Part 13 (1/2)

The _Voices_ are two: Active and Passive

The _Moods_ are five: the Affirative, the Subjunctive, the Imperative, and the Infinitive Many, but not all, Transitive Verbs have a Passive Participle

The _Tenses_ are three: the Present, the Preterite, and the Future

The _Nuular and Plural

The _Persons_ are three: First, Second, and Third The {66} distinction of number and person takes place only in a few tenses

The inflections of Verbs, like those of nouns, are , and on the teres on the ter to onesoes, it ations_, whereof the first coin with a consonant, the second, those verbs which begin with a vowel Verbs beginning with _f_, followed by a vowel, are ranged under the second conjugation, along with verbs beginning with a vowel

The verb Bi _be_, which is used as an auxiliary to other verbs, is declined as follows:--

Bi, _be_

_Affirmative_ or _Indicative Mood_

Present Preterite Future

_Sing_ _Sing_ _Sing_ 1 Ta mi, _I am_, Bha mi, _I was_, Bithidh mi, _I will be_, 2 Ta thu, Bha thu, Bithidh tu, 3 Ta e; Bha e; Bithidh se;

_Plur_ _Plur_ _Plur_ 1 Ta sinn, Bha sinn, Bithidh sinn, 2 Ta sibh, Bha sibh, Bithidh sibh, 3 Ta iad Bha iad Bithidh siad

_Negative_ or _Interrogative Mood_

Present Preterite

_Sing_ _Sing_ { 1 Bheil mi, _I am not,_ Robh mi, _I was not,_ ni { 2 Bheil thu, Robh thu, cha { 3 Bheil e; Robh e; nach { mur, { _Plur_ _Plur_ &c { 1 Bheil sinn, Robh sinn, { 2 Bheil sibh, Robh sibh, { 3 Bheil iad Robh iad

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Future

_Sing_ { Bi mi, _I shall not be_, ni { Bi thu, cha { Bi se; nach { mur, { _Plur_ &c { Bi sinn, { Bi sibh, { Bi siad

_Subjunctive Mood_

Preterite or I_ 1 Bhithinn, _I would be_, Ma bhitheas mi, _If I shall be_, 2 Bhitheadh tu, Bhitheas tu, 3 Bhitheadh e; Bhitheas e;

_Plur_ _Plur_ 1 Bhitheadheamaid, Bhitheas sinn, Bhitheadh sinn, 2 Bhitheadh sibh, Bhitheas sibh, 3 Bhitheadh iad Bhitheas iad

_I_ 1 Bithea_, 2 Bi, bi thusa, do bhith, } _to be_, 3 Bitheadh e; a bhith, } gu bhith, } _to be_, _Plur_ gu bith, } 1 Bithea_, _been_, 2 Bithibh, iar bith, } 3 Bitheadh iad o bhith, _fro_, &c

_Compound Tenses_

Present Preterite Future

_Affir_ Ta mi iar bith, Bha mi iar bith, Bithidh mi iar bith, _I have been_, &c _I had been_, &c _I shall have been_, &c