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exercise XXXVIII

§ 235 SH is sounded like H

The possessive adjective mo (mŭ), my; do (dhu), thy; a (a), his, cause aspiration. Mo is pronounced like mu in must, do like thu in thus, a like a in along.

§ 236. Examples

mo ṫir	(mŭ heer)	my country
Mo ṫobar	(mŭ hŭb-ăr)	my well
mo ṫúirne	mŭ hoor'-nĕ)	my spinning wheel
mo ṫeine	(mŭ hen-ĕ)	my fire
do ṡolus	(dhŭ hŭl'-as)	thy light
do ṡláinte	(dhŭ hLaun'-tĕ)	thy health
do ṡúil	(dhŭ hool)	thy eye
do ṡál	(dhŭ haul)	thy heel
do ṡúiste	(dhŭ hoosh'-tĕ)	thy flail
do ṡeamróg	(dhŭ ham'-rōg)	thy shamrock

§ 237 TRanslate into ENglish

Atá mo láir óg.
Níl do ṡeamróg glas anois.
Atá uisge in mo ṫobar.
Ná duir fód móna ar mo ṫeine
Níl mo ṡúiste ins an sgioból
Fuair mé do ṡúiste ins an eorna anois.
A Nóra, ná fág do ṫír.

§ 238 Translate into Irish

Leave my light.
Do not stand in my light.
I am not in your (thy) light , Cahal is in your light.
The fire is hot now.
My fire is not hot.
My eye is blind.
Never leave your country.
My ship is going to Ballina.
Put my spinning wheel at the well.
DO not put my bridle on the mare, my bridle is broken.

note that
phonetic
symbols
are not
necessarily pronounced
as in English

See § 13-16

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