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Brían: Tá Eilín go mah guns mah agat. Be sí anso anocht.
Síle: Beg Seán anso amaireach irís.
Brían: Rev en gé ansòn!
Síle: Ní rev ach ví cú ansò.
Brían: Ví cú eli anso.
Síle: Cá wil sí inis *a Vrien?
Brían: Níadar. Ví sí anso ach níl sí anso inìs.
Síle: Be sí anso irís. Slán leat.
Brían: Slán leat *a Híle.
*a, the vocative particle, used when addressing a person by name has the effect of changing the sound at the beginning of a word. Thus We see that the S of Síle is changed to H and the B of Brían to V.
A Meg, Ní Veg, and Na Beg.
We have now done the negatives and interrogatives of tá and ví, and the present lesson will deal with beg (will be). The interrogative is a meg, the negative interrogative ná beg, and the negative ní veg. We give a few salutations and phrases which will help our little dialogue:
Go meanuí Dia ghuit, said when meeting.
Dia ’s Muire ghuit, said in reply.
When the latter is used as a salutation, Dia ’s Muire ghuit a Padruig is said in reply.
Bail ó Ghia ort, said to a person at work.
Dia ’s Muire ghuit, said in reply.
As mah é sin, an expression of satisfaction, meaning “that is good.”
