1. Gramadach
cuid a trí

2. An Aimsir Chaite – Inné (The Past Tense - Yesterday) 1 syllable slender verbs
If a verb in the past tense begins with a consonant, a h (known as a séimhiú) is inserted after the first letter. We never use a séimhiú for verbs that begin with l, n and r. For example:
Brís takes a séimhiú (h) in the past tense. The séimhiú ( h
) is inserted after the first letter.
Brís becomes B
rís mé
The only difficult part is when we want to say “we” did something in the past tense. With slender
verbs in the past tense, we add eamar onto the end of the stem along with putting the séimhiú after
the first letter.
séimhiú ( h
) + we(
eamar ) B
rís

3. An Aimsir Chaite – Inné (The Past Tense - Yesterday) 1 syllable slender verbs
If a verb in the past tense begins with a vowel, we put a D’ in front of the first letter. For example:
Éist would become D’éist in the past tense.
The only difficult part is when we want to say “we” did something in the past tense. With slender
verbs in the past tense, we add eamar onto the end of the stem along with putting D’ in front of
the first letter. D’
+ we(
eamar )
éist

4. An Aimsir Chaite – Inné (The Past Tense - Yesterday) 1 syllable slender verbs
If a verb in the past tense begins with an F, we put a D’
in front of and a séimhiú ( h
) after the first letter.
For example:
Fág would become f
ill
in the past tense.
The only difficult part is when we want to say “we” did something in the past tense. With broad
verbs that begin with f in the past tense, we add amar onto the end of the stem along with putting
a D’ in front of and a h after the first letter. D’ + h
+ we(
amar ) f
ill

5. An Aimsir Chaite – Inné (The Past Tense - Yesterday) 1 syllable slender verbs
Ceisteach agus Diúltach (Questions and Negative) To ask a question in the past tense, we put Ar before the verb e.g. Ar bhrís tú? (Did you break?), Ar rith tú? (Did you run?), Ar eist tú? (Did you listen?)* To say that you didn’t do something, we put Níor before the word e.g. Níor bhrís mé (I did not break), Níor fill mé (I did not return), Níor éist mé? (I did not listen)*
*Notice how we don’t use d’ when using the ceisteach agus diúltach

6. An Aimsir Chaite – Inné (The Past Tense - Yesterday) 1 syllable slender verbs
Quick Recap:
For verbs that begin with a consonant, add a h after the first letter e.g. brís= bhrís mé
For verbs that being with a vowel, put a d’ in front of the word e.g. éist= d’éist mé
For verbs that begin with an f, put a d’ in front of the first letter and a h after it e.g. fill = d’fhill mé
For verbs that begin with l, n and r, no change is made in the past tense e.g. rith = rith mé
To ask a question, we use Ar. To say the negative, we use Níor.