Chapter XXIII: Section IV: Of the Government of Adverbs

The collocation of Adverbs is for the most part arbitrary.

The Adverbs ro, gle, _very_, are placed before the Adjectives they modify, and require the following initial Consonant to be aspirated; as, ro bheag, _very little_; gle gheal, _very white_.

The Negative cha or cho _not_, when followed by a word beginning with a Labial or Palatal, requires the initial Consonant to be aspirated; as, cha mh[`o]r e, _it is not great_; cha bhuail mi, _I will not strike_; cha chuala mi, _I did not hear_; but an initial Lingual remains unaspirated; as, cha dean mi, _I will not do_; cha tog e, _he will not raise_; cha soirbhich iad, _they will not prosper_. _N_ is inserted between cha and an initial Vowel or an aspirated _f_; as, cha n-e, _it is not_; cha n-['e]igin, _it is not necessary_; cha n-fhaca mi, _I saw not_.

The Negative ni requires _h_ before an initial Vowel; as, ni h-iad, _they are not_; ni h-eudar, _it may not_.