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exercise XL

§ 245. P aspirated pronounced like F

§ 247. The particle a(ă) used before the nominative of address, causes aspiration, as

Notice how the names Peadar, Pól , Séamus, are spelled differently, Peadair, Póil, Séamuis, when the nominative of address is used.

§ 248. Notice the difference between síos, downwards and ṫíos, below; suas, upwards, ṫuas, above.

§ 249. Translate into English

• Dia duit, a Ṗaedair!
• Dia agus Muire duit, a Ṡéamuis. Cionnus atá tú?
• Ná fág do ṗíopa ar an stól, suir do ṗíopa in do ṗóca.
• Cuir an sgilling in do ṗóca.
• Atá Conn óg, agus atá ṗíopa agus tobac aige.
• Níl páirc ag Pádraig.
• Atá tobar in mo ṗáirc, agus atá uisge fuar ins an tobar.
• Ní ṫáinig an capall do’n tobar fós.
• Atá Conn ṫíos ag an sáile.

§ 250. Translate into Irish

• There is a big hole in my pocket.,
• Do not put my pipe in your pocket.
• Niall has a pipe, has has not tobacco.
• Conn has tobacco, he has not a pipe.
• Do not put tobacco in your pipe yet, your pipe is not clean.
• My pocket is full.
• James, you have a horse and a mare.
• Peter has a pasture field.
• My pasture field is green, your field is dear.
• Put your mare into my pasture field, there is no water in your well.
• Peter gave a pound to Niall.
• The horse is up at the well.

note that
phonetic
symbols
are not
necessarily pronounced
as in English

See § 13-16