in this video i'm going to show you what the irish word ag means and i'm also going to clearly
explain the prepositions that originate from the irish word ag so let's get on with it
si in its simple form ag just means at so to be at someone or something it can also be used to express
possession of someone or something & ag is also used to describe verbal nouns depending on
the context of the sentence of course ag very often acts like the ing in english so it gives
action to the verb for example snámh is to swim but ag snámh means swimming so let's look at the first
aspect of the irish verb ag and that is to be at something or to be at
someone here's some samples now ag an am céanna that means at the same time
ag an siopa at the shop tá an fear ag an doras the man is at the door
you'll notice there in the previous couple of sentences i've said ag an
so ag an is used to describe something in a singular sense like for example there's
only one door up there ag an doras & it appears there's only one shop ag an siopa but this changes
to ag na if we are describing something in the plural so for example ag na ballaí at the walls
the 2nd aspect to the irish verb ag is when it comes to describing possession of someone
or something and this is where the prepositions come in so first of all let's have a look at
the basic personal pronouns
these mean me you him her
we yee as in you but more than one person and them so ag + mé transitions into
agam so you wouldn't say ag mé you just say agam this is just like in english saying
at me it's literally the same thing but you have two words in english at+me but in irish
you just have one agam and similarly ag+tú turns into agat you wouldn't say something is
ag tú um you would say just agat so it literally means at you or on you depending
on the context of the sentence of course & if we go down to the rest of them then you'll see
let's look at some sample sentences now that's going to help illustrate the prepositions
that i've just discussed
so literally that means i have a little bit of news at me/on me & if we put another
preposition at the end like duit for example we can say for you so for example
so that literally means the PERMISSION is not on you or at you to go inside
it's important to remember that in irish very very often
feelings desires and emotions and things like that are very often on you or at you and it's
articulated that way in the sentence that i've just said níl cead agat dul isteach
so that literally means there's loads of time or there's
plentiful amount of time at us or on us or in our possession for want of a better phrase
so that means there is no tea left at them as in
in their possession let's say so that's what the sentence literally means from irish to english
the next part of the irish word ag we're going to look at is how it makes verbal nouns it's very
crucial to this process so as i said at the start of the video the ag in irish very often means the
ing in english it gives action to the verb that comes after it so for example ag éileamh means
demanding ag éileamh airgid demanding money ag freastal is attending
for example ag freastal ar an eaglish attending the church
ag déanamh is doing or making ag déanamh rudaí eile doing other things
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