(b)
after chomh
(as,
so)
6gyouag
€adrom light
Nil
m6 chomh h6g leat.
I 4m ,rot
4s
young
as
yotl.
Ti s6 chomh h6adrom sin. Ir
is so ligbr.
Other instances
of
prefixed
'h':
(o)
verbs beginning in
a vowel after n6
616. Drink ;t.
Oscail
an doras Opefl the door.
lnighl
Go, clear off!
Is
e, n's
him.
Is ea, It is so.
ls i^d. lt
k them.
N6 h6l E
,
Don't
drinh it.
Nd hoscail an doras. Don't
open the
door.
N6 himigh
go
f6ill! Don't
leave
yet!
(b)
the
pronouns
€
(hel,
i
lshel,
iad
lthey)
and ea
(it,
that) after rt
Qs
notl
and. c6?
(uho?l
Ni he. It isn't hirn.
Ni hea. It
irr't so.
C6.hiad? Who arc tbey?
(c)
in a few
phrases
such as D6 bAoine
lFridayl,
Cd hint?
(Wbere?),
a
haon
(oze),
a hocht
leightl;
and, after 6 in sumames:
6 h6giio
lHoganl.
36c
Gforsofy ot
gtlmmotlcol
tfi:6
t6f
Glossory
of
grommoticol
terms
odJectlve
A word which
gives further information about a
nonn, e.g, a big hotse, interesting classes, ubite
paper.
odverb Adverbs
give
further
information about words other
than nouns. For instance in to ualk
fast,
the
verb ,ualk is
modified by
/asr,
which tells us about the manner of walking;
in I
go
there sometimes,
I
get
up eaiy; I haue lunch at one,
the times of the actions are specified with varying degrees of
precision
by sorzetimes, early, at one.ln ute shall
probably
haue to
pay,
the
entire
sentence
is
qualifred
by
probably.
The
types of adverb shown
here are respectively an adverb
of manner. an adverb of time and
a
sentence
adverb.
clouse A term used when a sentence can be divided
into
two
parts,
each containing a main verb. For instance in I? do it
uhen
I haue
tbe time,
I'll
do
it is the main clatse end uther I
haue the time is the subordinate clause
(a
subordinate
clause
of
time). The time clause here begins with a conjunction
u.,hen, arad, by drcpping
uhen we
get
a
perfectly good
free
sentence,l haue the time
lakhotgh
this does not always
happen when we drop a confunction).
conjunctlon A word which
joins.
Co-ordinating conjunctions
link two
expressions
of equal status, e.g.
men
and women,
reading and utriting, blach
and uthite, I
got
up and walked
ont. Subordinating conjunctions link clauses.
For instance
ulben
introdttces A tirne clause in I read a lot utben
I
was
young,
and if a conditional clause
in Yor'll do utell if
you
utork at it.
nood A
goup
of
non-factual notions expressed by
verbs
which include conditions, wishes etc
.lnlf I utere rich,
pere
is a subiunctive
form of the verb ro De
(i.e.
it is
in