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 When a vowel follows, is prefixed; as,, to a place. When the article follows, is never used, but  (dhŭn) is used = “to the”; as,, to the place. (See § 62).

§ 115. The preposition “in” is translated by in; as,, in Ireland.

—In the spoken language the is pronounced as if belonging to the following words: as, (ă naer′-in).

§ 116.

§ 117. The wool and the spinning-wheel are at the door. Leave the wool at the spinning-wheel. The wool is soft; the wheel is broken. I am not going to the place. Stay in Ireland yet. Leave the horse and the mare at the well. Conn O’Hartigan is not in Ireland. The salt-water is not sweet. The ship and the big boat are on the salt-water, going to Ireland. I am not going to Ireland. I am going with Conn O’Finegan.