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[kittydesade]

Past, present, and future forms of 'to be' (Finally!)
I am - Tá mé, Tá té, Tá sé, Tá sí, Ta muid, ta sibh, Ta siad
I was - Bhí mé, Bhí té, Bhí sé, Bhí sí, Bhí muid, Bhí sibh, Bhí siad
I will be - Beidh mé, Beidh té, Beidh sé, Beidh sí, Beidh muid, Beidh sibh, Beidh siad

I am not - Níl mé, Níl té, Níl sé, Níl sí, Níl muid, Níl sibh, Níl siad
I was not - Ní raibh mé, Ní raibh té, Ní raibh sé, Ní raibh sí, Ní raibh muid, Ní raibh sibh, Ní raibh siad
I won't be - Ní bheidh mé, Ní bheidh té, Ní bheidh sé, Ní bheidh sí, Ní bheidh muid, Ní bheidh sibh, Ní bheidh siad

Am I? - An bhfuil mé? An bhfuil té? An bhfuil sé? An bhfuil sí? An bhfuil muid? An bhfuil sibh? An bhfuil siad?
Was I? - An raibh mé? An raibh té? An raibh sé? An raibh sí? An raibh muid? An raibh sibh? An raibh siad?
Will I be? - An mbeidh mé? An mbeidh té? An mbeidh sé? An mbeidh sí? An mbeidh muid? An mbeidh sibh? An mbeidh siad?

The forms bhfuil and raibh are called 'dependent forms' of Tá, since their use depends on the presence of Ní or An.

Notebook exercises: Tá fuacht (cold) ocras (hungry) tart (thirsty) tuirse (tired) eagla (afraid) brón (sorry) áthas (happy) orm (me) ort (you) air (him) uirthi (her) orainn (us) oraibh (you) orthu (them)


I'm learning Irish.

I'm learning Irish.

I'm LEARNING. IRISH.

Shut up. I just hit my first verb conjugation and it's amusing the everliving crap outta me. This is what I do with my life when I'm not freaking out about responsible adult shit, I learn languages and giggle over being able to say "I am cold" in seven different ones. Literally, I can... lessee. Okay, no, let's get dressed and get ready for work and stop translating everything into every language I know. Come on, Jag.

(I mean, there's probably an element in here of, god, at least there's something I'm making progress on and can do right. But I've always had fun with languages.)

Right. Heading to work, there should be more stuff for more backorders coming in today, and there might be packing for Maryland Sheep and Wool. I need to check in, finish the Subversive Mummies which is now more like Subversive Necromancers and which ... I'd say it took a turn for the dark last night but it's always been kind of dark. It was just depressingly confirmingly dark. Or something. I'm just excited I figured that part out. And I can always sit in front and work on my afghan squares, I suppose. Fucking selling banks taking forever annoying the good humor out of me. Where's my nailbat.

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[kikibug13]

Your progress is amazing and awesome AND GO YOU!