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exercise XLI

§ 251. When mo, my or do, thy, is followed by a noun beginning with a vowel, the o of mo or do is omitted, as:

§ 252. In the spoken language this d' for do is often changed to a t before vowels or fh, as d'anam (dhon'- ăm), thy soul, ofte t'anam (thon- ăm), or even th'anam (hon- ăm).

§ 253. Ar bith (er bih, er beeh) in life, at all, usually with the negative, as, níl duine ar bith ag an doras, there is not a person at all (any person, there is no one) at the door.

§ 254. TRanslate into English

• Níl olann ar biṫ ar m-uan fós.
• Níl, atá d’uan óg.
• Fan in d’áit, ná fág d’áit.
• Ná cuir d’ordóg ins an im, níl d’imirt caert.
• Ní ṫug tú an t-ór do Niall.
• Atá an aolann trom.
• Níl crann ar biṫ ag fás ag an tobar.
• Níl ḟion ar biṫ agam, agá uisge go leor agam.
• Atá arán agam, níl im ar biṫ ar an arán.
• Atá an bóṫar glan, leaṫan; níl tráiṫnin ag fás ar an ród anois.

§ 255. Translate into Irish

• I am not going to Dublin, you are going to Dublin in my place, Patrick.
• My bread is fresh and wholesome, your bread is dry.
• Your butter is not sweet.
• Your little lamb did not come to the door yet.
• My wool is cheap.
• THere is no butter at all on my bread.
• Do not put any salt in the bread.
• Fresh butter, salt butter.

note that
phonetic
symbols
are not
necessarily pronounced
as in English

See § 13-16