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CHAPTER VIII.

Conjunctions.

451. The following is a list of the conjunctions in use at present:—

de ḃríġ go	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	because.	má, dá, if.
faoi ráḋ ’s go,			muna, mura, if … not.
cion is,			gideaḋ, however.
cion is go,			ċor leis sin,	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	moreover.
aċt, but, except.			rud eile (ḋe)
agus (a’s, is, ’s), and.			tuille fós,
idir … agus, both … and.			tuille eile,
an (ar), whether (interrog.)			mar, as.
ar a ṡon go,	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	although.	ná, than; nor.
siúd is go,			go (gur), that.
ciḋ, giḋ,			mar is go, as though.
cé go, giḋ go,			i dtreo go (naċ),	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	so that (not).
go,	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	until (with verbs).	ar nós go (naċ),
nó go,			ar ṁoḋ go (naċ),
aċt go,			i gcás go (naċ),
go dtí go,			ar ċor go (naċ),
ċoṁ luaṫ as,	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	as soon as.	ar ḋóiġ go (naċ),
dá luas ⁊,			i gcaoi go (naċ),
an túisge go,			ionnus go (naċ),[1]
fós, yet, still.			seaċas, compared with.
sul; sar,	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	before.	nó, or.
sul a dtí,			ó, since, because.
sul má dtí,			ó naċ, since … not.
sul dá dtí,			óir, for, because.

1. Go and naċ are very frequently separated from ionnus by a subordinate or relative clause: e.g., “ionnus, an tí ar a mbiaḋ an riġin sin, go mbiaḋ tearmann aige ó’n oirleaċ;” so that the person who would be marked with that sign would have protection from the slaughter.