PHRASES
TO ILLUSTRATE THE FOREGOING PRINCIPLES.
Present Time.
Is breáġ an lá é.
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It is a fine day.
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Is lá breáġ é.
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It is a fine day.
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Is fear láidir é.
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He is a strong man.
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Is láidir an fear é.
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He is a strong man.
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Is é an fear láidir é.
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He is a strong man.
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Is láidir atá sé.
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He is strong.
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Náċ láidir atá sé!
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How strong he is! (Lit., Isn't it strong he is!)
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Tá sé lag.
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He is weak.
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Tá sé go lag.
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He is weak.
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Is lag atá sé.
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He is very weak.
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Tá sé ana lag.
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He is very weak.
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Tá sé go h-ana lag.
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He is very weak.
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Tá sé go h-ana lag ar fad.
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He is very weak entirely.
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Tá an donas le laige air.
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He is excessively weak.
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Is fear Micel.
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Michael is a man.
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Is fear maiṫ Micel.
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Michael is a good man.
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Is fear gan ṁaiṫ Micel.
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Michael is a useless man.
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Is fear meaṫta é.
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He is a good-for-nothing man.
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Fear meaṫta.
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A man who is a failure.
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Tá Taḋg i n’ ḟear.
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Thade is a man.
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Tá sé i n’ ḟear ṁór.
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He is a big man.
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Tá sé i n’ ḟear ḃeag.
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He is a little man.
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