Grammar Flashcards
What letters never take a h?
L, R, N, Sc, Sp, Sm, St
Mary is happy
tá athas AR mHáire
I welcomed Séan
chuir mé fáilte ROIMH sHéan
Five pens
CÚIG pHeann
He doesn’t do
NÍ dHéanann sé
I asked of Shéan
d’fhiafraigh mé DE sHéan
I gave a book to the girl
thug mé leabhar DON cHailín
He didn’t ask me a question
NÍOR cHuir sé ceist orm
My mother
MO mHáthair
Your mother
DO mHáthair
His pen
A pHeann
Did he put?
AR cHuir sé?
under séan
FAOI sHéan
I gave the book to patrick
Thug mé an leabhar DO pHádraig
When i come home
NUAIR a tHagaim abhaile
I was free from prison
Bhí mé saor Ó pHríosún
If you do
MÁ dHéanann tú
The house went on fire
chuaigh an teach TRÍ tHine
Too big
RÓ-mHór
at home
SA bHaile
very good
AN-mHaith
that he gave/ that he didnt give
GUR tHug sé
NÁR tHug sé
What is the ‘dentals’ rule?
If a word finished in D N T L S and the next word starts with D N T L S then a ‘h’ or an ‘urú’ can’t be added
at the girl
AG AN Gcailín
on the girl
AR AN Gcailín
out of the girl
AS AN Gcailín
to the table
CHUIG AN Mbord
under the table
FAOIN Mbord
our coats
ÁR Gcótaí
your (pl) coats
BHUR Gcótaí
their coats
A Gcótaí
from the park
ÓN Bpáirc
by post
TRÍD AN Bpost
over the gate
THAR AN Ngeata
before the visitor
ROIMH AN Gcuairteoir
with the boy
LEIS AN Mbuachaill
if it were
DÁ Mbeadh
do you do?
AN Ndéanann tú
in trouble
I Dtrioblóid
seven pens
SEACHT Bpeann
that he does
that he doesn’t
GO Ndéanann sé
NACH Ndéanann sé
if you said (mura)
MURA Ndúirt tú
What’s special about putting ‘ar an’ before an s?
it’s like saying ‘an’ so you need to know if it’s masculine or feminine
Look at
Féach ar
Breathnaigh ar
To call someone
Glaoigh ar
To blow on
Séid ar
To hit/knock on
Buail ar
To turn on
Cas ar
To wave at
Croith ar
To return to
Fill ar
To put on
Cuir ar
To hurry up
Brostaigh ar
To fail
Teip ar
To grab on
Beir ar
To depend on
Braith ar
To beg
Impigh ar
To ask of
Iarr ar
Fiafraigh de
To annoy
Cuir isteach ar
Cuir as do
To take off
Bain de
To get up from
Éirigh de
To dismount/land (plane)
Tuirling de
To meet with
Buail le
To stay with
Fan le
To shake hands with
Croith lámh le
To add to
Cuir le
To listen to
Éist le
To help someone/something
Cabhraigh le
To succeed
Éirigh le
To speak to
Labhair le
To enjoy
Taitin le
To say to
Abair le
To treat
Caith le
To occur
Rith le
To give to
Tabhair do
To refuse to
Diúltaigh do
To show to
Taispeáin do
To suit
Oir do
To tell to
Inis do
To admit to
Admhaigh do
To give in to/ to accept
Géill do
To pay for
Íoc as
To get a fright
Bain geit as
To return from
Fill ó
To stay away from
Fan ó
To want
Teastaigh ó
To welcome
Cuir fáilte roimh
Write out AG
AT/POSSESSION agam agat aige aici againn agaibh acu
Write out AR
ON orm ort air uirthi orainn oraibh orthu
Write out AS
OUT OF/FROM A PLACE asam asat as aisti asainn asaibh astu
Write out CHUN/CHUIG
TO/TOWARDS/FOR chugam chugat chuige chuici chugainn chugaibh chucu
Write out DE
OFF/OF díom díot de di dínn díbh díobh
Write out DO
TO/FOR dom duit dó di dúinn daoibh dóibh
Write out FAOI
UNDER/ABOUT fúm fút faoi fúithi fúinn fúibh fúthu
Write out I
IN/INTO ionam ionat ann inti ionann ionaibh iontu
Write out IDIR
BETWEEN/BOTH idir mé idir tú idir sé idir sí eadrainn eadraibh eatarthu
Write out LE
WITH/OWNERSHIP liom leat leis léi linn libh leo
Write out Ó
FROM/DESIRE/NEED uaim uait uaidh uaithi uainn uaibh uathu
Write out ROIMH
BEFORE/IN FRONT OF romham romhat roimhe roimpí romhainn romhaibh rompu
list the urús
g before c n before d n before g m before b bh before f b before p d before t n- before vowel
I’m above, go down!`
Táim thuas, téigh síos!
I’m above, come up (from below)!
Táim thuas, tar aníos!
I’m below, go up!
Táim thíos, téigh suas!
I’m below, come down (from above)!
Táim thíos, téigh anuas
