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1 THE VERB t)0 beic.
When the learner has mastered this book
he will be able to enter on the study of the
Declensions and Conjugations.
In the vocabularies at the head of the ex-
ercises, words which occur in the First or
Second Books will not be repeated when used
in the same sense. All terms used in this
volume will, however, be given at the end.
The literal English of each exercise will be
found at the end of the book, and will form a
series of exercises in translation of English
sentences into Irish.
In accordance with the principle hitherto followed in
these books, the exercises will be suited only to the subject of
each part, but as the primary difficulties are disposed of, the
exercises will be of a more general nature. In the next book
the Declensions and Conjugations will be treated of, and
the Irish pieces will be of greater length and more idiomatic,
yet suited to learners who have carefully studied this and
the preceding books.
PART I.
THE VERB X)0 he\t, to be.
The verb *oo beic, to be (pronounced dliU
veh), is very full in Gaelic, having a variety of
forms, expressive of existence, and of its rela-
tions to time, place, or thing.
In Section I. of this part, the various forms
of the present tense of *oo beic shall be shown ;
in Section II. the forms of the past tense;