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Verbal Noun.

ḃeiṫ, to be.

330. Phrases containing the Verb Noun.

Is féidir liom (a)[1] ḃeiṫ		I can be, &c.
Ní féidir liom (a) ḃeiṫ		I cannot be, &c.
Tig leat (a) ḃeiṫ		You can be, &c.
Ní ṫig leat (a) ḃeiṫ		You cannot be, &c
Caiṫfiḋ sé ḃeiṫ		He must be, &c.
Caiṫfiḋ mé ḃeiṫ		I must be, &c.
Ní fuláir go raiḃ tú	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	You must have been, &c.
Is cosṁail go raiḃ tú
Níor b’ḟéidir nó ḃí tú
Ní cosṁail go raiḃ mé	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	I must not have been, &c.
Ní fuláir naċ raiḃ mé
Is cóir ḋom (a) ḃeiṫ		I ought to be.
Ní cóir duit (a) ḃeiṫ		You ought not to be.
Buḋ ċóir ḋó ḃeiṫ		He ought to have been.
Nior ċóir ḋom (a) ḃeiṫ		I ought not to have been.
Buḋ ṁaiṫ liom (a) ḃeiṫ ann		I wish I were there.
Ba ṁaiṫ liom go raiḃ mé ann		I wish I had been there.
Tá sé le ḃeiṫ ann		He is to be there.

331. The forms fuilim and raḃas are used—

(1) After the particles ní, not; cá, where? an (or a), whether? go, that; and naċ or ná, that (conj.) … not.

1. This a is usually heard in the spoken language