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Sentences in Irish may seem somewhat back to front to English speakers. English word order is Subject - Verb - Object (SVO). But Irish, like for example Spanish and Arabic, is Verb - Subject - Object (VSO)
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Ba cheart go mbeadh a fhios agam ar rudaí bunúsacha tar éis scoile, ach ní raibh. San eachtra seo I will talk about the Irish equivalent of the English word "a".
Ba cheart go mbeadh a fhios agam ar rudaí bunúsacha tar éis scoile, ach ní raibh. Is dócha, nach raibh mé ag éisteacht.
For example I didn't quite understand many of the things that "ag" can mean.
Ag means "at" and can be used like at in English
It is also used like "-ing" at the end of a wo…
I didn't know that there was no words for Yes or No in Irish.
"But wait", you might be saying to yourself. "Yes there is! Sure isn't 'Sea yes. Or is it Tá? Maybe we have two words for yes?"
Bíonn mo bhean chéile míshásta liom mar úsáidim "wan" in ionad "one" as Béarla. But where does that unusual pronunciation of one come from?
It got me thinking what other words do we use that may come from Irish? So I did some research and here are some words that we use regularly that may, or jus…
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