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Gramadach

cuid a cúig

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An Aimsir Laithreach – Gach Lá (Present Tense - Everyday)�1 syllable slender verbs

Like 1 syllable broad verbs in the present tense, we add an ending to the root of the verb for slender verbs also. For 1 syllable slender verbs in the present tense, we add eann to the end of the root verb.

For example Bris becomes Briseann - breaks

The other difficult part is when we want to say “we” do something in the present tense. With slender

verbs in the present tense, we add imid onto the end of the stem of the verb.

There is no mé in the present tense. Instead we add im to the root of the verb for slender verbs.

For example Bris would become Brisim – I break

For example Bris becomes Brisimid – We break

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An Aimsir Laithreach – Gach Lá (Present Tense - Everyday)�1 syllable slender verbs

Ceisteach agus Diúltach (Questions and Negative)

To ask a question in the present tense, we put An before and eann after the verb. We also need to put an urú before the first letter of the verb. Seven letters and the vowels take an urú when you put an before it e.g. An mbriseann tú?

To say that you don’t do something, we put Ní before, h after the first letter and eann after the verb e.g. Ní bhriseann sé.

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An Aimsir Laithreach – Gach Lá (Present Tense - Everyday)�1 syllable slender verbs�Cleachtadh - Practice

bris to break cuir to put rith to run

brisim I break cuirim I put rithim I run

briseann tú You break cuireann tú You put ritheann tú You run

briseann sé He breaks cuireann sé He puts ritheann sé He runs

briseann sí She breaks cuireann sí She puts ritheann sí She runs

brisimid We break cuirimid We put rithimid We run

briseann sibh You(pl) break cuireann sibh You(pl) put ritheann sibh You (pl) run

briseann siad They break cuireann siad They put ritheann siad They run

An mbriseann tú? Do you break? An gcuireann tú? Do you put? An ritheann tú? Do you run?

Ní bhrisim I don’t break Ní chuireann sé He doesn’t put Ní rithim I don’t run

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An Aimsir Laithreach – Gach Lá (Present Tense - Everyday)�1 syllable slender verbs

Quick Recap:

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  1. For 1 syllable verbs that begin with a vowel or a consonant, add eann at the end of the root verb. E.g. bris = briseann
  2. There is no mé in the present tense. Instead for broad verbs, we add im to the end of the root of the verb. E.g. bris = brisim
  3. We add aimid to broad verbs in the present tense when we want to say we did something. E.g. bris = brisimid
  4. To ask a question, we use An, an urú and eann e.g. An mbriseann tú?
  5. To say the negative, we use Ní, a séimhiú (h) and eann e.g. Ní bhriseann sé.