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she is not strong. The ship is strong, the boat is weak. The child is brown-haired. The place is green. The young horse is safe and sound (slán, folláin). Leave a sod of turf on the floor. There is not a sod of turf on the floor. Welcome. Warm day.
EXERCISE XV.
§ 111 Other examples of the sounds of ái, éi, ói, úi:
| briste (brish′-tĕ), broken | Éirinn (aer′-in), (or or in) Ireland |
| cáise (kaush′-ĕ), cheese | súil (sool), the eye |
| láir (Laur), a mare | súiste (soosh′tĕ), a flail |
| sáile (saul′ĕ), salt water, the salt sea | túirne (thoor′nĕ), a spinning-wheel |
| sráid (sraud), a street |
§ 112. Many proper names involve the sound of ái; thus, Art, Flann, give rise to the diminutives Artagán, Flannagán (little Art, Flann), hence the family names O h-Artagáin (о̄ horth′-ă-gaun), O Flannagáin (о̄ floN′-ă-gaun), literally, grandson of little Art, Flann; the forms from which the ordinary O’Hartigan, O’Flanagan, are taken.
§ 113. The preposition “with” (= “along with”) is translated by le (le, almost like le in let); as, atá Art le Conn, Art is with Conn. This le prefixes h to a vowel; as, atá Conn le h-Art (horth), Conn is with Art.
§ 114. The preposition “to” (to a place) is translated by go (gŭ) when no article follows; as go Gránárd, to Granard.
