Using the 11 irregular Irish verbs I'm going to show you how to ask and answer
a question now in the past tense, so here's how it's going to work
you'll see a graphic like this then on top you'll see the root of the verb and in
the middle you'll see the start of the question and the two potential answers
in the affirmative and in the negative then down below you're going to have a
list of the potential prepositions- mé tú sé sí sinn sibh siad, these are
great tools for building sentences, they mean me you him her we you as in more
than one person a group that is, & they. So let's stick with this verb here the
irish verb bí which is to be so the potential question that you could ask in
the past tense is an raibh - were you and the two potential answers then Bhí or
Ní raibh that would be to say that you were or you were not, past tense.
and then you would add in the prepositions then, so that's the Irish verb bí which is to be
let's move on then to the Irish verb Beir, beir is used to say that you caught
something or it can be to take or it could also be to bear as in to be born
as well, so the questions the question you could ask is Ar Rug and
then the potential answers Rug or níor rug and then you
would add in the prepositions that suit the sentence, remember this is all in the past tense.
Let's move on to the irish verb Téigh so téigh is to go
and the question you could ask An ndeachaigh - did you go, the two potential
answers then in the affirmative Chuaigh or in the negative
ní dheachaigh, chuaigh/ní dheachaigh and then add the prepositions. Our next irregular Irish
verb is Feic so feic is to see, the question An bhfaca - did you see
Chonaic or Ní fhaca - I saw or I didn't see.
Clois is the Irish verb to
hear, clois, Ar chuala - did you hear - ar chuala
chuala, níor chuala, I heard I didn't hear
Faigh is the Irish verb to get, An bhfuair = did you get
Fuair/Ní bhfuair are the two potential answers
Tabhair is our next one, tabhair is the Irish verb to give
the question you could ask Ar thug - did you get or did you
receive, ar thug, Thug/níor thug is the beginning of the two potential answers
our next one is Abair abair is the Irish verb to say
An ndúirt - did you say, dúirt/ní dúirt are the potential answers
Ith is the Irish verb to eat Ar ith - did you eat
D'ith or níor ith - there are the two potential answers D'ith or níor ith I ate and I didn't eat
Tar is our next Irish verb tar and that means to come, tar, Ar tháinig - did you come
Tháinig and níor tháinig are the two potential answers I came or I didn't come
Our next irregular Irish verb is Déan, Déan means to make or to do, the question that could
be asked An ndearna did you make an ndearna Rinne or ní dhearna is how you would
answer that question in the past tense Rinne or ní dhearna
I'm sure you've noticed there that there's two ways to ask a question in the examples that I've
just discussed here - An and Ar so for example An raibh did you or Ar rug
did you catch so it could be confusing to know how to answer that question in
the negative because it could be ní or it could be níor, if you're answering in
the negative so I have an easy way to help you remember that potential problem
if the question starts with An and you're looking for an answer
think of it this way An is going to be answered in the negative with ní so An
equals ní and the easy way to remember that is think of someone like for
example a child sitting on your knee on the knee or on your knee so that could
be a nice way of kind of relating those two and avoiding any confusion
Ar then so as I said Ar rug for example, well the answer there is going to be níor, if the
question begins with ar, and you want to answer in the negative, ar, it's just a
case of matching the r's there's an r in ar and there's also an r in níor
so if you match the r's you'll find the answer
now before you rush off and make your escape I want to direct you to another
great video to do with verbs which could be very useful now having just watched
this video on irregular verbs, the video is 15 of the best most useful verbs in
the Irish language you'll see a little preview coming up on screen
if not I'll leave a link in the description and in the first pinned comment so check
that out if you can please.
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slán go fóill.