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

346 NOTION OF BUSINESS.
LETTER-WRITING, OR EPISTOL¬
ARY CORRESPONDENCE.
Letter-writing, or the art of
conveying our ideas to one
another through the medium of
ink and paper, forms h most im¬
portant part of one's education;
and without a competent know¬
ledge of this noble art, no person
is fit to transact his business
with advantage.
The learner, as soon as he is
taught the use of the pen, should
be made to wiite the names of
the objects around him on his
slate, or on paper; and then a
short description of the utility
or beauty of each of them, in
the form of a letter to the Mas¬
ter, to be corrected and improved
by him. The pupil will be
thus, by degrees, led to the art
of composition.
DIRECTIONS, &C.
In writing to relations, some
endearing epithet is always put
before the kindred title in
English, and after it in Gaelic ;
as. Dear, Beloved, Revered, or
Honoured Father, or Mother.
Conclude a letter to either thus,
—Your very affectionate, duti¬
ful, or loving Son or Daughter,
—as the case may be.
Children should adopt the
most respectful, as well as the
most endearing mode of address
towards their parents.
LITIR-SGRIOBHADH, NO CON-
ALTRADH LITIREIL.
Tha Litir-sgriobhadh, no
alt giulain ar smuaintean gu each
a cheile tre chonadh Inge agus
paipeir, a’ deanamh suas roinn
ro-fheumail de ionnsachadh
neach agus gun eolas cuimseach
air an innleachd brail so, cha
n-’eil neach sam bith freagarrach
airson a ghnothaich a chur air
aghaidh gu coromach.
Cho luath’s a dh-ionnsaicheas
am foghlumach feum a’ phinn,
is coir a thoirt air, ainmean nan
nithe a ta mu ’n cuairt da a
sgriobhadh air a sgleit, no air
paipeir; 'an deigh sin, cunntas
gearr mu mhaith, no mhaise
gach aoin diubh ann an uidheam
litire do 'n Mbaighstear gu bhi
ceartaichte agus leasaichte leis-
san. Mar so stiuirear an sgoilear
a chuid ’s a chuid gu alt co-
sgriobhaidh.
SEOLAIDHEAN, &CE.
'An sgriobhadh gu cairdibh,
cuirear focal-graidh eigin roimh
an ainm dhaimheil ’sa Bheurla
agus ’na dheigh ’sa Ghaelig;
mar, Athar, no A Mhathair Ion-
mhuinn, Ghaol* Urramach, no
Onarach; co-dhuinlitir gu h-aon
diubh mar so,—Bhur Mac no
Nighean Ghradhach, Ghaolach,
no Dhleasannach,—mar thach-
ras do ’n chilis a bhi.
Is coir do chloinn co-labhairt
fior mhodhail cho math ’us fior
ghaolach a ghnathachadh do 'm
parantaibh.
• The gender and case of the noun addressed must be attended to,—We say,
Athar Ghaoil, A Mhdthair Ghaol; in the vocative case.