Present of the verb “to be”
by Myles Dillon
T his paradigm of the present indicative of ta should be studied carefully, as the forms are in constant use, and they will familiarise you with the use of verbal particles, and of absolute and dependent forms of irregular verbs (see Lesson XIII). Sg. PL 1 taim 2 tair, taoi, ta tu 1 3 tase(she) 1 taimid 2 ta sibh (shiv) 1 3 taid, taid siad Negative rrilim nilir 2 nil se nilimid nil sibh 2 nilid Sg. PL Interrogative 1 an bhfuilim (a vwilim)? 2 an bhfuilir (a vwilir)? 3 an bhfuil se (a vwil she) 1 an bhfuilimid (a vwilimeed)? 2 an bhfuil sibh (a vwil shiv)? 3 an bhfuilid (a vwilid)? Negative Interrogative na fuilim? na fuilir? na fuil se? na fuilimid? na fuil sibh? na fuilid VOCABULARY amuigh (a-mu) outside anso (an-sd) here baile (bali) m. village', sa bhaile at home buiochas (bachas) m. thanks; buiochas le Dia! thank God! ca? (kaa) eel. where? 1 tdnn tu, tdnn sibh are common colloquial forms. 2 rdleann tu, rdleann sibh are common colloquial forms. 39 40 IRISH Cill Airne (aarni) Killarney cistin (kishdin) f. kitchen clos m. yard conas? (kunas) how? Corcaigh (korkig) f. Cork fal m. hedge gairdin (gaardeen) m. garden gearrachaile (gyarachali) m. young girl go leir (ga-ler) all go maith (ga-moh) well isteach (ish-dach) into, in (with motion) istigh (ish-dig) inside, in (at rest) Micheal (mee-haal) Michael, voc. a Mhichil (a vi-heel) pairc (paark) f. field paiste (paashdi) m. child Sean (shaan) John speal (sbal) f.; g. speile scythe Tadhg (tayg) Timothy thall (haul) yonder, over there tigh (tig) m., pi. tighthe, tithe house Tomas (ta-maas) Thomas, Tom The common greeting is Dia 's Muire dhuit! God and Mary to you! and the reply is Dia 's Muire dhuit agus Pddraig! God and Mary to you and Patrick! Exercise 10 l. Dia 's Muire dhuit, a Thaidhg! 2. Dia 's Muire dhuit agus Padraig! Conas taoi? 3. Taim go maith, buiochas le Dia! Conas ta sibh go leir sa bhaile? 4. Taimid go maith. 5. Ta Sean i gCill Airne, ach ta Micheal agus Nora anso. Taid istigh sa tigh 1 . 6. Ca bhfuil an garsun 6g agus an gearra- chaile? 7. Taid amuigh sa ghairdin. 8. D'fhag Tomas an speal thall fen bhfal. 9. Do chuireamair na capaill isteach sa stabla. Exercise 11 1. God and Mary to you, Tom! How are you? 2. I am well, thank God! 3. Are the children at home? 4. They are all (inside) in the kitchen. 5. Is Michael outside in the yard? 6. He is, but John and Nora are in Cork. 7. The boys are over there in the field. 8. Where is the scythe? 9. It is here under the hedge. 1 1 is not aspirated after sa (=insari), p. 14, note 1. . .