Books and other items printed in Gaelic from 1841 to 1870 > Double grammar, of English and Gaelic, in which the principles of both languages are clearly explained

ETYMOLOSY.
a pronoun or a noun before
it, to point out what person
or thing is meant; thus,
Dean mo bhualadh (-buail mi)
Rinn e mi's’ a bhualadh (-bhuail
Chaidh a bhean sin a bhualadh,
Ni e 'n leanabh ’bhualadh,
'1,'heid mo bhualadh,
ing will go, or take place,
The-Passive simple tenses
of dean, and the active
tenses of rack, combined
with the Infinitive of a tran¬
sitive verb, correspond to
the Passive Voice of that
verb ; thus,
Rinneadh mo chiurradh (-chiurra
Chaidh a chiurradh (-chiurradh e
And’ rinneadh mo chiurradh ?
An deach a chiurradh ?
‘ ‘ Theid am buachaill a bhualadh
shepherd shall be smitten, and tl
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e riochdar, no ainmear
roimhe, a chomharrach a-
mach ciod am pearsa, no
’ni, a chiallaichear; mar so,
Make my striking, i.e. strike me
i mise) He did strike me.
That wife was struck.
He will strike the child.
I shall be struck, i.e. my strik-
r happen.
Tha na timean singilt
Fulangach aig dean, agus
na timean spreigeach aig
rack, naisgte ri Feartach
gniomhair asdolaich, a
seasamh airson Guth Fhul-
angaich a ghniomhair sin ;
mar so,
i mi) My hu/ting was made, i.e.
I was hurt
His hurting went or hap¬
pened, i.e. he was hurt
Was I hurt ? &c.
Was he hurt ? &c.
agus an treud a sgapadhThe
i flock shall be scattered.
IMPERSONAL VERBS IN GAELIC.
1. A Transitive, or an
Intransitive Verb is said to
be impersonal, when it is
used in the Passive Form,
without any nominative ex¬
pressed ; thus.
GNIOMHARAN NEO-PIIEARSANT-
AIL ’SA GHAELIG.
1. Theirear gu ’m beil
gniomhar Asdolach, no
Anasdolach, neo-phearsant-
ail ’nuair a ghnathaichear
e ’san Staid Fhulangaich
gun ainmeach leis; mar so,
Cluinnear*
Chluinnteadh
Chithear
Chiteadh
(one) Hears, or may hear
(one) Might hear
(one) Sees, or may see
(one) Might see
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