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exercise LXXXVII

§ 492. When a noun ends in n, adjectives which immediately follow it and which begin with d or t are not aspirated, as bean duḃ, a black-haired woman; bean tinn, a sick woman.

Sometimes adjectives beginning with s are not aspirated, as bean siḋe (ban shee), a fairy woman.

§ 493.

§ 494 Translate into English

• Atá an ḃean duġ.
• Ní’l an ḃean ḃeag duḃ.
• Duir an ṁin ḃuiḋe ins an mála úd.
• Ní raiḃ an ṁin ḃuiḋe, ḃí sí geal.
• Atá an ṁin ḃuiḋe folláin ní ḟuil sí trom.
• Ní ḟaca mé taiḋḃse nó bean siḋe ins an áit úd.
• Nuair ḃí Diarmuid ag dul a ḃaile, Ċonnaic sé an bean siḋe ag an tobar, agus ṫáinig eagle air.
• An ḃfaca tú an ḃean?
• Ċonnaic mé an ḃean, aċt ní ḟaca mé fear ar biṫ.
• Ní ḟaca duine an Sluiġ Siḋe riaṁ in áit ar biṫ.

§ 495 Translate to Irish

• Niall came home, he was afraid, he saw a fairy up in the fort.
• He did not see any fairy, the night was dark, he say a light on the fort; there is no fairy in that fort or in any other fort.
• A sick woman.
• There was a sick woman in the house, she was sitting ona stool at the fire.
• She was not sick, she was afraid and anxious.
• We were lonely yesterday.
• The drink is hot.
• The meal is heavy.
• Put the heavy meal in this bag.
• Dermot is tired.

note that
phonetic
symbols
are not
necessarily pronounced
as in English

See § 13-16