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exercise LXXXII

§ 471. Aspiration of the adjective

When an adjective follows a feminine noun in the nominative or objective case, the first consonant of the adjective is aspirated. Thus —

bean ṁór	(ban Wōr)	a big woman
an ḃean ṁór	(van Wōr)	the big woman
atá an ḃean mór ag an tobar		The big woman is at the well

But áit ḟollám (ŭL'-aun), a healthy place; atá an ḃean ḟionn (iN) ag an tobar, the fair-haired woman is at the well; ní ḟuil Nóra ḃeag ag an doras, little Nora is not at the door. Atá an ḃean ṁór (Wōr) so ruaḋ, this big woman is red-haired. etc.

§ 472. Words

ċuiḋ	(CHoo'ee)	went
cuṁa	(koo'-ă)	loneliness
fiacail	(fee'-ăK-ăl)	a tooth
fuaċt	(foo'-ăCHth)	cold
slaġdan	(sLei'-dhaun)	a cold
déideaḋ	(due'-doo)	a cold
tinneas fiacal		toothache
tinneas fairrge		sea-sickness

§ 473. Translate into English

Atá nóra ḃeag in a luiġe; fuair sí fuaċt agus atá slaġdán uirri.
An fhiacail so agus an fhiacail úd.
ní fhuil ocras orm, atá tinneas fiacal orm anois.
Chuaidh Máire go h-Albain, agus atá cumha uirri anois.
Atá cumhaar Dhiarmuid, atá a mhac ag dul go tír eile.

§ 474. Translate into Irish

I have a cold, I am not hungry, I am thirsty, give me a drink.
The little mare is thirsty.
She is not hungry, she got hay and oats now.
The white cow is in the meadow.
Are you afraid? No, but I am sick, I have the toothache today, as the weather is cold and wet.
Dermot O'Kelly was standing at the door, and he got cold in his head (in a cheann).
Nora is lonely, her mother died and her brother and her sister went to a another country.
Do not stand on the road, the road is wet and you have a cold already (cheana)

note that
phonetic
symbols
are not
necessarily pronounced
as in English

See § 13-16

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