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IMPERATIVE MOOD.

319. bímís, let us be
, be thou bíḋiḋ, let you be
bíoḋ sé, let him be bídís, let them be
Autonomous, bíṫear.

The negative particle is .

All the persons, except the 2nd sing., are often written as if formed from the spurious stem biḋ: e.g., biḋeaḋ sé.

INDICATIVE MOOD.

320. Present Tense—Absolute.
SYNTHETIC FORM.
SINGULAR. PLURAL.
táim, I am táimid, we are
táir[1] thou art tá siḃ, táṫaoi, you are
tá sé, he is táid, they are
Autonomous, táṫar
Present Tense (Analytic Form).
tá mé, I am tá sinn, we are
tá tú, thou art tá siḃ, you are
tá sé, he is tá siad, they are
321. Present Tense—Dependent.
fuilim fuilmíd
fuilir fuil siḃ
fuil sé fuilid
Autonomous, fuiltear.
  1. The early modern form, viz., taoi, is still used in Munster, e.g., Cionnus taoi? (or Cionnus taoi’n tú?) How are you?