Aonad 37 Unit 37
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Last week’s lesson completes the Q&A programme for the Fáinne Airgid test – I hope you undertake the test with a teacher or you may do it via Skype or phone by contacting This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
To see through our series of online lessons until the end of March, we will now look weekly at an aspect of grammar – keeping it simple and avoiding an overload of technical language – though some grammatical terms are necessary.
We will start this week by adding to our store of adjectives and by considering comparatives and superlatives , i.e. if we were to take the word ‘young’ in English, the comparative is ‘younger’ and the superlative is ‘youngest’ (you have met this example already).
Let’s look firstly at a list of adjectives and then we will embed some of them in sentences
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Bunchéim |
Breischéim |
Sárcheim |
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Óg (young) |
Níos óige |
Is óige |
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Sean (old) |
Níos sine |
Is sine |
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Cliste (clever) |
Níos cliste |
Is cliste |
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Ard (tall, high) |
Níos airde |
Is airde |
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Láidir (strong) |
Níos láidre |
Is láidre |
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Lag (weak) |
Níos laige |
Is laige |
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Bocht (poor) |
Níos boichte |
Is boichte |
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Deas (nice) |
Níos deise |
Is deise |
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Brónach (sad) |
Níos brónaí |
Is brónaí |
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Leadránach (boring) |
Níos leadránaí |
Is leadránaí |
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Suimiúil (interesting) |
Níos suimiúla |
Is suimiúla |
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Cáiliúil (famous) |
Níos cáiliúla |
Is cáiliúla |
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Dathúil (handsome) |
Níos dathúla |
Is dathúla |
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Spéisiúil (interesting) |
Níos spéisiula |
Is spéisiula |
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Leisciúil (lazy) |
Níos leisciúla |
Is leisciúla |
You will have spotted some patterns above though keep your ears alert for the following examples
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Mór (big) |
Níos mó |
Is mó |
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Beag (small) |
Níos lú |
Is lú |
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Maith (good) |
Níos fearr |
Is fearr |
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Olc (bad) |
Níos measa |
Is measa |
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Tapa (quick, fast) |
Níos tapúla |
Is tapúla |
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Te (hot) |
Níos teo |
Is teo |
Before listening, you may wish to fill in the gaps yourself in the following sentences - you might need a dictionary
Tá na daltaí níos _________ (óg) ná an múinteoir
The pupils are younger than the teacher
Tá na daltaí níos _________ (óg) ná an múinteoir
Tá mo sheanathair níos ____________ (sean) ná mo sheanmháthair
My grandfather is older than my grandmother
Tá mo sheanathair níos ____________ (sean) ná mo sheanmháthair
Tá mé níos _________ (maith) ag an Ghaeilge ná Máirín
I am better at Irish than Máirín
Tá mé níos _________ (maith) ag an Ghaeilge ná Máirín
Tá an Iodáil níos _______ (bocht) ná Meiriceá
Italy is poorer than America
Tá an Iodáil níos _______ (bocht) ná Meiriceá
Tá an truailliú níos ________ (olc) in Éirinn ná in aon tír eile
Pollution is worse in Ireland than it is in any other country
Tá an truailliú níos ________ (olc) in Éirinn ná in aon tír eile
Tá níos _________ (beag) daoine ag caitheamh toitíní
Fewer people are smoking
Tá níos _________ (beag) daoine ag caitheamh toitíní
Tá an Spáinn níos ________ (grianmhar) ná an Bhreatain
Spain is sunnier than Britain
Tá an Spáinn níos ________ (grianmhar) ná an Bhreatain
Is é Homer Simpson an t-athair is ___________ (clúiteach) ar domhan
Homer Simpson is the most famous father in the world
Is é Homer Simpson an t-athair is ___________ (clúiteach) ar domhan
Is é an Mháirt an lá is ________ (fada) agam mar ní chríochnaím go dtí a sé
Tuesday is my longest day as I don’t finish until 6 o’clock
Is é an Mháirt an lá is ________ (fada) agam mar ní chríochnaím go dtí a sé
Still using your dictionary, you may have time to check out comparatives and superlatives for the following adjectives:
Ciúin (quiet)
Uaigneach (lonely)
Glan (clean)
Salach (dirty)
Mall (slow, late)
Tábhachtach (important)
Misniúil (courageous, brave)
Cairdiúil (friendly)
Bán (white)
Go dtí an chéad Aonad eile, slán go fóill.
