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Re:help out a beginner
I am learning Gaeilge but I know enough to help you out. If you want I can teach you what I know and we can send e-mails back and forth in gaeilge and get practice.
Tá is an irregular verb and is used to construct sentences that are impermanent in nature. Such as I am cold, you are mad, he is here, she is reading, we are in the garden etc
Tá mé (TAW* may*), I am
Tá tú (TAW* too), you (singular) are
Tá sé (TAW* shay*), he, (it) is
Tá sí (TAW* shee), she is
Táimid (TAW* mid), we are
Tá sibh (TAW* shiv), you (plural) are
Tá siad (taw* SHEE-uhd), they are
Níl mé (NEEL may*), I am not
Níl tú (NEEL too), you (singular) are not
Níl sé (NEEL shay*), he is not
Níl sí (NEEL shee), she is not
Nílimid (NEEL-i-mid), we are not
Níl sibh (NEEL shiv), you (plural) are not
Níl siad (neel SHEE-uhd), they are not
An bhfuil mé? (un VWIL may*), am I?
An bhfuil tú? (un VWIL too), are you? (singular)
An bhfuil sé? (un VWIL shay*), is he?
An bhfuil sí? (un VWIL shee), is she?
An bhfuilimid? (un VWIL-i-mid), are we?
An bhfuil sibh? (un VWIL shiv), are you? (plural)
An bhfuil siad? (un vwil shee-uhd), are they?
Nach bhfuil mé? (nakh VWIL may*), aren’t I?
Nachbhfuil tú? (nakh VWIL too), aren’t you? (singular)
Nach bhfuil sé? (nakh VWIL shay*), isn’t he?
Nach bhfuil sí? (nakhVWIL shee), isn’t she?
Nach bhfuilimid? (nakh VWIL-i-mid), aren’t we?
Nach bhfuil sibh? (nakh VWIL shiv), aren’t you? (plural)
Nach bhfuil siad? (nakh vwil shee-uhd), aren’t they?
For what something or someone is like a doctor or student you use Is. Is rúnaí é. (iss roon-ee ey) He is a secretary. Essentially you drop the “s” from se, si etc but keep the m and t for me and tu.
Here is some vocabulary.
fuar (FOO-uhr) cold
mór (mohr) big
te (te) hot
óg (ohg) young
sean (shan) old
lán (law*n) full
fear (far) man, a man
cat (kaht) cat, a cat
bean (ban) woman, a woman
cailín (kah-LEEN) girl, a girl
bord (bohrd) table, a table
ard (ahrd) high, tall
gairid (GAH-rid) short
anseo (un-SHUH) here
ansin (un-SHIN) there
fada (FAH-duh) long
bosca (BOHSK-uh) box, a box
íseal (EE-shuhl) low, short
sráid (sraw*d) street, a street
agus (AH-guhs) and
láidir (LAW*-dir) strong
tanaí (TAH-nee) thin
ramhar (ROU-wuhr) fat
cam (koum) crooked
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Language pair: English; Gaelic (Irish)
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