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WITH THE PREP. PRONOUNS. 47
SECTION II.
USE OF A5, te, AND Ó, WITH THE VERB
00 beic.
The presence, use, or simply the possession
for the time being is in Gaelic conveyed by
means of the verb ^0 li>eic, to be, in all its
moods and tenses in the analytic form (except
the assertive verb if ), together with the use of
the prepositional pronouns formed from ^5,
t or with ; as, ^&m, &5AX, &c, shown in
foregoing pages. When a noun is the
possessor the simple forms of these preposi-
tions (i.e. not joined with the pronouns) are
employed.
The assertive verb if, it is, and its various
forms as shown above, when used with the
compound forms of te, as, bom, te&u, &c,
denote possession, or a right to anything, as
owner.
Obs. — Ail terms which in Englis' convey the idea of
ownership, dominion, control — as mine, thine, his, hers,
&c, my own, your own, &c, are translated with Le, as, te
Oia with God, God's.
Where the verb is used if, not cÁ, is the form with Le.
The want of anything and desire to obtain
it is generally expressed by the verb r>o beiu,
md the compound for ns of ó or u^; as. uMm.