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Rh The Negative Adverb—Not,

Young students experience great difficulty in translating the English negative adverb—“not.” We here give the various ways of translating “not.”

“If &hellip; not” is translated by : if the verb be in the past tense use.

All the above forms are used in principal sentences only. In dependent sentences “that &hellip; not” is always translated by or, except in the past tense, indicative mood, when  or  must be used.

, aspirates;, eclipses. becomes  before  and : e.g. , It is not I.

How to answer a question. Yes — No.

(a) In Irish there are no fixed words for “Yes” or “No.” As a general rule in replying to questions, “Yes” or “No” is translated by using the same verb and tense as has been employed in the question.