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Gramadach. cuid a ceathar. An Aimsir Laithreach – Gach Lá (Present Tense - Everyday) 1 syllable broad verbs. In the present tense, there is no need to add a h like we did in the past tense.
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Gramadach cuid a ceathar
An Aimsir Laithreach – Gach Lá(Present Tense - Everyday)1 syllable broad verbs In the present tense, there is no need to add a h like we did in the past tense. Instead, we add an ending to the root of the verb. There are four different endings in the present tense. For 1 syllable broad verbs in the present tense, we add annto the end of the root verb. For example Glan becomes Glanann - cleans There is no mé in the present tense. Instead we add aim to the root of the verb for broad verbs. For example Glan would become Glanaim – I clean The other difficult part is when we want to say “we” do something in the present tense. With broad verbs in the present tense, we add aimid onto the end of the stem of the verb. For example Glan becomes Glanaimid– We clean
An Aimsir Laithreach – Gach Lá(Present Tense - Everyday)1 syllable broad verbs The good news is that if a verb starts with a vowel in the present tense, the same rule still applies; just annto the end of the root of the verb. Ól would become ólann in the present tense. The same is true for verbs that begin with l, n or r; just add annto the end of the root of the verb.
An Aimsir Laithreach – Gach Lá(Present Tense - Everyday)1 syllable broad verbs Ceisteach agus Diúltach (Questions and Negative) To say that you didn’t do something, we put Níbefore the verb, h after the first letter and annafter the verb e.g. Ní ghlanann sé. To ask a question in the present tense, we put An before and annafter the verb.We also need to put an urúbefore the first letter of the verb e.g. Annglanann tú? Seven letters and the vowels take an urú when you put Anbefore it. Look at the list below. d is the urú for t ar an dteachon the house gis the urú for c ag an gcarrat the car m is the urú for bar an mbusat the bus n is the urú for dárndeochour drink b is the urú for bdhábpingintwo cents bhis the urú for far an bhfuinneogon the window nis the urú for gar an ngáirdínon the garden
An Aimsir Laithreach – Gach Lá(Present Tense - Everyday)1 syllable broad verbsCleachtadh - Practice ceap to thinkglanto cleandún to close ceapaimI thinkglanaimI clean dúnaim I close ceapann túYou think glanann tú You clean dúnann tú You close ceapann sé He thinks glanannsé He cleans dúnann sé He closes ceapannsí She thinks glanannsí She cleans dúnann sí She closes ceapaimidWe think glanaimid We clean dúnaimid We close ceapann sibh You(pl) think glanannsibh You(pl) clean dúnann sibh You (pl) close ceapann siad They think glanannsiad They clean dúnann siad They close An gceapann tú? Do you think? Annglananntú? Do you clean? An ndúnann tú? Do you close? Ní cheapaimI don’t think Ní ghlanannsé He doesn’t clean Ní dhúnaim I don’t close
An Aimsir Laithreach – Gach Lá(Present Tense - Everyday)1 syllable broad verbs Quick Recap: • For verbs that begin with a vowel or a consonant, add annat the end of the root verb. E.g. glan = glanann • There is no mé in the present tense. Instead for broad verbs, we add aim to the end of the root of the verb. E.g. glan = glanaim • We add aimid to broad verbs in the present tense when we want to say we did something. E.g. glan = glanaimid • To ask a question, we use An, an urúand ann. To say the negative, we use Ní, aséimhiú (h) and ann.
