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minds of native Irish speakers, without exception, the word buailtear in such sentences as “buailtear an gaḋar” is active, and gaḋar is its object. Surely those Irish speakers are the best judges of the true shape of their own thoughts.

We will now give a synopsis of the various forms of the Autonomous verb, beginning with the verb tá.

The Verb TÁ.

táṫar[1]		$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	Some­one, we, they, peo­ple, etc.	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	is, are.
Ní ḟuiltear.[2]					is not, are not.
bítear (bíṫear).					does be, do be.
Ní ḃítear.					does not be, do not be.
ḃiṫeas (ḃíṫeas).					was, were.
Ní raḃṫas.					was not, were not.
bítí.					used to be.
beifar, beifear, beiḋfear, béiṫear.					will be.
beifí(ḋe), beiḋfi(ḋe), béiṫí.					would be.
bítear	(Let).				be.
má táṫar	(If).				is, are.
má bítear	(If).				does be, do be.
etc.
dá mbeifí	(If).				were, would be.
go raḃṫas!	(May).				be (for once).
go mbítear!	(May).				be (generally).

Deirim go ḃfuiltear,	I say that someone, etc.,	is.
Deirim ná fuiltear,	„   „   „	is not.

1. táṫars or táṫa’s.
2. fuilṫears, fuilṫea’s.