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I wish to praise her.	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	Is mian liom i do ṁolaḋ. Is mian liom a molaḋ.
It is not right to strike them.	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	Ní cóir iad do ḃualaḋ. Ní cóir a mbualaḋ.
It is a bad thing to wound me.	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	Is olc an rud mé do ġonaḋ. Is olc an rud mo ġonaḋ.
I cannot understand it.		Ní ṫig liom a ṫuigsint (its understanding).
Could you tell me who it was?		An féidir leat a[1] innsint dom cia ’rḃ’é?
A desire to kill them came upon me.		Ṫáinig mian a marḃṫa ormsa.

In this sentence marḃṫa is the genitive case (after the noun mian) of the verbal noun marḃaḋ.

573. When the English infinitive governing a personal pronoun expresses purpose, we translate as follows:—

He came to strike me.	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	Ṫáinig sé dom ḃualaḋ. Ṫáinig sé le mé do ḃualaḋ.
I went to strike them.	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	Ċuaiḋ mé d’á mḃualaḋ. Ċuaiḋ mé le h‑iad do ḃualaḋ.

1. Whenever the object of the verbal noun is a phrase, it cannot be put in the genitive case, but the possessive adjective a is used before the verbal noun.