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Níl aon tintéan mar do thintéan féin
There is no place like home
Cad é an Modh Coiníollach?
(this will be in English, I'm lazy)
This is the conditional tense (or mode), to express an action that can/might/would happen. For example, I would run, you would eat, she would sit, we would play.
Just to clarify to anyone not studying Irish, this is a scary tense, but some common phrases are actually in the Conditional tense! Although in a simpler form (which is a great way of boosting points if you're Ordinary level):
- Cad é ba mhaith leat?: What would you like?
- Ar mhaith leat cupán tae?: Would you like a cup of tea?
- Ba mhaith.: Yes (“I would”)
- Níor mhaith: No (“I wouldn’t”)
Syntax
just a quick rundown of how you read it:
English:
I would be rich and famous, if I had my dream job
Irish:
Dá mbeadh an post aislingeach agam, bheinn clú agus cáiliúil
in literal English this means:
If I had my dream job, I would be rich and famous
All verbs are in the modh coiníollach in a sentence!
My phone would break if you kicked it
this makes sense in English
My phone would break if you would kick it
is how you say it in Irish (with a literal translation)
Bhrisfeadh mo fón póca dá dtabharfá cic dó
how you say it as Gaielge
btw this will be as Gaielge from now on...
An chéad Réimniú - The First Group
(siolla amháin)
Rialacha
- Séimhiú ag tús an bhriathair. Mar shampla: Chuirfinn
- ní + Séimhiú roimh an mbriathar san fhoirm dhíultach. Mar shampla: Ní ghlanfadh sí. (Ní chuirtear "h" ar briathar a thosaíonn le guta: ní íocfainn.)
- " D' " roimh ghuta nó roimh briathar a thosaíonn le "f": D'íocfainn
- an + urú san fhoirm ceisteach: An mbuailfeá leis?
- _fimis: nuair atá "sinn" i gceist agus nuair a chríochnaíonn an fhréamh ar chonsan caol: Rithfimis
- _faimis: ^ ach consan leathan: D'ólfaimis
Líon - to fill
(siolla amháin, leathan)
- mé: líonfainn
- tú: líonfá
- sé/sí: líonfadh sé/sí
- sinn: líonfaimis
- sibh: líonfadh sibh
- siad: líonfaidis
- saor: líonfaí
ceisteach: an líonfadh mé?
díultach: ní líonfadh sé
Rith - to run
(siolla amháin, caol)
- mé: rithfinn
- tú: rithfeá
- sé/sí: rithfeadh sé/sí
- sinn: rithfimis
- sibh: rithfeadh sibh
- siad: rithfidís
- saor: rithfí
ceisteach: an rithfeadh tú?
díultach: ní rithfeadh sí
Bhuel, sin é.
Scríobhfaidh mé post eile faoin Modh Coiníollach (an dara réimniú, briathar neamhrialta, etc.)