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exercise XLIII

§ 261 FH after vowels

When ḟ follows mo, do, the o is omitted, as

§ 262. Fear and bean, besides meaning "man" and "woman", are used for "husband" and "wife".

§ 263. Instead of leuna (laen'ă), meadow, the word móinḟeur (mōn'-aer), literally bog-grass, is often used.

§ 264 Translate into english

• At á an feur tirim ins an sgioból, atá m’ḟeir úr ins an móinḟeur fós.
• Ní ṫáinig m’ḟear ó’n O Leán úr fós.
• Ṫug mé an fíon do Niall, agus ṫug m’ḟear an speal do’n duine eile.
• Ní ḟuil an fíon ins an siopa.
• Ní ḟaca mé d’ḟíon in áit ar biṫ.
• Atá do ṡúirte ṡios ins an sgioból.

§ 265. Translate into irish

• Nora, your husband is not in the meadow now, he and my husband are at the well, drinking water.
• My husband has a big, young horse, he got the horse in the meadow.
• The man came to the meadow, he did not find any person (duine ar biṫ) in the meadow. I did not see your husband, I did not see your husband anywhere.
• I did not see your scythe up in the meadow.

note that
phonetic
symbols
are not
necessarily pronounced
as in English

See § 13-16