BEGINNING TO WRITE

Cumann Carad Na Gaeilge / The Philo-Celtic Society

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DEFINITIONS

verb - action words (run, eat, sleep, work, walk, etc.) and the verb 'to be'

subject - the person, place, or thing doing the action

adverb - describes the verb (did well, hit hard, ate quickly, etc.)

object of the verb - the person, place, or thing to which the action is being done

noun - a person, place, or thing (soldier, John, hill, rock)

adjective - describes a noun (big soldier, Tall John,  steep hill, hard rock)

pronoun - a word used in place of the specific name of a noun, for example:  I, you, he, she, we, youse, they

preposition - describes the relationship (position) in time or space between persons, places, or things.  For

example, over, under, around, through, on, from, at, behind, before, etc.

IRISH SENTENCE STRUCTURE

verb

subject (adjective)

the basket for everything except the object

object (adjective)  .

Therefore, the sentence "The big man today quickly took a small swallow" would be said in this order:

took

The man big

today quickly

a swallow small.

HOW TO GET STARTED WRITING IN IRISH

I.

start

a.

write a sentence in English - keep it simple

II.

verb

a.

start w/ the verb - what is it?

b.

look it up

c.

is it regular or irregular?

d.

go to the verb chart & find it

e.

write it

III.

subject

a.

what is it?

b.

find it in the dictionary

c.

write it

d.

does it have an adjective?

e.

if so, look it up, write it

IV.

the basket

a.

what is/are its components?

b.

look it/them up

c.

write it/them down

V.

object

a.

what is it?

b.

look it up

c.

write it

d.

does it have an adjective?

e.

if so, look it up, write it