Irish Irregular, Regular Verbs Flashcards
What is the Irish term for the past tense?
Aimsir chaite
What is the Irish term for the present tense?
Aimsir laithreach
True or False: All Irish verbs are regular.
False
What is a characteristic of irregular aimsir chaite verbs?
They do not follow standard conjugation patterns.
Fill in the blank: The verb ‘to be’ in Irish is ___ in aimsir laithreach.
tá
What is the regular conjugation for the verb ‘to love’ (grá) in aimsir laithreach for ‘I’?
táim ag grá
Which of the following is an example of an irregular aimsir chaite verb? a) scríobh b) léigh c) caith
b) léigh
What does the verb ‘scríobh’ mean in English?
to write
True or False: The verb ‘chuaigh’ is an example of a regular verb.
False
Fill in the blank: ‘I went’ in Irish is ___
chuaigh mé
What is the pattern for forming regular aimsir laithreach verbs?
They typically follow predictable endings based on the subject.
What is the past tense of ‘tá’ in Irish?
bhí
Identify the verb: ‘d’íol’ means ___
to sell
Which tense is used to describe ongoing actions in Irish?
Aimsir laithreach
True or False: ‘Bhí’ is the past tense of ‘to have’.
False
What is the first person singular form of the verb ‘to eat’ (ithe) in aimsir laithreach?
itheann mé
Which of the following verbs is regular in aimsir chaite? a) chuaigh b) d’ól c) chaitheamh
b) d’ól
Fill in the blank: The verb ‘to do’ in Irish is ___ in aimsir laithreach.
déanaim
What is the past tense of ‘tóg’?
thóg
What is the meaning of ‘leath’ in English?
to spread
True or False: ‘gheobhaidh’ is a form of the verb ‘to get’.
True
What is the third person singular form of ‘to see’ (feic) in aimsir laithreach?
feiceann sé/sí
Which form of ‘to go’ is used in aimsir laithreach?
téann
Fill in the blank: ‘They wrote’ in Irish is ___
scríobh siad
What type of verb is ‘tá’?
Irregular
What does the verb ‘éist’ mean?
to listen
