Irish Adjectives

Welcome to the second Irish lesson about adjectives. This time we will first learn about colors, followed by grammar rules, then weather expressions, finally a conversation in Irish to help you practice your daily phrases.

black dubh

grey liath

white bán

blue gorm

green glas

yellow buí

red dearg

brown donn

Adjectives Grammar Rules

In general adjectives are words which describe or modify another person or object in a given sentence. For example: a beautiful flower the adjective is [beautiful] because it describes the noun [flower]. The following examples use adjectives in different ways and places to demonstrate how they behave in a sentence.

Grammar Rules - Irish
my house is white [noun + adjective] tá mo teach bán
your country is big [noun + adjective] tá do thír mór
new books are expensive [plural + adjective] tá leabhair nua daor
we are happy here [pronoun + verb + adjective] tá áthas orainn anseo
she has three small dogs [adjective + plural] tá trí mhadra bheaga aici
this language is very easy [adverb + adjective] tá an teanga seo an-éasca
I have a small green house [adjective + adjective] tá teach glas beag agam

We're not done yet! The following is a list of more adjectives for you, often used when referring to weather conditions. I think it would be wise to memorize them.

cold fuar

hot te

cloudy scamallach

rainy ag cur báistí

snowy ag cur sneachta

sunny grianmhar

windy gaothfar

warm te

Conversation in Irish

Now we finally reach the most exciting part, the practice of the daily expressions used in almost every conversation. I recommend memorizing these phrases, because you will need them for sure.

English - Irish
hi dia duit!
how are you? cén chaoi an bhfuil tú?
I'm good, thank you tá mé go breá, go raibh maith agat!
and you? agus (cén chaoi an bhfuil) tusa?
what is your name? cén t-ainm atá ort?
my name is Maya maya is ainm dom
nice to meet you tá sé go deas castáil leat!

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