-
independent form
chonaic and the
dependent form faca. The
independent form is used when no
particle precedes the verb, as in
Chonaic mé Seán ("I saw John")...
- céard "what?" cén "which?" Examples: Cé a
rinne é? "Who did it?" Cé a
chonaic tú? "Who did you see?" Cé ar thug tú an
leabhar dó? "Who did you give the...
- c(h)í- tíodh tchí-
Dependent fheiceadh fheic- Past
Perfect Independent chonaic chonaic-
chnaic chnaic- thain(a)ic thainic-
Dependent faca fac- feaca(igh)...
-
fheicim feicim ní
fheicim "I see, I do not see" (do)
chonac ní
fheaca chonaic mé ní
fhaca mé "I saw, I did not see"
deinim ní
dheinim déanaim ní dhéanaim...
- from Proto-Indo-European *kʷey- ("observe"). However, the past
tense form
chonaic is
derived from Old
Irish ad·condairc,
ultimately from Proto-Indo-European...
- é mo chroí, agus geal í an ghrian, Geal
bheith ag
filleadh go hÉirinn!
Chonaic mo dhóthain de Thíortha i gcéin, Ór agus airgead,
saibhreas an tsaoil,...
- pronoun's
expected position.
Irish an the fear man a DIR-REL
chonaic saw (t) mé me an fear a
chonaic (t) mé the man DIR-REL saw {} me "the man who saw me"...
-
European language,
Irish is verb-initial, as can be seen in
phrases such as
Chonaic mé thú "I saw you" (literally saw I thee). In Old
Irish the verb was inflected...
- In
Modern Irish, the
distinction is
found only in
irregular verbs (e.g.
chonaic ("saw") vs. ní
fhaca ("did not see").
Broderick 1984–86, 1:92; 1992, 250;...
- from the
United States to
compete in the Tóstal. Amhrán na
Seoighe Ó,
chonaic mise fir
mhaith le m'aois agus le m'oige Ní
fhaca mé triúr fear a chinnfeadh...
