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 you are not young;, he is not, she is not. , Art and Conn are not at the well. This word is a shorter form of the phrase, as we shall see.

§ 60. In sentences like, Art and Conn are young, it will be noted that, as in English, the adjective does not take any special form. In many other languages, the adjective would be in the plural, agreeing with the two subjects of the sentence. So in the sentence (fir), the men are young, the adjective  does not take any new form, although the subject is plural. This is true only of adjectives after the verb “to be.”

§ 61. Another use of the preposition, at. The English phrases, “I am going, I am growing,” etc, were formerly sometimes written and pronounced, “I am a’ going,” etc. This was a shorter form of “I am at going.” In Irish,, at, is always used in translating the present participle; as,, I am going; , Conn is growing.

In the spoken language, of is always omitted before consonants; as,  (ă faus). The phrase (Munster, ) is pronounced very exceptionally in the North and West as if  (ă gul). Before words commencing with a slender vowel, the of  is pronounced slender, and indeed  is usually written

(ĕg im′irt), playing