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Newcomers can sometimes struggle with the technical terms they come across when they start to explore the grammar of a new language but these are explained fully in the Easy Learning Irish Grammar. The Easy Learning Irish Verbs is a handy reference source which presents verb tables for the learner and everyday language user in a simple, uncluttered manner.

Easy Learning IrishVerbs is divided into sections to help you become confident in using and understanding Irish verbs. The first section consists of the verb tables for 115 key Irish verbs (regular and irregular) which are given in full for the various seven tenses and moods – complete with the stem, the verbal noun plus the verbal adjective. The stem and the verbal noun (or infinitive) are the two most important parts of any verb. While the verbal adjective may be used as an ‘adjective’, it will appear more commonly as a ‘past participle’ in forming the various perfect tenses. Appendix A follows the verb tables and gives clear-cut information on the different parts of the Irish verbs conjugated by providing full parallel English translations of all the verbal forms for the sample verb glan ‘clean’.

The main verb tables are presented in the Standard language – however some key variants are provided as footnotes to the tables for the three main dialects of Ulster, Connaught and Munster. This will enable the user to become acquainted with Standard Irish and with the key spoken variants in the Gaeltacht (or ‘Irish-speaking’) areas, often heard on the media, and found in the regional literature of Modern Irish.

A short Grammar Appendix rounds off the volume Easy Learning Irish Verbs.

The Easy Learning Irish Grammar takes you a step further in your language learning. It supplements the information given in the Easy Learning Irish Verbs by offering even more guidance on the usage and meaning of verbs, as well as looking at the most important aspects of Irish grammar. Together, or individually, the Easy Learning titles offer you all the help you need when learning Irish.

Táblaí na mBriathra / Verb Tables

1 abairsay

2 aithinrecognise

3 aithrisimitate

4 amharclook

5 atswell

6 athraighchange

7 báighdrown

8 bailighgather

9 baincut, win

10 beannaighbless

11 beirbear

12 bíbe

13 isthe copula

14 bogmove

15 brisbreak

16 brúighpress, push

17 cailllose

18 caithspend, wear

19 castwist, turn

20 ceangailtie

21 ceannaighbuy

22 cloíghdefeat

23 clois = cluin Uhear

24 codailsleep

25 coinnighkeep

26 cruaighharden

27 cruinnighcollect

28 cuirput

29 dathaighcolour

30 déando, make

31 díolsell

32 dírighstraighten

33 dóighburn

34 druidclose, shut

35 dúisighwake up

36 dúnclose, shut

37 eagraighorganise

38 éirighget up

39 éistlisten

40 fágleave

41 faighget

42 fanwait

43 fásgrow

44 feicsee

45 feoighrot, decay

46 fiafraighask, enquire

47 fill = pill U return

48 fliuchwet, soak

49 foghlaimlearn, teach

50 foilsighpublish

51 freagairanswer

52 freastailattend

53 géillyield

54 glanclean

55 goirtighsalt, pickle

56 gortaighhurt, injure

57 iarrask, request

58 imighleave, go off

59 imirplay (game)

60 inistell

61 iompaircarry

62 ionsaighattack

63 itheat

64 labhairspeak

65 laslight

66 léighread

67 liglet, permit

68 maraighkill

69 meathwither, rot

70 milldestroy, ruin

71 mínighexplain

72 mionnaighswear

73 molpraise

74 múscailwake up

75 neartaighstrengthen

76 nighwash

77 oiltrain, rear

78 óldrink

79 ordaighorder

80 oscail=foscail U open

81 pacáilpack

82 pósmarry

83 rithrun

84 roinn = ranndivide

85 sábháilsave

86 scanraighfrighten

87 scaoilshoot, loosen

88 scríobhwrite

89 seachainavoid

90 seasstand

91 sínstretch

92 sínighsign

93 siúilwalk

94 smaoinighthink

95 socraigharrange

96 stampáilstamp

97 suighsit

98 tabhairgive

99 tagairrefer

100 taispeáinshow

101 taistiltravel

102 taitinshine

103 tarcome

104 tarraingpull, draw

105 teanntighten

106 téighgo

107 tiomáindrive

108 titfall

109 tóglift

110 tosaighbegin

111 tráchtmention

112 triomaighdry

113 tuigunderstand

114 tuirsightire, exhaust

115 ullmhaighprepare

1 abairsay, rá, ráite

an aimsir chaite/the past tense

dúirt mé

dúirt tú

dúirt sé/sí

dúramar

dúirt sibh

dúirt siad

dúradh/húradh

ní dúirt

an ndúirt?

go ndúirt

nach ndúirt

ní dúradh/níor húradh

an ndúradh?

go/nach ndúradh

1sg dúrt/dúras, 2sg dúrais, 2pl dúrabhair M 1pl dúirt muid CU 3pl dúradar MCd’úirt, níor úirt, ar/gur/nár úirt etc. , aut. húradh: níor, ar gur, nár húradh; CU

an aimsir láithreach/the present tense

deirim

deir tú

deir sé/sí

deirimid

deir sibh

deir siad

deirtear

ní deir

an ndeir?

go ndeir

nach ndeir

1pl deir muid CU 3pl deirid (siad) M rel. a deir; deireann sé dial.

var. dep. ní abrann, an abrann? etc U

an aimsir fháistineach/the future tense