Feminine nouns

eochair, an eochair (un OHK*-hir), key

aeróg, an aeróg (un ay*r-ROHG), aerial of a radio or TV set

leaba (LA-buh), bed

sreang, an tsreang (srang, un trang), wire

caibidil, an chaibidil (un K*AH-bi-dil), chapter

Drill

Make four sentences out of each of the word groups below. The example of what to do follows the first group.

Bris (brish), break; na cupáin (nuh ku-PAW*-in), the cups; na plátaí(nuh PLAW*-tee), the plates.

An mbristear (MRISH-tuhr) na cupáin? Níbhristear (VRISH-tuhr) iad. Nach mbristear na plátái? Bristear iad.

Are the cups broken? (Do people break the cups?) They are not. Aren't the plates broken? (Don't people break the plates?) They are.

Díol (DEE-uhl), sell; bainne anseo (BAHN-ye un-SHUH), milk here; caife anseo (KAHF-e un-SHUH), coffee here.
Múin (MOO-in), teach; an Fhraincis ann (un RANK-ish oun), French there; an Iodáilis ann (un i-DAW*-lish oun), Italian there.
Ól (ohl), drink; beoir anseo (BYOH-ir un-SHUH), beer here; tae amháin anseo (tay* uh-WOYN un-SHUH).
Mínigh (MEEN-ee), explain; an ceacht go soiléir (un kyahk*t goh suh-LAY*R), the lesson clearly; an chaibidil sin go maith (goh MAH), that chapter well.
Oscail (OH-skil), open; an chéad dhoras ar maidin (un hyay*d GUH-ruhs er MAH-din), the first door in the morning; an dara doras taréis sin (un DUH-ruh DUH-ruhs tuhr-AY*SH shin), the second door after that.

Key to 2. to 6. above:

An ndíoltar bainne anseo? Nídhíoltar anseoé. Nach ndíoltar caife anseo? Díoltar anseoé.
An múintear an Fhraincis ann? Nímhúintear anní. Nach múintear an Iodáilis ann? Múintear anní.
Anóltar beoir anseo? Níóltar anseoí. Nach n-óltar tae amháin anseo?Óltar anseoé.
An mínitear go soiléiré. Nach mínitear an chaibidil sin go maith? Mínitear go maithí.
An osclaítear (un OH-sklee-tuhr) an chéad dhoras ar maidin? Níosclaítearé. Nach n-osclaítear an dara doras taréis sin? Osclaítear taréis siné.

Notes:Usually when you change to the free form, a word follows the free form. The word may be the original noun, such as "bainne" or "an Fhraincis", or it may be a pronoun, such as "é", "í", or "iad".

Adverbs and other words may be repeated, too, or left out, depending on the meaning that you want to convey and on how briefly you wish to express yourself.

Remember that "an" and "nach" eclipse the first consonant of the next verbal form where possible, and that "nach" causes an "n" to precede a vowel starting the next word, as in "nach n-óltar".

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Irish Lesson 68	\|	Irish Lesson 69

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