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GAELIC ARRANGEMENT.
SUBJECT AND VERB.
Rule 5. In conventional
sentences the subject or
nominative is placed imme¬
diately after the verb ; as,
Tha mi. Dh’-61 shin.
Anna. Thog, lain.
Rule 6. In compound
verbs the nominative is
placed between the auxili¬
ary and the participle; as,
I am folding,
We can write,
The work is finished,
The doors were shut,
Rule 7. In poetry, or
rhetorical sentences, the
subject is sometimes placed
before the verb ; as,
In his hand is the depth of
the earth.
No virgin with harp will come
to meet them,
CUISEAR US GNIOHHAR.
Rialt 5. ’An ciallairtibh
cordail, ciiirear an cuisear
no an t-ainmeach air ball
an deigh a’ ghniomhair;
mar,
Brisidh e. Phaisg
The men will strike.
Rialt 6. Annagniomh-
aran measgta, cuirear an t-
ainmeach eadar an taicear
agus am pairtear ; mar,
Tha mi ’pasgadh.
Is urrainn sinn sgriobhadh.
Tha an obair criochnaichte.
Bha na dorsan diiinte.
Rialt 7. Ann am bard-
achd, no ann a ciallairtibh
6r-chainnteach, cuirear an
cuisear air uairibh roimh an
ghuiomhar; mar,
Dbimhneachd na talmhain ta
’na laimh.
Oigh cha tig le clar ’nan
comhdhail.
When the subject is an interrogative pronoun, it is placed be¬
fore the verb ; as, “ Co a bheir glan a neo-ghlan ?” Who can bring
a clean thing out of an unclean ?
1. The verb Is stands always before its subject; as, Is tus’ an
duine,—Thou art the man. Is sibhse mo chairdean,—Ye are my
friends. Is coir a’ bhean i,—She is a just wife.
APPLICATION OF IS AND BI.
Chunnaic iad.
Buailidh nafir,
2. As there is a peculiar distinction in the application of these
two verbs, the following rules are given as an attempt to direct
and assist the learner in applying them idiomatically.
3. Is* is used in describing the name, profession, state, or con¬
dition, under which objects definitely exist or did exist; as,
• When the subject is pointedly and emphatically expressed or addressed, the
verb IS, is used ; as, when Nathan said to David, “ Is tusa an duine,” Thou art
the man,