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Adjectives
[edit | edit source]Rules for regular adjectives:
Masculine noun: no changes
Feminine noun:
- Adjective ends in consonant other than h, l, n, r: séimhiú
- Adjective ends in h, l, n, r, or a vowel: no change
Plural noun:
- Broad adjective: add -a
- Slender adjective: add -e
- Ends in -úil: changes to -úla
- Ends in -air: changes to -ra
- Ends in vowel: usually no change (except breá to breátha, te to teo)
- Plural noun is slenderized: séimhiú added to plural adjective
Irregular adjectives:
TBD
Template Test
[edit | edit source]Vocabulary Template
[edit | edit source]| Fáilte | Welcome |
| An | The
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This is a test. The vocabulary list should be floating to the right.
Vocabulary Module
[edit | edit source]| Vocabulary | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fáilte | Welcome | pronunciation |
| An | The | pronunciation |
| Na | The [pl.] | pronunciation |
This is a test of the module-based vocabulary system
Lesson Plan Unit One
[edit | edit source]Proposed lessons for Unit One:
Lesson One
[edit | edit source]- Concept: The Three Dialects of Irish
- Grammar 1: The Alphabet and the Síneadh Fada
- Grammar 2: Building a Basic VSO Sentence
- Vocabuary: Very basic
- Pronunciation: l, n, nn, é, éigh, ia, mh
- Culture: Online Irish resources? or Gaeltacht?
- Exercises: Explore pronunciation
Lesson Two (Incorporates current lesson 1)
[edit | edit source]- Concept: The Copula
- Grammar 1: Question Words
- Grammar 2: Pronouns? Broad and slender?
- Vocabulary: Greetings and introductions
- Pronunciation: c, ?
- Culture: ?
- Exercises
Lesson Three
[edit | edit source]- Concept: ?
Pronouns?
Can understand and use familiar everyday expressions and very basic phrases aimed at the satisfaction of needs of a concrete type. Can introduce themselves and others and can ask and answer questions about personal details such as where they live, people they know and things they have.
The Irish Compass
[edit | edit source]In Irish, the directions left and right are the same as the compass directions for north and south.
Notes for future articles
[edit | edit source]Exceptions and Irregularities
[edit | edit source]- bheith in sentences like "Is maith liom bheith ag snámh" often pronounced "a bheith" in spoken Irish
question words
[edit | edit source]At least three ways of saying "when":
- Cathain?
- Cá huair?
- Cén uair?
- Ca fhad
Grammar
- Question words come first in the sentence, followed by "a" (or the "a" in "atá")
- "a" particle adds séimhiu to consonants
"ar" - question particle in past tense
Word Forms and Transformations
[edit | edit source]nouns
[edit | edit source]- baol (danger) -> baolach (dangerous)
- tréimhse (period) -> tréimhseachán (periodical)
- lia (stone) -> liath (grey)
- sláinte (health) -> sláintiúil (healthy)
verbs
[edit | edit source]- iarr (ask) -> iarracht (attempt)
- úsáid (use) -> úsáideach (useful)
adjectives
[edit | edit source]- éigin (some) -> éiginnte (uncertain)
-each -oir
Random bits
[edit | edit source]- Body parts: ar vs. ag