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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
potatoes Audio prátaí
tomatoes
tomatoes Audio trátaí
onions
onions Audio oinniúin
carrots
carrots Audio cairéaid
fruits
fruits Audio torthaí
apples
apples Audio úll
bananas
bananas Audio banana
oranges
oranges Audio 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? Audio
I have milk and coffee
[preposition + noun] tá bainne agus caife agam Audio
he has three apples
[number + plural noun] tá trí úll aige Audio
she only has one apple
[number + singular noun] níl ach úll amháin aici Audio
we live in a small house
[adjective + noun] tá cónaí orainn i dteach beag Audio
I like our breakfast
[pronoun + noun] is maith liom ár mbricfeasta Audio

The following are nouns of food items that you might be interested in learning and memorizing.

bread
bread Audio arán
milk
milk Audio bainne
butter
butter Audio im
cheese
cheese Audio cáis
coffee
coffee Audio caife
sandwich
sandwich Audio ceapaire
meat
meat Audio feoil
chicken
chicken Audio sicín
fish
fish Audio iasc
breakfast
breakfast Audio bricfeásta
lunch
lunch Audio lón
dinner
dinner Audio 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)? Audio
Just a little beagán Audio
I like Irish is maith liom Gaeilge Audio
Can I practice with you? an féidir liom cleachtadh leat? Audio
How old are you? cén aois thú? Audio
I'm thirty three years old tá mé tríocha bliain d'aois Audio
It was nice talking to you bhí sé go deas caint leat! Audio

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