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IMPERATIVE MOOD.
| 319. | — | bímís, let us be |
| bí, be thou | bíḋiḋ, let you be | |
| bíoḋ sé, let him be | bídís, let them be | |
| Autonomous, bíṫear. | ||
The negative particle is ná.
All the persons, except the 2nd sing., are often written as if formed from the spurious stem biḋ: e.g., biḋeaḋ sé.
INDICATIVE MOOD.
| 320. | Present Tense—Absolute. | |
| SYNTHETIC FORM. | ||
| SINGULAR. | PLURAL. | |
| táim, I am | táimid, we are | |
| táir[1] thou art | tá siḃ, táṫaoi, you are | |
| tá sé, he is | táid, they are | |
| Autonomous, táṫar | ||
| Present Tense (Analytic Form). | ||
| tá mé, I am | tá sinn, we are | |
| tá tú, thou art | tá siḃ, you are | |
| tá sé, he is | tá siad, they are | |
| 321. | Present Tense—Dependent. | |
| fuilim | fuilmíd | |
| fuilir | fuil siḃ | |
| fuil sé | fuilid | |
| Autonomous, fuiltear. | ||
- ↑ The early modern form, viz., taoi, is still used in Munster, e.g., Cionnus taoi? (or Cionnus taoi’n tú?) How are you?
