| creidfead | is usually | pronounced | kʼretʹ-udh |
| fágfad | „ | „ | fauʹ-kudh |
| sgríobfad | „ | „ | shgree-pudh |
N.B.—F is sounded in the second sing. Conditional active and in the Autonomous form.
281. The particle do, causing aspiration, may be used before the Conditional when no other particle precedes it.
Note that the terminations of the Imperative Mood, the Imperfect Tense, and the Conditional are almost the same, excepting the letter f of the latter.
Rule for the Aspiration of T of Past Participles.
282. The T of the past participle is generally aspirated except after the letters D, N, T, L, S, Ṫ, Ḋ, Ċ, and (in verbs of one syllable) Ġ.
There is a great tendency in the spoken language not to aspirate the t in all verb inflexions after consonants: e.g., tugta, tugtar, deirtear, etc.
283. This participle cannot be used like the English participle to express action. He was praised is generally molaḋ é; very seldom ḃí sé molta. The Irish participle has always the force of an adjective denoting the complete state, never the force of an action in progress.
284. After is the Past Participle denotes what is proper or necessary, as, Ní molta ḋuit é. He is not to be praised by you. This form, called the Participle of Necessity, should probably be regarded as distinct
