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Irish Word Order

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Vern-Subject-Object (VSO)
[Scíobhann sé litir : Writes he letter]

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Séimhiú

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adding an ‘h’ after the first letter
[p, t, c, b, d, g, f –> ph, th, ch, bh, dh, gh, fh, sh, mh]

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Letters that get a Séimhiú

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p, t, c, b, d, g, f
[ph, th, ch, bh, dh, gh, fh]

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Urú

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Adding a letter at the beginning of a word
[p, t, c, b, d, g, f = bp, dt, gc, mb, nd, ng, bhf]

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Letters that get an Urú

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p=bp
t=dt
c=gc
b=mb
d=nd
g=ng
f=bhf
[only the first letter is pronounced]

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Vocative Case

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Addressing people directly by name or title. Changes male Gaelic-type names by adding an <i> before the final consonant</i>

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‘Hello, Séamus’ in the vocative case =

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Dia duit, a Shéamais

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‘I’ first person, singular

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mé

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‘you’ second person, singular

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tú

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‘he’ third person, masculine, singular

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sé

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‘she’ third person, feminine, singular

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sí

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‘we’ first person, plural

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muid / sinn

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‘you all’ second person, plural

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sibh

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‘them’ third person, plural

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siad

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Slender Vowel

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e, i

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Broad Vowel

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a, u, o

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Slender with Slender, Broad with Broad

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Pairing consonant sounds to the vowels they are placed by. Consonants next to <e, i> are slender and those next to <a, u, o> and broad

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‘my’ first person, singular

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mo[séimhiú]

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‘your’ second person, singular

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do[séimhiú]

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‘his’ third person, masculine, singular

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a[séimhiú]

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‘her’ third person, feminine, singular

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a
[does not create a modification]

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‘our’ first person, plural

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ár[urú]

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‘your’ second person, plural

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bhur[urú]

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‘their’ third person, plural

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a[urú]

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plural possessive nouns all cause:
Urú [plural and urú sound similar]
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nearly all singular possessive nouns cause:
Séimhiú [S, Singular, Séimhiú]
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The one singular possessive noun that does NOT cause a séimhiú:
feminine, third person, singular: 'a'
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'me' first person, singular pronoun
mé
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'you' second person, singular pronoun
tú
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'him' third person, masculine, singular pronoun
é
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'her' third person, feminine, singular pronoun
í
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'us' first person, plural pronoun
muid
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'you all' second person, plural pronoun
sibh
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'them' third person, plural pronoun
iad
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Is ea
It is
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Ní hea
It isn't
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emphatic pronoun, 1st person singular
mise
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emphatic pronoun, 2nd person singular
tusa
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emphatic pronoun, 3rd person singular, masculine
eisean
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emphatic pronoun, 3rd person singular, feminine
ise
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emphatic pronoun, 1st person, plural
muidne, sinne
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emphatic pronoun, 2nd person, plural
sibhse
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emphatic pronoun, 3rd person, plural
iadsan
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Irish doesn't have the verb 'to have' instead it is phrased as:
___ is at ___. x is at me = I have x = Tá x agam.
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ag, 1st person singular "at me"
agam
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ag, 2nd person singular "at you"
agat
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ag, 3rd person singular, masculine, "at him"
aige
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ag, 3rd person singular, feminine, "at her"
aici
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ag, 1st person plural, "at us"
againn
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ag, 2nd person plural, "at you all"
agaibh
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ag, 3rd person plural "at them"
acu
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le, 1st person singular, "with me"
liom
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le, 2nd person singular, "with you"
leat
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le, 3rd person singular, masculine, "with him"
leis
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le, 3rd person singular, feminine, "with her"
léi
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le, 1st person plural, "with us"
linn
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le, 2nd person plural, "with you all"
libh
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le, 3rd person plural, "with them"
leo
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Weak plurals
Either slenderize the final consonant or add -a. Changes happen within the word and the word stays about the same size. [amhrán 'song' --> amhráin 'songs']
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Strong plurals
Add extra syllable(s) such as -(e)anna, -(a)i, -(a)ithe. [rang 'class' --> ranganna 'classes']
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'an' is the singular definite article "the." the plural of 'an' is
Na [an rang vs. na ranganna]
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Present tense, first conjugation qualifiers
1) one syllable, 2) end in -áil, 3) end in -áin, -óil, and -úir
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Present tense, second conjugation qualifiers
1) multiple syllables, 2) ending in -(a)igh, -(a)il, -(a)ir, and -(a)is
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Present tense, first conjugation formation pattern
Root: Sábháil 'save' 1st sg: root + -(a)im [sábhálaim; 'I save'] 1st pl: root + -(a)imid [sábhálaimid; 'we save'] 2nd/3rd sg/pl: root + -(a)íonn + pronoun [sábhálann tú; 'you save']
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Present tense, second conjugation formation pattern
1st sg: root + -(a)im 1st pl: root + -(a)ímid 2nd/3rd sg/pl: root + -(a)íonn + pronoun [ceannaigh 'buy' - ceannaím 'I buy', ceannaímid 'we buy'] {foghlaim 'learn' - foghlaimím 'I learn', foghlaimímid 'we learn'}
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using bí to express:
something which is habitually or continuously the case
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forms of bí
bím, bímid, bíonn tú/sé/sí/sibh/siad [eg. Bím ann = I'm there all the time]
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I am [often/always] writing
Bím ag scríobh
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Forming the past tense
Apply séimhiú to any consonant-initial root and add pronoun [cheannaigh siad - 'they bought'] Prefix d' to any vowel initial root and add pronoun [d'inis mé - 'I told'] Prefix d' to any fh initial root and add pronoun [d'fhoghlaim sí = 'she learned']
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Past tense interrogative and negative particles:
ar[séimhiú] níor[séimhiú]
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Ar cheannaigh tú leabhar? [Did you buy a book? with past tense interrogative particle 'ar'] response:
Cheannaigh [did buy] OR Níor cheannaigh [did not buy]
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An attributive adjective:
directly modifies a noun, e.g. fear maith 'a good man.' these come after the noun
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A predicative adjective:
is linked with a verb to the noun it describes, e.g. Is maith an fear é 'he is a good man'
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Use níos before the comparative for a basic sense of 'more' or '-er' Use ná like 'than'
Tá an bord seo níos airde ná an ceann sin. "This table is taller than that one"
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Use is before the comparative for the sense 'most'
an bord is airde 'the highest table'
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Positive adjectives with the preposition 'le' to express how you feel about something
is maith liom é : 'i like it' is fearr liom é sin : 'i prefer that'
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Positive adjectives:
maith ; good ~ like breá ; fine, grand ~ really like aoibhinn ; lovely ~ love, adore
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Negative adjectives:
olc ; bad, evil ~ dislike oth ; regret(ted) ~ regret fuath ; hat(r)ed ~ hate
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féidir
possible is féidir liom/leat/leis/etc = 'I/you/he/etc can'
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Nominative feminine singular adjectives:
Séimhiú bean mhaith 'good woman'
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Nominative masculine singular adjectives:
no change
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Nominative feminine plural adjectives:
add vowel (a or e) mná maithe 'good women'
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Nominative masculine plural adjectives:
Add vowel (a or e) + Séimhiú after slender consonants tithe maithe 'good houses' fir mhaithe ' good men'
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Genitive feminine singular adjectives:
add vowel (a or e) mná maithe 'of a good woman'
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Genitive masculine singular adjectives:
Séimhiú fir mhaith 'of a good man'
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Genitive plural adjectives (both feminine and masculine):
Strong plural nouns: Add vowel (a or e) na dtithe maithe 'of the good houses' Weak plural nouns: No change na mban maith 'of the good women'
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For verbal adjectives (past participles): verbs ending in -ch, -d, -l, -n, -s get
-ta/-te e.g. deán --> deánta (do --> done)
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For verbal adjectives (past participles): verbs ending in -b(h), -g, -c, -m(h), -p, -r get:
-tha/-thé e.g. íoc --> íoctha (pay --> paid)
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For verbal adjectives (past participles): verbs ending in -bh/-mh + -tha is now written as:
-fa in order to simplify reading. e.g. scríobhtha --> scríofa
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Perfect participles can be expressed by
using the verbal adjectives with the 'have' construction bí + ag e.g; Tá sé scríofa agam: "I have written it" Bhí sé scríofa agam: "I had written it"
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to construct an adverb:
form verb with the particle 'go' maith - good / go maith - well éifeachtach - effective / go héifeachtach - effectively
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Verbal adjective prefixe Do[séimhiú]
Difficult, impossible e.g; dodhéanta - difficult/impossible to do. dofheicthe - invisible, unseeable
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Verbal adjective prefix So[séimhiú]
Easily, readily e.g; sodhéanta - easily done sofheicthe - visible, able to be seen easily
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Verbal adjective prefix In[séimhiú]
-able e.g; indéanta - doable, feasible infheicthe - seeable, viewable
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Forming future tense with first conjugation verbs
add -f(a)idh, matching whether the final consonant of the verb is slender or broad + pronoun Scríobh - scríobhfaidh mé (I will write) Léigh - léifidh tú (you will read)
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Forming future tense with second conjugation verbs
add -eoidh/-óidh + pronoun Cosain - cosnóidh mé (I will protect) Inis - inseoidh tú (You will tell)
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to express 'to' the construct is:
[target noun/verb] a [verbal noun] e.g. Tá mé chun rud éigint a dhéanamh - I am going to do something (~something to do) Tá sí chun deoch a fháil - she is going to get a drink (~a drink to get) Scríobhfaidh mé chucu chun eolas a fháil - I will write to them to get information (~info to get)
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Subordinate complementizer "that"
go[urú] - the copula /is/ uses gur Sílim go bhfuil sé chun imeacht - "I think /that/ he's going to leave" Sílim gur (go+is) math léi seacláid - "I think /that/ she likes chocolate"
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Subordinate complementizer "that/which/who"
a Dependent version = a[séimhiú]: has the same subject as the main clause e.g; an fear a chanann amhráin - "the man who sings songs" Independent version = a[urú]: has a different subject to the matrix clause e.g; an fear a gcanann a mhac amhráin - "the man whose son sings songs"
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Negative version of 'Go relative':
nach[urú] Sílim nach bhfuil sé chun imeacht - "I think that he isn't going to leave"
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Negative version of 'direct A relative':
nach[urú] an fear nach gcanann amhráin - "the man who doesn't sing songs"
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Negative version of 'indirect A relative':
nach[urú] An fear nach gcanann a mhac amhráin - "the man whose son doesn't sing songs"
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Negative version of 'Is relative':
nach Sílim nach maith leo a chéile - "I think that they don't like each other"
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Expressing need or obligation
Bí + ar, for verbs = Tá orm aiste a scríobh - "I have to write an essay" Caithfidh + subject pronoun, for verbs = Csithfidh mé fáil amach - "I have to find out" Is gá + do + v.n, for verbs = Is gá dom imeacht - "I need to leave" Bí + de dhíth, (ar), for nouns = Tá cuidiú de dhith (orm) - "help is necessary" / "I need help"

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