Skip to content

Chapter II: Part II: Of the Parts of Speech

Text size

CHAP. I.--Of the Article, 37

CHAP. II.--Of Nouns, 37
Of Gender, 38
Of Declension, 43

CHAP. III.--Of Adjectives, 55
Of Numeral Adjectives, 59

CHAP. IV.--Of Pronouns, 61

CHAP. V.--Of Verbs, 65
Formation of the Tenses, 76
Use and import of the Moods and Tenses, 85
Irregular Verbs, 95
Defective Verbs, 99
Reciprocating state of Verbs, 102
Impersonal use of Verbs, 105
Auxiliary Verbs, 107

CHAP. VI.--Of Adverbs, 109

CHAP. VII.--Of Prepositions, 116
Idiomatic phrases, 125

CHAP. VIII.--Of Conjunctions, 134

CHAP. IX.--Of Interjections, 136

{vi}
PART III.

OF SYNTAX.

CHAP. I.--Of Concord, 137

Sect. 1. Of the agreement of the Article with a Noun, 137
Sect. 2. Of the agreement of an Adjective with a Noun, 141
Sect. 3. Of the agreement of a Pronoun with its Antecedent, 146
Sect. 4. Of the agreement of a Verb with its Nominative, 149
Sect. 5. Of the agreement of one Noun with another, 152

CHAP. II.--Of Government, 154

Sect. 1. Of the Government of Nouns, 154
Sect. 2. Of the Government of Adjectives, 159
Sect. 3. Of the Government of Verbs, 159
Sect. 4. Of the Government of Adverbs, 160
Sect. 5. Of the Government of Prepositions, 160
Sect. 6. Of the Government of Conjunctions, 162

PART IV.

OF DERIVATION AND COMPOSITION.

CHAP. I.--Of Derivation, 164

CHAP. II.--Of Composition, 168

Exercises in Reading, &c., 175

* * * * *

{vii}

Comments

Log in to leave a comment.

Elements of Gaelic GrammarChapter II: Part II: Of the Parts of Speech

0%1 min left in chapter