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Irish Grammar Notes
Irish Grammar Notes
3) D with vowels
Doscail m
4) +D +h with fs
Dfhiafraigh m
5) Sinn (us)
- aomar
- omar
+ use rules 1-3 as needed
Cheannaomar
6) Saorbhriathar
- odh
- aodh
Bailigh:
Ceannaigh:
Bailodh
Nor ceannaodh
Buaigh - Bhuamar
Oscail - Dosclaomar
Foghlaim - Dfhoghlaim
Sbhil - Shbhlamar
Indirect Speech
This is also known as the Claoninsint
It is used where you would normally have the word that
in English or to report what someone has said.
For example you would need the Caint Indreach if you
wanted to tell somebody what someone else said.
Mary said that she was hungry.
Dirt Mire go raibh ocras uirthi.
An Fhoirm Dhearfach (The Positive)
Gur +h except for vowels
Why did you put that light on?
Cn fth gur chuir t an solas sin ar sil?
If you put gur infront of a word that begins with a vowel or
an f, you lose the d
I thought that I drank milk yesterday.
Cheap m gur l m bainne inn.
An Fhoirm Dhiltach (The Negative)
Nr +h except for vowels
The principal told me that she didnt take the coat
from the hall.
Dinis an promhoide dom nr thg s mo chota n
halla.
I said that she didnt attend that school.
Dirt m nr fhreastail s ar an scoil sin.
An Aimsir Lithreach
An Chad Rimni
1) eann/ann
Dnann s
2) m
aim/im
Taispenaim
3) Sinn
- aimid
- imid
Dnaimid
4) Saorbhriathar (The negative takes a h in the Aimsir
Lithreach)
- tear
- tar
Dntar
N cheaptar
An Dara Rimni
1) aonn/onn
Imonn s
2) m
am/m
Codlam
3) Sinn
- amid
- mid
Insmid
4) Saorbhriathar
- tear
- atear
Distear
N chrochnatear
An Fhoirm Dhiltach
N +h except for vowels
N thosam
An Fhoirm Cheisteach
An + ur except for vowels
An gceannaonn t?
An ironn t?
An Aimsir Fhstineach
An Chad Rimni
An Fhoirm Dhearfach
1) Faidh/fidh
Taispenfaidh s
2) Sinn
- faimid
- fimid
Dnfaimid
3) Saorbhriathar (Diltach + h)
- fear
- far
Dnfar
N cheapfar
An Dara rimni
An Fhoirm Dhearfach
1) idh/eoidh
Imeoidh s
2) Sinn
- imid
- eoimid
Inseoimid
3) Saorbhriathar (Diltach + h)
- far
- eofar
Tosfar
N chrochnfar
An Fhoirm Dhiltach
N +h seachas guta
N thosidh m
N imeoidh m
An Fhoirm Cheisteach
An + ur seachas guta
An gceannidh t?
An ireoidh t?
An Mdh Coinnollach
An Chad Rimni
An Fhoirm Dhearfach
- Fainn / Finn
- F / Fe
- Fadh / Feadh s/s
- Faimis / Fimis
An Dara Rimni
An Fhoirm Dhearfach
- inn / eoinn
- f / eof
- dh / eodh s/s
- imis / eoimis
- dh / eodh sibh
- ids / eoids
1) +h le consain
Cheannf
2) +D le guta
Dimeoinn
3) +D +h le fs
Dfhiafrimis
4) Saorbhriathar (+ h)
- eofa
- fa
Thosfa
N dhiseoinn
An Fhoirm Dhiltach
N +h seachas guta
N dhnfainn
An Fhoirm Cheisteach
An + ur seachas guta
An gceapf?
An sidfe?