Books and other items printed in Gaelic from 1871 to 1900 > Elementary lessons in Gaelic

cheud tri fichead agus a cuig, laithean anns a bhliadhna,
Aig an t-seathamh uair. Anns an fhichead baile a's mo
anns an rioghachd. Tha sinne ni's lionmhoir na sibhse anns
a bhaile so. Anns an t-seomar bheag sin tha tri leapaichean,
aon bhord, cuig cathraichean agus moran leabhraichean. Is
i so a bhliadhna ochd ceud deug tri fichead agus a sea deug.
XV.
Is that man worse than you ? I (myself) and my wife
and my sister's son were in your father's house on that day.
Who is making that noise ? That is a man who will not do
evil. The man on whom was the coat. Every man who
was strong. In whatever town they were. What evil is in
thine heart 1 These are my books. Those who were in the
house Avere ill. That is the man who was thirty-eight years
in the town in which my father's brother's son was.
XVI.
Bha m' ochdnar mhac anns na h-oibribh air an la sin.
Dean so agus is fheaird thu e. Bha moran chraobhan
daraich anns an aite anns an robh a thaigh. Bha mi fein
aig an taigh aig tri uairean. Tha sluagh mo dhuthcha-sa
ni's fhearr na bhur sluagh-sa. (An) robh sibh anns a bhaile
ud ? Tha bean an duine eile tinn. Tha sinn gle lionmhoir
ann ar baile-ne.
XVII.
Are you ill ? I am ; are you not yourself ? I am not
very ill, but this other man is. Is it I who am ill 1 Were
you saying that the flesh of a lamb is not as sweet as the
flesh of a calf 1 I was not, but I was saying that it is not
sweeter. Art thou the king of the Jews 1 In my Father's
house there are many dwelling places. Do (the) good, and
do not (the) evil. Were you at your brotlier's house on that
day 1 Who art thou that sayest those things 1 If I were
there I would be worse than I am. Will you be there 1 Is
she to be at home on that day ? If you are not to be there I
will not be.
XVIII.
Nach 'eil ise ni's boidhche uh piuthar ] Bhiodh e ni's
fhearr. Bha i ag radh nach 'eil moran nithe ni's fhearr na