GRAMMAR

You know how to say "he is writing", "he wrote", and "he was writing" in Irish. "He is writing" means that at this time someone is actually writing. When we say "he writes", however, we mean that a person writes now and then, more or less frequently, but that he may not be writing at this instant.

Irish makes the same distinction, and we say that "he writes" is in the present habitual tense. It forms the imperative, scríobh, and looks like this:

scríobhaim (SHKREEV-im), I write

scríobhann tú(SHKREEV-uhn too), you write

scríobhann sé, he writes

scríobhann sí, she writes

scríobhaimid (SHKREEV-uh-mid), we write

scríobhann shibh (shiv), you (pl) write

scríobhann siad (SHEE-uhd), they write

For the negative, put a "ní" (nee) before these forms. "Ní" aspirates where possible. The "s" in "scríobh" cannot be aspirated: Níscríobhaim.

With "díol" (DEE-uhl), sell, however: Nídhíolaim (nee YEE-lim), I don't sell.

For the questions, put "an" (un) or "nach" (nahk*) before the basic forms. Both eclipse wherever possible:

An scríobhann túgo minic? Do you write often?

Nach ndíolann séfeoil? (nahk* NEE-luhn shay* FYOH-il) Doesn't he sell meat?

VOCABULARY

carr (kahr), an auto

aon charr amháin (ay*n k*ahr uh-WOYN), only one auto

dhácharr (gaw* k*ahr), two autos

trí(tree) charr, three autos

ceithre (KER-e) charr, four autos

cúig (KOO-ig) charr, five autos

sé(shay) charr, six autos

tóg, ag tógail (tohg, uh TOHG-aw*-il), take, lift

scar, ag scaradh (skahr, uh SKAHR-uh), separate

bearr, ag bearradh (byahr, uh BYAHR-uh), shave

ceap, ag ceapadh (kyap, uh KYAP-uh), think

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