Foghlaim (Learn)
Verb:tá, is
Relative form:atá
ag + verbal noun
ag siúl, walking
ag rith, running
ag ól, drinking
ag ithe, eating
ag gáire, laughing
ag gol/caoineadh, crying
ag caint, talking
ag dul, going
ag teacht,coming
Article: an, the
Article + noun
an fear, the man
an bhean, the woman
an páiste, the child
an cailín/ghirseach, the girl
an buachaill/gasúr, the boy
an múinteoir, the teacher
Adverbs
amach, out
isteach, in
abhaile, home
Interrogative Pronoun
Cé? who?
Léigh (Read)
1. Tá Brian ag siúl.
2. Tá Seán ag rith.
3. Tá Máire ag ól.
4. Tá Nóra ag ithe.
3. Tá an fear ag gáire.
4. Tá an bhean ag dul amach.
5. Tá an buachaill ag dul abhaile.
6. Tá an múinteoir ag caint.
Freagair (Answer)
1. Cé atá ag siúl?
2. Cé atá ag rith?
3. Cé atá ag ithe?
4. Cé atá ag ól?
5. Cé atá ag gáire?
ProgInIrish
Ceacht 1
Like English Irish has a way of
expressing continuos action.
English does this with the
present participle - an adjectival
form of the verb:
verb: walk - participle: walking
verb: talk - participle: talking
The participle is attached to the
subject with the verb to be.
Subject: Tom
Verb: is
Participle: walking.
Irish uses a preposition and the verbal noun.
The preposition used is 'ag', at
So the syntax is
verb: tá - comes first in Irish
subject: Tomás
preposition: ag
verbal noun: siúl
NB
It will be noticed that the verbal nouns here
are all intransitive - they do not take an object.
Intransitive: I am eating - no object.
Transitive: I am eating bread - object: bread
Verbal nouns have to be learned
in Irish. There is no catch all suffix,
as in the English -ing.
Examples
téigh, go - verbal noun: dul
tar, come - verbal noun: teacht
Sometimes the form is the same
rith, run - verbal noun: rith
ól, drink - verbal noun: ól
A great many add the suffix -adh/-eadh
buail, beat - verbal noun bualadh
bris, break - verbal noun briseadh
The best way to learn them, at first,
is one by one as they are encountered.