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(iAELIC GRAMMAR.
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We are done with the Second and Third and Fourth Com-
paratives and Superlatives. All that remains is the Simple
Positive and the only Comparative.
Many adjectives are formed from nouns by adding ail,
which is contraction for am/t!«Z = H^-e<o = like = ly in English.
The rule of spelling " caol ri caol agus leathan ri leathan"
changes ail into eil sometimes : Mac-ail, duin-eil, brathrail,
suimeil.
THE PRONOUN.
Pronouns are classified as
Relative, and Interrogative.
Personal, Possessive,
The Personal Pronouns have two forms, Simple
and Emphatic.
ymg.
Ph
Sing.
Plur.
Fein is another emphatic form, and may be translated self,
as mi-fein, myself.
The -sa, -se terminal of the emphatic form is So, this, the
Demonstrative affixed ; and -san of the third person is Sin,
that. This is interesting, and is a very natural arrangement.
The -sa -se equivalent to So, this, is applied to the tirst and
second persons only, and these are as related to themselves