particle which precedes it. When the following word begins with a consonant the ḃ’ is usually omitted. Measaim gurḃ é seo an teaċ. I think that this was the house; measann sé nár ṁaiṫ le Niall ḃeiṫ annso. He thinks that Niall did not like to be here. An measann tú gur ṁaiṫ an sgeul é? Do you think that it was a good story?
341. Conditional.—In dependent sentences ba or baḋ becomes mba. Saoilim go mba ṁaiṫ leis dul leat. I think he would like to go with you. Deir sé naċ mba ṁaiṫ leis. He says that he would not like. In the spoken language the tendency is to use the past tense forms in dependent sentences; hence Irish speakers would say gur ṁaiṫ in the above sentence instead of go mba ṁaiṫ, and nár ṁaiṫ instead of naċ mba ṁaiṫ.
The Future is never used in dependent sentences in the spoken language.
BEIR, BEAR or CARRY.
| Imperative. | Future. | Participle. | Verbal Noun. |
| beir | beurfad | beirṫe | breiṫ |
This verb is conjugated like buail, except in the Past, Future and Conditional.
rugas, rugais, &c., like ṁolas (par. 264).
The prefixes do and ro were not used before this Past Tense in early usage and not generally in present-day usage.
