Grammar

Sometimes we hear a person say "I be sick", indicating that he is continually ailing, as contrasted with "I am sick", indicating a present and temporary state. Irish has a form of "tá" to indicate a continuing state. It is:

bím (beem), I am, I be

bíonn tú(BEE-uhn too), you are

bíonn sé, sí; he is, she is

bímid (BEE-mid), we are

bíonn sibh, siad; you (plural) are, they are

The negative is: níbhím (nee veem), I am not; níbhíonn tú, you are not; etc. The question forms are: an mbím? (un meem), am I; nach mbím? (nahk* meem), am I not?; etc.

For indirect speech: deir ségo mbím; deir sénach mbím.

Examples: Bím tinn (beem tin), I am sick, in poor health.

Támétinn; I am sick now.

Bíonn séar scoil; he is usually or often at school.

Táséar scoil; he is at school at this moment.

Bímid ann go minic; we are often there.

Táimid ann anois; we are there now.

Vocabulary

Masculine nouns

geimheadh (GEV-ruh), winter

lampa (LAHM-puh), lamp

néal (nay*l), cloud

cnaipe (kuh-NAHP-e), button

brúigh, ag brú(BROO-ee), uh BROO), press

brúim (BROO-im), I press

brúnn sé(broon shay*), he presses

coimeád, ag coimeád (kim-AW*D, uh kim-AW*D), keep

Feminine nouns

tine (TIN-e), an tine, fire (in a fireplace)

grian, an ghrian (GREE-uhn, un YREE-uhn), sun

aontaigh le, ag aontúle (AY*N-tee le, eg AY*N-too le), agree with

aontaím leat (AY*N-teem lat), I agree with you

dún, ag dúnadh (doon, uh DOON-uh) close

minic (MIN-ik), often

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