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CO-'MANACHADH FHOCAL.
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prudent men follow the truth.
Who can say, I have purified
my heart, I am pure from my
sin.
They that forsake the law
praise the wicked, but they that
keep thelawcontend with them.
Train up a child in the way he
should go, and when he is old
he will not depart from it. The
rich ruleth over the poor ; and
he that taketh on loan is a ser-
vant to him that lendeth. He
that soweth iniquity shall reap
vanity, and the rod of his anger
shall be consumed. He that
hath a bountiful eye shall be
blessed, for he giveth of his
bread to the poor.
fìrinn. Co abair, glan mì mo
cridhe bi mì glan o mo peac-
adh.
U Mol mì a trèig an lagh an
aingidh, ach dean mì a gleidh
an lagh strì rium. Teagaisg
leanabh anns (or a-thaobh) an
sligh air a còir domh ìmich,
agus an uair a bi mì sean, cha
trèig mì mì. Riaghail an bear-
tach os-ceann an bochd ; agus
bì an ti a gabh ann coingheall
ann a seirbhiseach domh-sa a
thoir an coingheall. An tì a sìol-
cuir èuceart, buain mì dìomh-
anas, agus caith slat mo fearg.
Beannaich mise aig a bi sùil
f ìal, oir thoir mì de mo aran do
an bochd.
The verbs Is, Bi, or Tlia, To be, with the Preposition
Ann and the Possessive Pronouns.
Rule XV. The Verb 7s* expresses the absolute or
independent existence of an object, and Tha with Ann ex-
presses the relative or specific existence, state, profession,
or quality of an object ; as,
Is òr so, this is goìd. Is duine mise, J am a man. Is tu mo bhrà-
thair, thou art my brother. Is mise Peadar, / am Peter. Cha n-aol
sin, that is not lime. Bu ghual sid, yon was coal.
Tha with Ann.
The verb Tha cannot be employed in such expressions as the
preceding examples ; but the verb Is may be used for Tha, or
Tha ànn, in any expression of Present or Past time ; thus,
Tha mi 'n am'f' shaor, ('tì am for ann mo), | Is saor mì or mise,
/ am a carpenter. \lama carpenter.
Bha thu 'n ad chlachair, Cn ad for ann do), Bu chlachair thu,
Thou wast a mason. \ Thou wast a mason.
* Is expresses the existence of the genus; as, Is duine mì, 1 am a man ; Is
craobh so, this is a tree. We cannot say Tka mi daine, Tha so craobh.
t Often 'am shaor and a' m' shaor. Ann is always contracted 'n before the pos-
sessive pronouns. For the constructions of Ann with the possessives, see p. 151,
note +. For Ann, see p. 146, Obs.