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| briathair verbs |
| nouns ainmfhocail |
| adjectives aidiachtaí |
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| In this lesson you will learn the difference between ina chónaí living and i gcónaí always. You will learn an aidiacht shealbhach the possessive adjective and some important structures in which it is used. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| These are the forms of the aidiacht shealbhach possessive adjective: mo, do, a, a, ár, bhur, a. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Foirmeacha na haidiachta sealbhaí
le hainmfhocal dár thús consan The forms of the possessive adjective with a noun beginning with a consonant |
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| Foirmeacha na haidiachta sealbhaí
le hainmfhocal dár thús guta The forms of the possessive adjective with a noun beginning with a vowel |
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| Foirmeacha treise na haidiachta sealbhaí
le hainmfhocal dár thús consan agus a bhfuil consan leathan ag a dheireadh The emphatic forms of the possessive adjective with a noun beginning with a consonant and ending with a broad consonant |
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| Foirmeacha treise na haidiachta sealbhaí
le hainmfhocal dár thús guta agus a bhfuil consan caol ag a dheireadh The emphatic forms of the possessive adjective with a noun beginning with a vowel and ending with a slender consonant |
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| Please note the special emphatic forms of the possessive adjectives. Unlike English the possessive adjective itself cannot carry a stress for emphasis. So when the Three Bears discovered their porridge gone they should have said "Cé a d'ith mo leitese!" Who ate my porridge and not "Cé a d'ith MO leite!" That's wrong. It is a common mistake and sadly was included on a children's CD some years ago. You can avoid it however because you now know the special emphatic forms. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| There is another point worth noting. The possessive adjective is not used as often in Irish as in English. In English people talk of "MY breakfast". In Irish we say "an bricfeasta" the breakfast. Unless possession is important to the sense it may not be needed at all. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Finally, let us look at the difference between i gcónaí and i mo chónaí | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| i gcónaí always is an adverb and does not change. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| i mo chónaí living does change according to the person as follows: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The above tables set out the changes in a noun after the possessive adjectives mo, do, a, a, ár, bhur, a my, your, his, her, our, your (plural) and their. The first shows the changes applied to a consonant. Rembember some consonants can't be lenited (See Séimhiú lenition for details) and some cannot take an eclipse (See Urú eclipse for information on the urú eclipse) The second shows the changes applied to a vowel. The next two show the emphatic forms both broad and slender. The last table shows the common phrase Táim i mo chónaí in all the persons. |
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| Now try these exercises to see how much of that you remember: cleachtaí exercises | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Basics of spelling and grammar |
| Aibitír na Gaeilge The Irish alphabet |
| Séimhiú lenition |
| Urú eclipse |
Caol le caol agus leathan le leathan |
