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The Irish verbal adjective corresponds to the English past participle. Every verb (except bí) has such a form, which may be used as both an adjective and as a verb.

The form of verbal adjectives is much simpler than that of verbal nouns. Most first conjugation verbs simply at -ta or t-e, depending on final consonant quality, to the imperative stem, dropping a final -gh. Final t or th is also dropped before the -te ending.

casta, twisted, turned
molta, recommended, praised
dúnta, closed
ólta, drunk
scriosta, destroyed
goidte, stolen
briste, broken
sábháilte, saved
caillte, lost
nite, washed
léite, read
tite, fallen

Verbs ending in b, c, g, m, p, r, add -tha/the

íoctha, paid
fágtha, left
gearrtha, cut
cumtha, composed
tuigthe, understood
scuabhta, swept

Mh and bh combine with th as f: scríofa, written

The ending for second conjugation verbs ending in -igh is also -the; again, the -gh is dropped. Verbs of this class ending in a consonant usually add -te or -the, depending on the consonant.

ceannaithe, bought
éirithe, risen
ceangailte, tied
oscailte, opened
tosaithe, begun
imithe, gone
eitilte, flown
tarraingthe, pulled

Some verbs of both classes broaden a final stem consonant and add -ta/-tha
cuir, curtha, put
siúil, siúlta, walked
labhair, labhartha, spoken
imir, imeartha, played

Most irregular verbs form their verbal adjectives according to the same patetrns
déanta, done
cloiste/cluinte, heard
faighte, gotten/found
ite, eaten
tagtha, come
feicthe, seen
beirthe, borne, carried

The others add regulars uffixes to irregular stems. Verbal adjectives of téigh and abair are formed from the verbal noun and tabhair from the present/past stem.
dulta, gone
ráite, said
tugtha, given

Verbal adjectives may be used exactly like any other descriptive adjective. They may be predicates, or modifiers in a phrase with a noun, in which case they are lenited when they modify a feminine noun. Because they all end in a vowel, there is no separate plural form.

Tá an fhuinneog briste. The window is broken.
an fhuinneog bhriste, the broken window
Tá an balla péinteáilte. the wall is painted.
an balla péinteáilte, the painted wall
Tá sí pósta. She is married.
bean phósta, a married woman

Some verbs lend themselves to simple adjective interpretations better than others, but in principle, any verbal adjective can be used this way, given the right context. Adjectival uses may have special meanings, as when casta 'twisted' is used to mean 'complex' or 'complicated.'

Tá an cheist sin casta. That question is complex.
an cheist chasta, the complex question



Augh brain going everywhere at once trying to do everything at once no time to do half of it and aaaaaugh.

(Oh, that's where yesterday's Irish went, the computer logged me out. Bastard.)

... Dammit, Gail, don't say things like that. That hits me right in the brainplace of, this first draft is not perfect, it is merely adequate, a lot of these scenes are placeholders to move the character to the next plotpoint, ergo don't eve bother finishing. NO. WRONG. First drafts are supposed to suck. Okay, they're not supposed to suck, but it's damn well not supposed to be a surprise when they do. Out of everything you've written, self, and that's a lot, how many first drafts have you had that were 90% perfect? ONE. That's right. Exactly one. You even know the goddamn name of it, or at least the working title since it didn't get final named till right before it published. So shut the hell up and keep drafting.

Right. Um. Russian first (tomorrow you'll do page 110, self), and then day jobligations in between writing. Now that I've kicked the writing down to a manageable level again. Not getting any Nanoing done in the first two weeks of Camp Nano kicked my ass to hell and back, it's not like I have the time to do catch-up writing anymore, argh. But if all goes well I should be able to get my writing done today, and then do household chores and blogging tonight. And knitting, since I'm doing that again. And/or sewing Reason's sheath. God I have too many projects. Reason may have to wait till the weekend.

Next weekend, though, is GenCon, .. is next weekend GenCon? Either way, GenCon weekend means sewing Raven's cloak, and then I will be by and large done with that costume until and unless the gems damn well get here. Argh. Except for the exercise and making my body fit for it. But that's ongoing, not just for Dragon*Con.

I can do this, I swear. I do not have my shit together, you guys. I am walking on a tightrope balancing many things on the ends of two sticks and on top of my head, and it is a fucking miracle if something doesn't fall off.