Gaeilge (Irish) - Basic GrammarThe FadaThis special gaelic character accent, the fada, is only used with the vowels (aeiou). If you are spelling a word which had letters with the accents you describe it as follows. Example 1: mé (which means 'me') - you would spell it as: m, e fada. Example 2: cailín (which means girl) - you would spell it as: c, a, i, l, i fada, n. The fada usually makes the vowel stronger - and longer. Nouns
The English word 'the' basically translates to the gaelic an. So we have:
The plural of an is na. So we have: A lot of plural nouns end in í but NOT all of them. (Things are never that easy!!) VerbsMost verbs require the word ag before the main verb, along with part of the verb To Be which gives it the tense.
Adjective (describes a noun)In English the adverb goes BEFORE the noun. In Irish, similar to the French language, the adverb goes AFTER the noun. Example 1: an fear mór = the big man (fear = man, mór = big) Example 2: an cailín deas = the pretty girl (cailín = girl, deas = pretty) Example 3: na buachaillí salach = the dirty boys - (buachaillí = boys, salach = dirty) Numberscoming soon-ish! Updated: 28th August 2012 |
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