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singular; the context would Lave to define whether it was a 
who-olim^Q or a ?r/^o^;z-clause : cf., 
t. . 1 rpi f who does not praise the man. 
All beAii 11AC tnoLAnn An t-eAn, The woman < r .1 ^ j 4. • 
^ ' ' ( whom the man does not praise, 
1 mi f who do not praise the man. 
HA nniA iiAc tnoLAiin An t-eA]A, The women | . +i ^ ;i ^ 
' ' ( whom the man does not praise. 
But 
11 A tniiA 11 AC tnolAit) iiA y\\\, The woman whom the man do not praise. 
Cf. also the cases where the subject or object is a personal 
jjronoiin: — 
A11 "beAn nAc molAiiii fe, The woman whom he does not pi-aise. 
HA miiA ye The women whom he does not praise. 
AH "beAn e The woman who does not praise him. 
HA tniiA e The women who do not praise him. 
All beAii riAc tnolAi'o pA"©, The woman whom they do not praise. 
HA in 11 A pAt), The women whom they do not praise. 
But 
^^^^ t^^^lly incorrect], j ^oUnn. 
11A mriA lAt). [wrong], 
III. SUBORDINATE-Clauses. 
Same as in ii. : — 
It is for that reason that I am not treating of it : if a|v An A"DbAH pn tiAc 
'on|\AccAim A1]A ["ouiAAccAnn cu, "ociAAccAnn ye, 'oc|\AccAmAoi'o, -octAAccuAOi, 
-OUjAACUATO pAt)]. 
IV. PREPOSITIONAL-EELATIVE Clauses. 
Also the same. But the modern language is absolutely 
recalcitrant to this combination, and uses the negative relative 
adverb riAc, with a prepositional-pronoun as complement: — 
What is the thing ahout M^hich I do not treat, 
cjAeAt) An nit), nAc •oc|\AcuAini ai|a, 
where the older language might have used : — 
A]A nAC 'OC|AACCAl'm. 
[Here of course the eclipse after n^c is indispensable, as the 
riAc is nach n-, with accusatival n- after prep. ar.~\ 
Having thus fully exemplified the really difiicult tense, the 
present, a brief notice will suffice for the perfect ; it being under- 
stood that the perfect-prefix "oo must never be omitted in 
writing. 
