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 THE CONSTRUCTION OF SENTENCES 173 There are very full examples of this verb in Zeuss's Grammatica Celtica (ed. 1871, p. 565). 2. Besides to have, certain other verbs are expressed with bos and the preposition dho. Thus : Ma cov dhem [pron. ma codheni, I remember, lit. there is remembrance to me. Ma whans dhem, I want, lit. there is want to me. Ma wher dhem, I am sorry, lit. there is grief to me. Ma own dhem, I fear, lit. there is fear to me. Ma dout dhem, I doubt, lit. there is doubt to me. Ma reys dhem, or reys yw dhem, I must, lit. there is need to me. Another expression for " to remember " is perthy cov, to bear memory. The imperative was sometimes written perco in one word. Perthy is used similarly with other nouns : na berth medh, be not ashamed, na berth own, be not afraid, na berth wher, be not sorry, an vuscogyon orto a borthas avy, the fools hated him {Passion, 26, 3), na berth dout, do not doubt. The literal meaning is to bear shame, fear, sorrow, envy, doubt, etc. Similarly nouns and adjectives are used ihgan, with, as in Welsh, to represent states of mind. Thus : Dayu genev, I like, lit. it is good with me. Drog yu genev, I am sorry, lit. it is bad with me. Gwellyu genev, I prefer, lit. it is better with me. Marth yu genev, I am astonished, lit. wonder is with me. C as yu genev, I hate, lit. hate is with me. The verbs dal and goth, signifying ought, it behoves, are used either impersonally or, though this is a late corruption, as ordinary verbs. Ni dal dhen ny, " V we ought not. Ni goth dhen ny, ) Ni goth dhen ny, Or: Mi a dal,  T, , ,  I ought. Mtagotk,