Blair Collection > Practical grammar of the antient Gaelic, or, Language of the Isle of Man, usually called Manks

60 A GRAMMAR OF
F^lture.
Singular. Plural.
Nee'm, I shall or will do. Nee mayd, we shall or will do.
Nee 00, thou shalt or wilt do. Nee shut- ye shall or will do.
Nee eh, he shall or will do. Nee ad, they shall or will do.
IMPERATIVE MOOD.
Jean, do thou. Jean-jee, do ye.
SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD.
Prefer.
Yinnin, I might or could do, 17»j?ar///s/ini, wemightorcoulddo,
Yinnagh oo, thou mightest,&c. Yinnagh sJiiu,je might or coulddo,
Yinnagh eh, he might, &c. Yinnagh ad, they might or, &c.
The future tense of the indicative, when a question is asked,
is Jean-ym ? Will I do ? "Which is always answered by Nee'm,
I will do.
Jean-ym? will I do? Jean mayd? will we do ?
Jean oo ? wilt thou do ? Jea7i shiu ? will ye, do ?
Jean eh ? will he do ? Jean ad ? will they do ?
But if the negative cha, not, be added, it asketh no question :
as, Cha jeanym, I will not do.
And the future tense of the subjunctive, having the adverb dy
before it, asketh no question, and is thus conjugated : —
Dy jean-ym, that I will, or may, or Dy jean mayd, that we, &c.
can do,
Dy jean oo, that thou wilt do, Dy jean shiu, that ye, &c.
Dy jean eJi, that he will do. Dy jean ad, that they, &c.
INFINITIVE MOOD.
Present. — Dy yannoo, to do.
Stcpine. — Jeant, done.