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Personal or CoUectbc Nnnifroh.
1 didiis, tunhi 7 seachdnar, nc-.n-.n.
3 triùir, thr«:t persons H ocliiinar, ciqhl
4 ceiithrar,/o(n* i) iiaoitita'", nhie
.5 cingiiear,'/f'i-f 10 deichnear. ten
6 swiiiar, sianar, mx S.li. aonar, ufone-nas.
Auii aspirates the ii)iti>il ron«onRnt of ':he next word, save '/, I,
and .<. Dd takes the dual number, which corresponds in torin with the
dat. sins', aspirated; as da rhiix, but the adjecrive is not inHfCted —
(In rliin- lihrnir except gen. aad dative dual : /f dn chirr hhrir.
The numerals jichcad. riad, nùlc, and miii/lion are nouns, and
govern the gen. pi. unaspirared of the noun, as _fichead fear, twenty
men. The Collective nuni ^rals govern the ten. pi. aspirated, as dilhis
inhar. two son?.
The expression " and a half " is done by " gn hth," as ciad <ju hth,
one hundred and a half, that is 150. lomadh means " many a."
THE PRONOUN.
I. — Personal PnriXouNS.
Simjnlar. Pbirnl.
■>iinjil<'_. hhijihatic. Siiii/,/e. Emphatic.
i iiii mise siiiu smiie
2 til, tlm tnsa, tluisM sibli sibli-se
;} e. i, h". she esan, ise iad, t/if^/y iadsau
The addition oi /hi'iii = seU, adds more emphasis: mi fhtin = l
myself.
II. — Possessive I'runou.ns.
Siii'jidar. PInml.
1 1110, in', my av, ar ii- ( + vowel), oiir
'2 do, d', thij bliur ('ur), bhur n- ( + vowel), your
•3 a. ' (aspirating), his an, am ( + h, f, m, p), their
a, a h-, 'h- ( + vowel), her
Eiiiphatic Form.
Sinunlar. Plural.
1 Mo chii-sa, my m' atliair-sa ar cii-ne ar n-atliair-n«
do.,
'1 do chii-sa, thy d' athair-sa bhur cii-se bhur n-atluuixse
doij
3 a chù-san, his 'athair-san aii cii-san an atliair-san
'%
a cii-se, her dwj a h-athair-se
These emphatic particles come last when an adjective tjualifies the
subject, as mo chit didjh-m, my blick dog ; w' e'lrh Ixni/htit, my own
white horse.