DEARGANN TÚ DO ṖÍOPA.
1. CUIREANN tú do láṁ in do ṗóca.
2. BEIREANN tú amaċ do ṗíopa.
3. ĠEIḂEANN tú tobac.
4. ĠEIḂEANN tú sgian.
5. GEARRANN tú tobac.
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6. SUAIṪEANN tú an tobac.
7. LÍONANN tú do ṗíopa.
8. ĠEIḂEANN tú bocsa lasóg.
9. BUAILEANN tú lasóg.
10. DEARGANN tú do ṗíopa, agus
11. CAIṪEANN tú toit.
Observe that I fall into the analytic form of the verb here, and I do so in accordance with the spoken usage with which I am familiar. A Munster man would probably teach—
- CUIRIR do láṁ in do ṗóca.
- BEIRIR amaċ do ṗíopa,
etc.
As I make so important a change as to give the pronoun as a separate entity, I must enter into some explanation, but I do so briefly, as the students will have ample practice in the various verb forms, and cannot fail to learn them. I next proceed to tell the class how AN BUAĊAILL SO lights his pipe.
DEARGANN SEAĠÁN A ṖÍOPA.
- CUIREANN sé a láṁ in a ṗóca.
- BEIREANN sé amaċ a ṗíopa,
etc., etc.
I then describe how SEAN-ṀÁIRE lights her pipe.
