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quizlet on verb

On of the most important thing in learning a language is the knowledge of how the sentence are created.. .correct me if i'm wrong but the right way to write a sentence in gaeilge is Verb, pronoun, noun and adjective. Like : Bord an bháid or one if my favorite :Lig an sicín isteach ( let the chiken enter ( the room) lol

Let do a quizlet on verb... recognize all the verb that i brought you and some other that you can add. I know there already a quizlet on how to write phrase.. i wil lget on that it just that i just discovered how the phrase are beeing created.. i will soon be able to write :)
here are the verb that i know :
imíonn : to go
Feicim : seeing
isteach : enter
déanann : to do
deifir : to hurry
Foghlaim : learning
Eist : listen
that not a lot so let all participate :)
Míl céad faílte

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Permalink Reply by Robert Brady on April 22, 2008 at 3:50

Tráthnóna maith agat !
Maith thú a Alex! I think your idea is a good one.
Let's first look at the sentence structure. In Irish the basic word order is Verb-subject-object. For example: Tá mé anseo - am I here. In English we would say I am here.
Adjectives usually follow the noun like in this phrase: An cailín álainn - the girl beautiful or an madra mór - the dog big or the big dog!

Verbs get a little complicated. We can start a set of simple verbs in the present tense on Quizlet and take it from there. From there we will progress to past, future, habitual past tense, conditional and irregular verbs.
We'll have to take things slowly and as I see scores going up on Quizlet, I'll add more sets.

This is just the beginning, there's so much more to learn but with persistence, we can all progress, including myself!

I'll get started on a set tomorrow and have it up soon.

Go raibh maith agat!

Permalink Reply by Alexandre Boulet on April 22, 2008 at 14:13

Cad é mar atá tú Robert
Is mise Alexandre speaking...
I'm glad that i was right. I'm also learning by praticing and writting sentence from my book l'irlandais de poche. I will surely get on quizlet this week to speed up my learning.
I really need to g et one with that...
Maith inniu to you
go raibh maith agat
Slan Alex

Permalink Reply by Robert Brady on April 23, 2008 at 16:00

OK, I added the first set of regular verbs on Quizlet. I also provided a link to a site with some important learning material on verbs that you should study before working with the new set.
Learning about verbs, types, tenses, conjugation etc, will be important to all of us in our studies. I will add new sets as I see scores on Quizlet go up.

Permalink Reply by Rodrigo Bitencourt Monteiro on April 23, 2008 at 23:51

Hey, mates, I've been doing some exercises on Quizlet... and I'd like to suggest something: in English, we can't really tell the difference between "you" in the plural or singular form, if we don't have any text references. For that, there are some exercises in which I believe it'd be better to specify the "you" form.
I'm going on a slow pace... but managing to dedicate myself to it :)
Btw, I'd like you all to meet my Brazilian friend: Leonardo.
Go raibh míle maith agat mo chairde.
Slán go foill.

Permalink Reply by Robert Brady on April 24, 2008 at 1:20

Just try to remember that tú is singular you, and sibh is plural you (speaking to more than one person. So, if I were speaking to the group I'd say conas tá sibh? (how are all of you) If I were speaking to just Rodrido I'd say Conas tá tú?
Does that help?

le meas,
Robert

Permalink Reply by Alexandre Boulet on April 24, 2008 at 2:38

that the same thing in french.. we use different pronun if it female or male and if it singular or plural. For one we say tu and for pural we say vous :)
French and Gaeilge have one thing in common :)
except the fact that it two difficult language lol !

Permalink Reply by Robert Brady on April 24, 2008 at 2:56

You're absolutely correct! Gaeilge is a tough language to learn but we keep trying! I figure in about two years, I'll be able to hold a conversation without sounding like a fool. LOL

Permalink Reply by Rodrigo Bitencourt Monteiro on April 25, 2008 at 0:52

Hello, Robert.
Thanks for the help, mate. But the problem is: when we face this question, for instance: "You are not", we can't really know if we should translate it to "Níl tú" or "Níl sibh".
I'm immensely and forever grateful for all the work you guys go through in order to get this group growing.
Slán agus beannacht mo chairde.

(In Portuguese, tis the same thing: the singular form "tú" is "tu" (LOL!), and plural form "sibh" is "vós". Kinda similar to French. Best wishes, guys!)

Permalink Reply by Robert Brady on April 25, 2008 at 1:08

On the Quizlet program in the learn mode, set the configuration to Term and not definition. That way in the question it will ask - Conas tá sibh or conas tá tú and both answers will be - You (how are you) You can recognize the difference between tú and sibh but if it prompts for the definition you wouldn't know which You they were asking about. Does that make sense?

Permalink Reply by Anomaly on January 11, 2009 at 13:42

Tu' is you, yourself. (or tusa to emphasize that).
Sibh = y'all. :-p You all.

Permalink Reply by Liz O' Farrell on March 17, 2009 at 0:33

Failte mo chairde
Is mise Eilis ni Fhearghail agus ba mhaith liom cabhair leo!!

Hi if you are interested i can try and help you learn basic irish syntax you can reply to me via my page or ofarrell01@gmail.com. Im not a fluent speaker but i have the fundamentals from 13 yrs in school so hopefully i can help!! Btw i think its wonderful you are learning our langauge best of luck

Slan

Permalink Reply by Robert Brady on April 24, 2008 at 15:11

Ok, I put up two sets, Verbs - Regular - Present tense, which is a total of six different verbs in 1st, 2nd, and 3rd person. There are a total of 96 terms between the two sets. This is fairly easy stuff once you get going. Be sure to follow the link to the learning material I provided and study so you will understand verb types and verb conjugation. Once you understand this, you will be able to take a root verb, classify it by type, and form the conjugation.
From here, I will put up Past Tense, Future Tense, Past Habitual, Conditional, Present Subjective, Imperative, and Autonomous. From there we can move on to Irregular verbs, verbal adjectives, and verbal nouns.
So, as you can see, there's quite a lot to learn about verbs! I think once we understand how to classify and form verbs, I will simplify the sets and just list the root (term and definition) and let you all figure out the rest.