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- As with many European languages, all nouns in Irish are either grammatically “masculine” or “feminine.” Thus Irish doesn’t have a single, neuter, word corresponding to the English “it.” Instead, you use “sé” for “it” if the word is grammatically masculine, and “sí” if the word is grammatically feminine:
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This tutorial is all about understanding gender of nouns in the Irish language. We'll be exploring how to distinguish between masculine and feminine words in Irish, and learning useful rules to help you identify the gender of words with confidence.
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Irish is what’s known as a “VSO” (verb-subject-object) language. In other words,the verb usually comes first in a simple sentence. By contrast, English is an SVO language. Consider the English sentence “The dog ate the food.” In that sentence, we have: Subject: The dog Verb: ate Object: the food The equivalent sentence in Irish is D’ith an madra an...
Another difference between Irish and English (though one that Irish does share with French and Spanish) is that adjectives follow the nouns they modify. For example, in English, we might say “The little dog ate the food.” “Little” is an adjective modifying the noun “dog.” In Irish, however, we’d say: D’ith an madra beag an bia. Beag (little) is an ...
Catching that verb as it flies past at the beginning of the sentence is important when someone asks you a question, for a reason other than what you might expect: Irish has no words for “yes” and “no.” If someone asks you a question that would normally be answered with “yes” or “no,” you reply by restating the verb used to ask the question in eithe...
As with most European languages, all nouns in Irish are either grammatically masculine or grammatically feminine. We say “grammatically” masculine or feminine because grammatical gender doesn’t necessarily have anything to do with actual sex. For example, the Irish word cailín (girl) is grammatically masculine, and the Irish word stáil (stallion) i...
One very significant way in which Irish varies from English is that it has two different ways of expressing the verb “to be,”and they’re not interchangeable. One way, using the verb bí (present tense tá) is used when you’re speaking of something or someone’s state or condition, describing its appearance, or talking about what it’s doing: Tá an madr...
Another interesting feature of the Irish language isit uses the same little word — a — for the possessive adjectives his, her, and their. What changes is the word that comes after a: A athair: His father. A bhád: His boat. A hathair: Her father. A bád: Her boat. A n-athair: Their father. A mbád: Their boat. We like to think of it as being efficient...
In English, we’re used to the ends of words changing (for example, adding an “s” to make something plural, or an apostrophe plus “s” to make it possessive). In Irish, the beginnings of words change as well, as in the example above. The fancy grammatical term for this is “initial mutation,” and the ins and outs of it are too extensive to go into her...
To list the ways in which one language differs from another could take a book(or maybe a library). These are just a few of the differences between Irish and English that I find the most intriguing. The important thing is, grammatical differences such as these don’t make Irish more difficult to learn than any other language. The reality is that, onc...
Jul 20, 2013 · Because of this, you need to use the pronouns corresponding to he/she or him/her, even when speaking of inanimate objects. For example: Is carr é: “It’s a car.” I use the masculine pronoun é (“he”), because carr (automobile) is grammatically masculine. Is cláirseach í: It’s a harp.”
Aug 25, 2012 · As with many European languages, all nouns in Irish are either grammatically “masculine” or “feminine.” Thus Irish doesn’t have a single, neuter, word corresponding to the English “it.” Instead, you use “sé” for “it” if the word is grammatically masculine, and “sí” if the word is grammatically feminine:
Feb 9, 2017 · Certain words do not change in the genitive case (Cogadh na Saoirse) Certain phrases do not have na in the middle ( mála scoile ) The most common exception to these rules are words beginning with D, N, T, L, or S.
In Irish nouns are either Masculine or feminine. Use www.foclóir.ie to determine a noun’s gender with absolute certainty. Note: Tap the hyperlinked English words below to identify the correct gender of each word.
The following singular nominative nouns are related to the word “Scoil“ Grammar: This article will focus on the following grammar elements: Masculine or Feminine Noun – Rule of Thumb
