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

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CO-RIANACHADH GAELIC.
shall be servants for the
king. Are you good scho¬
lars ? These men are not
hypocrites.
9. The blessing of God
is often in a small cottage.
English is generally spoken
in large towns, and Gaelic
in Highland counties and
glens.
10. There are small and
large fishes in the sea. Seed
was sown in the fields.
This is my beloved Son,
in whom I am well pleased.
Rule 35. — Compound
prepositions govern the
genitive; as,
Against the pricks.
Without knowledge.
EXERCISES.
Throughout the land.
According to the truth.
Towards the sea.
Above the house. Oppo¬
site to the church. Among
the long bushes.
For the honest wife.
Against the wind. Without
sweet drink.
She went in pursuit of
the cow. The fox is among
the birds.
Bi sinn ann ar seirbhiseach
aig an righ. Bi sibh ann
bhur sgoilear math. Cha
bi an duine so ann an
cealgadair.
9. Bi beannachd Dia gu
trie ann tigh beag. Labh-
air an Beurla gu cumanta
ann baile mor, agus an
Gaelig ann duthaich agus
ann gleann Gaiilach.
10. Bi iasg beag agus
mor ann an cuan. Cuir
siol ann an raon.
Is e so mo Mac gradhach
ann am bi mo mor-tlachd.
Rialt 35. — Spreigidh
roimhearan measgta an gin-
teach; mar,
An aghaidh turn dealg.*
A dh-easbhaidh eblais.*
CLEACHDADH.
Air feadh an tir. A reir
an firinn. A dh-ionnsuidh
an muir.
Os ceann an tigh. Mn
choinneamh an eaglais. Am
measg am preas fad.
Air son a’ bhean choir.
An aghaidh an gaoth. A
dh-easbhaidh deoch milis.
Rach i air tbir a’ bho.
Bi an sionnach am measg
an eun.
* The genitive is governed here and in similar cases by the nouns aghaidh and
easbhaidh, according to Rule 16/A. The compound preposition in Gaelic is com¬
monly made up ol a simple one and a noun ; as, air-son> lor the sake of, on ac¬
count of, i.e. for.