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!

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