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§ 62. VOCABULARY.
| do (dhŭ), preposition, to | níl (neel), am not, art not, is not, are not |
| [1]do’n (dhǔn) = do an, to the | ó (ō), from |
| dul (dhul), going | ó’n, from the |
| fás (faus), growing | olann (ŭl′-ăN), wool |
[In the spoken language do’n is now used to express motion only in a few stereotyped phrases like ag dul do’n Daingean, going to Dingle; ag dul do’n Róiṁ, going to Rome; ó Doire do’n tSraṫ Bán, from Derry to Strabane, &c. In all such cases it is pronounced ’on.]
§ 63. Fág an bád ar an tír fós. Níl an bád ar an tír; atá an bád ag an tobar. Níl an lá te. Níl an tobar tirim. Níl an capall mór. Ná fan ag an doras, atá mé ag dul ó’n doras do’n tobar. Atá mé ag dul do’n dún ard. Atá balla mór, árd ag an dún. Atá Conn óg, agus atá sé ag fás fós.
§ 64. I am not going from the fort yet; I am not going to the well. The day is hot, I am not hot. The field is not green. You are not at Granard. The horse is going to the well. Leave the wool on the stool. The wool is white (bán). Una is young, she is tall, and she is not weak Nora is weak, yet, she is growing.
The Sounds of the Letters C and G.
We think it better to defer the study of these sounds until we have spoken of combinations of vowels.
- ↑ See below, § 114. Besides do, do’n, there are other words and phrases for “to,” “towards,” etc.; such as ċum, ċuig or aig (eg) (a very common word), go dtí, etc.
