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reamhra. Ann an tuiltibh mora nan uisgeaclian laidir. Is
e an darach a chraobh is treise Tha e ni 's usadh t!uine
maith a dheanamh olc na dioch dhuine a dheanamh maith.
Exercise 12.
A taller tree and a stronger stream. T am the better of
this. This country is great, that land is greater, but Scot¬
land is greatest. Near (fagus air) that city is a beautiful
stream of sweet water. You are the worse of that. It (e)
was too difficult. A fat workman was making a bad noise
with a very big pipe. The strongest and best man, and the
most beautiful (as boidhche) and beloved woman. Is the
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VIII.—NUMERAL ADJECTIVES.
The following are Gaelic Cardinal Numerals joined with
a Noun : —
1 Aon duine, one man.
22 Da dhuine thar fhich-
2 Da dhuine.
ead.
3 Tri daoine.
23 Tri daoiiie thar fhich-
4 Ceithir daoine.
ead.
5 dug daoine.
30Deiclidaoinetharfhich-
6 Se, sea daoine.
ead.
7 Seachd daoine.
40 Da fhichead duine.
8 Ochd daoina
50 Leth-cheud duine.
9 Naoi daoine.
60 Tri fichead duine.
10 Deich daoine.
100 Ceud, or ciad diiine.
11 Aon duine deug, or diag.
101 Ceud duine 's a h-aon.
12 Da dhuine dheug.
120 S^a fichead duine.
13 Tri daoine deug.
200 Da cheud duine.
20 Fichead duine.
1,000 Mile duine.
21 Aon duine thar fhichead. 1,000,000 Deich ceud mile duine.
These Numerals can be used without a Noun, as—A
h-aon, one; a dha, two ; a tri, three. " Dha " and upwards
may be preceded by the Plural Artiele—na dlia, the two ; na
tri, the three.
Nouns qualified by the Numerals da, fichead, ceud, or
mile, take the Singular form, but are treated as Plural, as—