Irish grammar - aidíocht sheallbhach - possessions

aidíocht sheallbhach - possessions

This is for possesssions, so when you are saying, my___, his___ etc, 

For this you use:

my     -    mo

your    -    do

his     -     a

her     -     a

our      -     ár

you (pl)    -     bhur

their    -      a

When using these before a word that begins with a constanant eg carr

Mo                        +  shéimhú (h)                                 Mo charr

Do                         +  shéimhú (h)                                 Do charr

a  (masc)               +  shéimhú (h)                                 a  charr

a (fem)                  no change                                        a carr

Ár                         +  urú                                             Ár  gcarr

Bhur                     +  urú                                            Bhur  gcarr

A (pl)                   +  urú                                             a  gcarr

When using these before a word that begins with a vowel eg oráiste

Mo                        M'_______                             m'oráiste

Do                         D'_______                              d'oráiste

a  (masc)               no change                                a  orásite

a (fem)                  h before                                    a horáiste

Ár                         Urú   n-_____                            Ár  n-oráiste

Bhur                    Urú   n-______                            Bhur  n-oráiste

a (pl)                   Urú   n-______                            a  n-oráiste

Irish grammar - Forainm Reamhfhocalach (eg Liom, uirthi, agat)

Irish grammar - Forainm Reamhfhocalach (eg Liom, uirthi, agat)

Fancy  Irish word but bascially it is just when you put the reamhfhocal shimplí (as, ag, ar... etc..) and the forainm (mé tú sé...) together.

So for example, instead of saying " le mé..." you say "liom" instead of saying "ar tú" you say "ort" etc etc

The reason behind it... there isnt really any, its just irish, and the grammar behind it and really you may just learn the words, sorry but there is not really any other way around it.

Some you will use more than others. I am putting the main ones here, there are others which are rarely used such as thar, um etc, the most important are probably ag, ar, le, and do, they will be used a lot and you probably already know some of them.

So am going to out the simple preposition at the top, eg le, and then the list underneath. Instead of me having to write out mé tú sé.. all the time i will just write them for the first one and that will be the order they are in for the rest :) 

If you are confused about any of it please feel free to comment. 

                            Ag                           Do

Mé/mise             agam                        dom

Tú/tus                 agat                          duit

Sé/é                    aige                          do

Sí/í                     aici                           di

Sinn/muid         againn                      dúinn

Sibh                  agaibh                      daoibh

Siad                    acu                          dóibh

Le                                         As

liom                                    asam

leat                                     asat

leis                                     as

leí                                      astí

linn                                    asainn

libh                                    asaibh

leo                                      astu

Ar                                       Faoi

orm                                    fúm

ort                                      fút

air                                       faoi

uirthi                                   fúithí  

orainn                                 fúinn

oraibh                                fúibh

orthu                                  fúthú

 Ó                                     De

uaim                                díom

uait                                  díot

uaidh                               de

uaithi                               di

uainn                               dinn

uaibh                               díbh

uathú                               díobh

Roimh                              I

romham                          ionam

romhat                            ionat

roimhe                            ann

roimpi                            inti

romhainn                       ionainn

romhaibh                       ionaibh

rompu                            iontu

Chuig

chugam

chugat

chuige

chuici

chugainn

chugaibh

chucu

 

Irish Grammar - Reamhfhocal shimplí (eg i, le, go, ag, ar...) simple prepositions

Irish Grammar - Reamhfhocal shimplí  (eg i, le, go, ag, ar...)

Simple prepositions

Some take a h, some don't, some take urús, its all very confusing.

They are divided up into 4 groups.

Group 1 - no changes happen after these

• ag
• as
• chuig
• le
• go

Group 2 - when using these  you add a shéimhú (h)

• de
• do
• faoi
• mar
• ó
• roimh
• trí

Group 3 - take a shéimhú most of the time, but not always

• ar
• gan
• idir
• thar
• um

Group 4 - takes an urú always

• i