Irish course

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Basics 1

• cailín = (a) girl
• buachaill = (a) boy
• fear = (a) man
• bean = (a) woman

an buachaill = the boy

bean agus fear = a woman and a man

Is fear mé. = I am a man.

Ithim. = I eat.

• úll = apple
• uisce = water
• arán = bread
• biachlár = menu

Is buachaill é. = He is a boy.

Is cailín í. = She is a girl.

Ithim úll. = I eat an apple.

Itheann an buachaill úll. = The boy eats an apple.

Itheann sí. = She eats.

Tá sí. = She is.

Tá sé. = He is.

Táim. = I am.

Ólaim uisce. = I drink water.

Ólainn sí. = She drinks.

Tá uisce agat. = You have water.

Ithim arán. = I eat bread.

Ólainn Pól uisce. = Paul drinks water.

Tá úll agat. = You have an apple.

Táim agus tá sí. = I am and she is.

Itheann Pól arán. = Paul eats bread.

Basics 2

• nuachtán = newspaper

Léim. = I read.

Léimid. = We read.

Léann sí. = She reads.

na buachaillí = the boys

na cailíní = the girls

na fir = the men

na mná = the women

Irish verb "bí" (= to be)

sg. táim; bím sg. tá tú; bíonn tú sg. tá sé; bíonn sé

pl. táimid; bímid pl. tá sibh; bíonn sibh pl. tá siad; bíonn siad

Irish verb "léigh" (= to read)

sg. léim sg. lénn tú sg. lénn sé

pl. léimid pl. lénn sibh pl. léid siad

Animals

See also

• Irish word of the day
• English course
• French course
• German course
• Italian course
• Spanish course
• Portuguese course
• Dutch course
• Swedish course

Links

• Irish Spelling and Pronunciation
• Verbix.com: Irish (Gaelic) Verb Conjugator
• Irish Pronounciation Database
• Forvo.com: Irish Pronounciation