Irish verbs sheet present tense

An Aimsir Gnathláíthreach is the present tense in Irish. There are three other tenses at Junior Certificate level.

Verbs are broken into Briathra Rialta and Briathra Neamhrialta (Regular and Irregular verbs.) The Regular Verbs' rules are below and you'll find The Irregular Verbs in 'Na Briathra Neamhrialta - Irregular Verbs '. Every tense has two branches - An Chéad Réimniú and An Dara Réimniú (The First Branch and The Second Branch.) Within those branches, the
verbs are broken down even future into Caol agus Leathan (Slender and Broad.) Each of these have different endings!

• For the we part (sinn) use aimid/ imid.
  For the negative use 'Ní' and add a 'h'.
  For the question form, Use 'An' and add an urú.
  For the Saorbhriathar, use tar/ tear.
• There isn't a change in the verbs beginning with 'F', they follow the leathan/caol verbs.
• Use the correct endings.

Leathan
Broad verbs last vowel is a , o and u.
Using the rules above, you can conjugate broad verbs in the first branch.

E.g Mol
Mol aim
Mol ann tú
Mol ann sé
Mol ann sí
Mol aimid
Mol ann sibh
Mol ann siad
Ní m h ol aim
An mol ann tú
Mol tar

Caol
Slender verbs last vowel is i and e.
Using the rules above, you can conjugate slender verbs in the first branch.

E.g. Cuir
Cuir im
Cuir eann tú
Cuir eann sé
Cuir eann sí
Cuir imid
Cuir eann sibh
Cuir eann siad
Ní c h uir im
An g cuir eann tú?
Cuir tear

Vowels
Verbs that begin with a , o , u , i , e.
Using the rules above, you can conjugate verbs that begin with a vowel.

E.g. Ól
Ól aim
Ól ann tu
Ól ann sé
Ól ann sí
Ól aimid
Ól ann sibh
Ól ann siad
Ní ól aim
An ól ann tu?
Ól tar

An Dara Réimhiú - Na Rialacha!!

Remove the second syllable. This is normally the aigh / igh. There are other verbs too, you can find them under the endings below.

Leathan
Remove the aigh. Add the endings (they are underlined below).

E.g. Ceannaigh
Ceann aím
Ceann aíonn tú
Ceann aíonn sé
Ceann aíonn sí
Ceann aímid
Ceann aíonn sibh
Ceann aíonn siad
Ní c h eann aím
An g ceann aíonn tú
Ceann aítear

Caol
Remove the igh. Add the endings (they are underlined below).

E.g. Bailigh
Bail ím
Bail íonn tú
Bail íonn sé
Bail íonn sí
Bail ímid
Bail íonn sibh
Bail íonn siad
Ní b h ail ím
An m bail íonn tu?
Bail ítear

Suigh (to sit)
Cráigh (to torment)
Nigh (to wash)
Léigh (to read)
Guigh (to pray)
Luaigh (to mention)
Glaoigh (to call)
Pléigh (to discuss)
Buaigh (to win)

Sábháil (to save)
Taispeáín (to show)
Cniotáíl (to knit)
Úsáíd (to dive)
Tiomáín (to drive)

Codail (to sleep)
Iompair (to carry)
Ceangail (to tie)
Fógair (to announce)
Taitin (to enjoy)
Múscail (to evoke)
Oscail (to open)
Imir (to play)
Inis (to tell)
Bagair (to threaten)
Eitil (to fly)
Freagair (to answer)
Labhair (to speak)

Foghlaim (to learn)

These are one syllable verbs but in 'igh'.
E.g. Buaigh
Buaim
Buann tú / sé / sí / sibh / siad
Buaimid








These are 2 syllable verbs but are treated like they have 1 syllable.
E.g. Tiomáin
Tiomáinim
Tiomáineann tú / sé / sí / sibh / siad
Tiomáinimid

These are 2 syllable verbs but don't end in aigh / igh. (Remove the last vowels in the 2nd syllable and add the endings).
E.g. Inis
Insím
Insíonn tú / sé / sí / sibh / siad
Insímid







Nothing is crossed off.
Foghlaimím
Foghlaimíonn tú / sé / sí / sibh / sibh
Foghlaimímid