Chapter XXII: Section III: Of the Government of Verbs

A Transitive Verb governs its object in the Nominative or Objective Case; as, mharbh iad an righ, _they killed the king_; na buail mi, _do not strike me_. The object is commonly placed after the Verb, but never between the Verb and its Nominative. [See Part III. Chap. I., Sect. IV.] Sometimes the object is placed, by way of emphasis, before the Verb; as, mise chuir e r[`i]s ann am [`a]ite, agus esan chroch e, _me he put again in my place, and him he hanged_, Gen. xli. 13. An t-each agus a mharcach thilg e 's an fhairge, _the horse and his rider hath he cast into the sea_, Exod. xv. 1.

Many Transitive Verbs require a Preposition before their object; as, iarr air Donull, _desire Donald_; labhair ri Donull, _speak to Donald_; leig le Donull, _let Donald alone_; beannuich do Dhonull, _salute Donald_; fiosraich de Dhonull, _enquire of Donald_. {160}

Bu _was_, requires the following initial Consonant to be aspirated; as, bu mhaith dhuit, _it was good for you_; bu chruaidh an gnothuch, _it was a hard case_; except initial _d_, and _t_ which are not aspirated; as, bu dual duit, _it was natural for you_; bu trom an eallach, _the burden was heavy_; bu ghearr a lo, 's bu dubh a sgeul, _short was her course, and sad was her story_. Smith's "Ant. Poems."