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582. The genitive of the Verbal Noun is often used where a relative or infinitive clause would be used in English: as,

Níor fágaḋ fear inniste sgéil,
There was not a man left to tell the tidings.
Cailín deas crúiḋte na mbó,
The pretty girl who milks the cows (lit. of the milking, &c.).

583. The following examples will be studied with advantage. They are culled from Father O’Leary’s Mion-ċaint:—

Someone is striking me.
Táṫar ’ġam ḃualaḋ.
I am being struck.
Táim dom ḃualaḋ.
Someone is striking the dog.
Táṫar ag bualaḋ an ġaḋair.
The dog is being struck.
Tá an gaḋar dá ḃualaḋ.
Someone is breaking the stones.
Táṫar ag briseaḋ na gcloċ.
The stones are being broken.
Tá na cloċa dá mbriseaḋ.
They used to kill people.
Ḃítí ag marḃaḋ daoine.
People used to be killed.
Ḃíoḋ daoine dá marḃaḋ.
They used to buy horses.
Ḃítí ag ceannaċ capall.
Horses used to be bought.
Ḃíoḋ capaill dá gceannaċ.