Irish Nouns
Welcome to the third Irish lesson about nouns. This time we will first learn about fruits and vegetables, followed by grammar rules, then food items, finally a conversation in Irish to help you practice your daily phrases.
potatoes  prátaí | tomatoes trátaí | onions oinniúin | carrots cairéaid |
fruits torthaí | apples úll | bananas banana | oranges oráistí |
Nouns Grammar Rules
In general nouns refer to a person, an object, or abstract ideas. For example: a fast runner the noun is [runner] because it refers to a person. The examples below use nouns in different ways and places to demonstrate how they behave in a sentence.
| Grammar + Rules | Irish |
|---|---|
| do you have milk? [verb + noun] | an bhfuil bainne agat? |
| I have milk and coffee [preposition + noun] | tá bainne agus caife agam |
| he has three apples [number + plural noun] | tá trí úll aige |
| she only has one apple [number + singular noun] | níl ach úll amháin aici |
| we live in a small house [adjective + noun] | tá cónaí orainn i dteach beag |
| I like our breakfast [pronoun + noun] | is maith liom ár mbricfeasta |
The following are nouns of food items that you might be interested in learning and memorizing.
bread arán | milk bainne | butter im | cheese cáis |
coffee caife | sandwich ceapaire | meat feoil | chicken sicín |
fish iasc | breakfast bricfeásta | lunch lón | dinner dinnéar |
Conversation in Irish
Now we finally reach the fun part, the practice of the daily conversations. These phrases are used to get to know new people, and break the ice.
| English | Irish |
|---|---|
| Do you speak (English/ Irish)? | an labhraíonn tú (béarla/gaeilge)? |
| Just a little | beagán |
| I like Irish | is maith liom Gaeilge |
| Can I practice with you? | an féidir liom cleachtadh leat? |
| How old are you? | cén aois thú? |
| I'm thirty three years old | tá mé tríocha bliain d'aois |
| It was nice talking to you | bhí sé go deas caint leat! |
I hope you enjoyed this lesson about the nouns in Irish. If you have any question about this lesson please contact me here. Now check the next lesson below.
| Irish Plural |
Inspirational Quote: A coward gets scared and quits. A hero gets scared, but still goes on. |