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4. If tlie principal clause is interrogathe, tlie construction is the 

 same : a oes o-honawcli eliwi a adnajpo, ' is there any one of you who 

 knows him,' 8, z ; a oes o-honawch chwi a gymero yr ergit drossof i, 

 80, 20. 



5. And similarly, if the principal clause is put hypothetically : or 

 byd ae gwarauunlxo itt hediw, ' if there is any one who grudges thee it,' 

 253, 2 1 ; hut this does not apply to o's^ = ' since it is,' puisque c'est, 

 cf. 88, 15 o's miui a gar, ' since / am the person whom he loves ', 

 91, 14 o's wynteu de med hi; nor to nyt, -'since it is not': cf, 

 122,25 nyt [ac cf. 124, 14] yn vyw y tennir oepenn; hut again 

 123, 10 onyt yn dwym y keffycJi [but cf. 122, 25]. 124, 14. 



