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2 Is sibh Bu sibh

3 Is iad B' iad

_Negative Mood_

_Sing_ _Sing_ { 1 mi, _I am not_, &c Bu mhi, _I was not_, &c

{ 2 tu Bu tu

ni, { 3 e B' e

cha, { nach,{ _Plur_ _Plur_ &c { 1 sinn Bu sinn

{ 2 sibh Bu sibh

{ 3 iad B' iad

_Subjunctive Mood_

_Sing_ _Sing_ 1 Ma 's mi, _If I be, it be I_ Nam bu mhi, _If I were, it were I_ 2 's tu Bu tu

3 's e B' e

_Plur_ _Plur_ 1 's sinn Bu sinn

2 's sibh Bu sibh

3 's iad B' iad

The only varieties of form which this Verb admits of, are the two syllables _is_ and _bu_ Each of these syllables {101} commonly loses the vohen it comes in apposition with another vowel

It is reether, and the preceding Particle, ni, cha, nach, gur, &c, and the subsequent pronoun, or Noun, are always understood to convey a proposition, or a question, as unequivocally as though a Verb had been expressed; as, cha tu _thou art not_, nach e? _is he not? is it not he?_ am mise e? _is it I?_ cha luchd-brathaidh sinn _we are not spies_, Gen xlii 31 Aur cir urnuigh a dheanamh _that it is proper to pray_, Luke xviii 1[70]

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OF THE RECIPROCATING STATE OF VERBS

Any transitive Verb may be so combined with a pronoun, either Personal or Possessive, that it shall denote the agent to be also the object of the action Thisstate_ of the Verb It is declined as follows:--

Buail thu fein, _strike thyself_

ACTIVE VOICE

Simple Tenses

_Affir_ 1 Do bhuail mi mi fein, Buailidh mi mi fein, Bhuail mi mi fein, _I will strike myself_ _I struck myself_ 2 Do bhuail thu thu fein, Buailidh tu thu fein

3 Do bhuail se e fein; Buailidh se e fein