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LinksEdit
AdjectivesEdit
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 TestEdit
Vocabulary TemplateEdit
Fáilte | Welcome |
An | The
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This is a test. The vocabulary list should be floating to the right.
Vocabulary ModuleEdit
Vocabulary | ||
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Fáilte | Welcome | pronunciation |
An | The | pronunciation |
Na | The [pl.] | pronunciation |
This is a test of the module-based vocabulary system
Lesson Plan Unit OneEdit
Proposed lessons for Unit One:
Lesson OneEdit
- 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
- Concept: The Copula
- Grammar 1: Question Words
- Grammar 2: Pronouns? Broad and slender?
- Vocabulary: Greetings and introductions
- Pronunciation: c, ?
- Culture: ?
- Exercises
Lesson ThreeEdit
- 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 CompassEdit
In Irish, the directions left and right are the same as the compass directions for north and south.
Notes for future articlesEdit
Exceptions and IrregularitiesEdit
- bheith in sentences like "Is maith liom bheith ag snámh" often pronounced "a bheith" in spoken Irish
question wordsEdit
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 TransformationsEdit
nounsEdit
- baol (danger) -> baolach (dangerous)
- tréimhse (period) -> tréimhseachán (periodical)
- lia (stone) -> liath (grey)
- sláinte (health) -> sláintiúil (healthy)
verbsEdit
- iarr (ask) -> iarracht (attempt)
- úsáid (use) -> úsáideach (useful)
adjectivesEdit
- éigin (some) -> éiginnte (uncertain)
-each -oir
Random bitsEdit
- Body parts: ar vs. ag