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Verbs, now with two books!
The verb stem is also the imperative singular; this is how it is listed in most contemporary dictionaries. Most first-conjugation verbs have one-syllable stems. The exceptions are a few verbs with two syllables, including English loans, with the suffix -áil.
téigh - to go
scríobh (scríobhaigí) - to write, write
rith (rithigí) - to run, run
lig (ligigí) - to let, to allow, allow (too many i's and g's!)
seas (seasaigí) - to stand, stand

And again we have the i becoming ai after a b road consonant. Verbs pronounced with a final vowel are written with -igh in the singular (which explains téigh from the other book, thank you) and this is dropped when the plural imperative (or any other) ending is added. If the vowel is i, it becomes long í when the igh is dropped (e.g. nigh)

léigh (léigí) - to read, read
nigh (nígí) - to wash, wash
so téigh (téigí) - to go, go

Irish verbs vary by tense and person as to whether they use endings to mark a pronoun subject, or tense only. The present tense is quite simple: the general tense suffix -ann is used for all persons (-eann) after a slender consonant. All dialects mark the first-person singular subject with a special personal ending. Munster dialects and the official standard also use an ending for the first-person plural. Note the spelling o to mark the broad nn, when the preceding vowel is í.

nígh, nígi, ním, níonn tú, níonn sé, níonn sí, nímid/níonn muid, níonn sibh, níonn siad
téigh, téigí, téim, téann tú, téann sé, téann sí, téimid/téann muid, téann sibh, téann siad
léigh, léigí, léim, léann tú, léann sé, léann sí, léimid/léann muid, léann sibh, léann siad
rith, rithigí, rithim, rithann tú, rithann sé, rithann sí, rithimid, rithann muid, rithann sibh, rithann siad


I think that's right. I'm not sure. I might take my Irish books to work and work on that instead of Russian today. Oi.

Couldn't decide between practicing all the verb conjugation ever and just keeping on with grammar points. Went with verb conjugation because in my opinion that was not well explained. Thankfully I now have TWO grammar books, ah-ha! I feel like I should write one giant comprehensive textbook for review. I might actually do that, only in a series of composition notebooks more than anything else. Stupid small-pool languages.

In some ways, when I look at how these books talk about Irish dialects, I wonder if this isn't so much a matter of being mutually incomprehensible as a matter of course, but a matter of being mutually incomprehensible to outsiders. Which gives me hope that with a strong linguistic background and a good grounding in Standard Irish grammar I can understand someone with a dialect if they speak slowly.

Shadowrun last night went well except for the part where we're (the party) totally fucked. But it was fun hanging out with people again, that hasn't happened in a while on account of being buried in house shit. And Pixie and Boudicca and I might be going and doing a girly spa thing. My first ever! And not normally something I would do but after this I want to be fucking pampered, you guys. I need to start a round of emails and see what everyone's schedule is. ... Fuck. When did I become logistics girl? Goddammit!

Yes, I joined a new dragcave like thingie. Fortunately this one doesn't kill the eggs if you don't hatch them in a specific time. Unfortunately this one requires clicks and not just views, so please click! Or they'll keep popping up and I'll keep annoying you with them.