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Rh PART III.—SYNTAX.

CHAPTER I.

The Article.

In Irish the article always precedes its noun, and agrees with it in gender, number and case as,, the man; , the men; , of the man; , of the woman.

When one noun governs another in the genitive case the article cannot be used with the first noun: as,, the son of the man; , the man of the house, &c.

Notice the difference between the son of the man,, and a son of the man,.

Exceptions. (1) When a demonstrative adjective is used with the first noun (the governing one), the article must also be used; as,, that house of my friend’s is for sale.

(2) If the two nouns form a compound word, the article is used before the first, if used in English: a newspaper, ; but, the newspaper,.