Ceacht a trí déag

A Chairde,

This lesson is much more straightforward than ceacht a dó dhéag.  (Notice séimhiú on number 12) Lesson 11

We deal with  the Past Tense in this lesson.

Regular Verbs
The rules are
Use root of verb 
Put a séimhiú on 1st consonant if possible. 

First Conjugation (1 syllable)
The 1st person plural ends in
amar or eamar ( leathan le leathan & caol le caol arís)
thógamar        bhriseamar

Second conjugation (one than 1 syllable i.e. ceannaigh/bailigh)
The 1st person plural ends in
aíomar or íomar
Cheannaíomar    bhailíomar

A séimhiú cannot be put on a vowel
Put d’  in front of root instead
Ith    eat
D’ith mé  = I ate

Ól= drink
D’ól mé   = I drank

Éist = listen
D’éist mé = I listened

When asking a question in the past tense
Ar is put in front of verb
Ar chuir tú? = did you put?
Ar thóg tú? = did you take?
Notice that the verbs are exactly the same as in the independent form (Chuir mé)
However,
When dealing with a vowel, you do NOT put the d’ in front of verb
D’ól mé = I drank
Ar ól tú = did you drink?

D’ith mé = I ate
Ar ith tú = did you eat?

Exactly the same rule applies for the NEGATIVE FORM
Chuir mé = I put
Níor chuir mé = I did not put

D’ól mé = I drank
Níor ól mé = I did not drink

We meet 4 irregular verbs
There are only 11 irregular verb in Irish and we have met a lot of them already.

The past tense of these verbs is completely different from the root
Abair = Say
Dúirt mé = I said

Déan = do or make
Rinne mé  = I made

Téigh = go
Chuaigh mé = I went

Tar = Come
Tháinig mé = I came

Please use sound files and aids as mentioned in previous lessons.  

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