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§ 38. Translate into Irish;: [sic]—The field is soft. A soft green field. The field is green and soft. I am big and tall. Una is young Art is big and tall. She is at the door. There is a hedge at the well, and there is a cow at the fort. The stool is at the door. Leave the stool at the door. I am hot, and the big well is dry yet. Leave a big stool at the door.

§ 40. Sentences like “Art is wearing a new coat,” are usually translated into Irish by “there is a new coat (or any other article of DRESS) on Art,”

§ 41. The conjunction is usually omitted in Irish, when two or more adjectives come together, especially when the adjectives are somewhat connected in meaning; as,, the fort is big (and) high. Thus, the sentence which is printed may be