive is form'd
out of the Infinitive, and ends in
et (of which more will be fpoken
in its place) as, Meuii , To
praife; meulet, prais'd.
■i.dly. The Prefent Tenfe of the In-
dicative is form'd out of the Par-
ticiple Paftive by taking away et
and putting me a before the Per-
fon, as, Cana, To fing; Canet,
fung ; me a gdn, I fing.
^dly. The Preter - Imperfcd is
form'd out of the Prefent, by ad-
ding f ; as, Ml a gdn, I fing; mo a
gane, I did fing.
iiXhly. The Future is form'd out of
the Preter-Imperfed by chang-
ing e into (7; as, Mea garte, I did
fing ; me a gano, I will fing.
')thly. The firft Peribn of the fe-
cond Conjugation in the Prefent
Tenfeof the Indicative is form'd
out of the firft Perfon of the firft
Conjugation, by adding an and
taking away me ,- as. Me a gar,
1 love; Doue a gar an , I love
God.
Cthly. The Third Conjugation is
form'd out of the fame Perfon by
adding dn at the end, and putting
e before it ; as , Me gred, I be-
lieve; Me finch ec''eddn,\t!d\vik.
I believe.
Ithly. The Imperative is form'd
out of the Indicative by taking
away the Pronoun and the a ,-
as, Me a gan, I fing ; Oi», fing
thou.
%thly. The Prefent Tenfe of the
Optative, by taking away a on-
ly, and adding an e at the end;
as, Me gane, 1 may fing
(sthly. The Aoriftby changing that
e of the Prefent Tcnle into fe ;
as, me ganfe, I fung.
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