A Quick Guide to Sentence Structure in Irish (EN)

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Dia daoibh agus fáilte nó fáilte ar ais! An tseachtain seo tá muid ag labhairt faoi structúr na habairte ar léibhéal bunúsach, agus tá súil agam go mbeidh sé cabhrach. Bíonn fadhbanna ag daoine leis seo chomh minic!
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Hello and welcome or welcome back! This week we are talking about sentence structure on a basic level, and I hope that it will be helpful. People have problems with this so often!
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STAMPA AMA // TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 - Tús // Introduction
0:19 - Córais structúr na habairte // Sentence structure systems
1:24 - Scructúr na habairte as Gaeilge // Sentence structure in Irish
2:19 - An Chopail // The Copula
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[@kesakhan]

as a native Irish speaker I've actually never learned nor knew about the copula until this video, it just sorta came with speaking the language. But a little shiver went down my spine when you said "Tá mé múinteoir" and having you then explain it was very satisfying.

[@HakuYuki001]

The copula is a standard linguistic phenomenon found in all languages. Most people don’t about it because they never learnt their language explicitly but implicitly.

[@arwenjayne]

Clear concise explanations. Thank you so much. More please

[@513regichan]

I've only recently started learning Irish and wondered why i found it easier (structurally) than French. It was because my native language has the same sentence structure!

[@dequidaqwadoa1553]

Fantastic lesson !! Go raibh maith agat ❤️❤️

[@languageoffootball]

Wow how have you only got 1.3k subscribers? You should have at least 10 times that as a minimum. Thank you for your dedication.

[@patrickconnolly2654]

Yeah, clarification of the rewiring of my mind ( Which is a welcome addition to my American English)

[@An-Chliste]

Excellent teaching! Very well presented! Easily understood! GRMA!

[@kevindick7485]

Somethings I did not understand in languages until a couple years ago for sentence structure . The objective in your presentation (now a couple years old as of 2023) makes sense . Verb ,Subject , Object . In my native dialect , English , Subject Verb, Object is by the standard now is in varying degree of decay . Celtic, Irish , Scots languages gives me a new breath of enlightenment . Other channel featuring the Irish language have usefulness and I believe as people are getting to the social media platforms to get revenue they themselves are learning how to present a subject as per say for the sake of preserving the language from endangered to near extinction status .

[@theyogaplace6327]

Thanks Eímear - really helpful bit about the copula. Tim 😊

[@mccordmusic9882]

Love it! It helps a lot!

[@arnoldvandamme5852]

Here me again teacher!!! Rock and roll!!

[@PeterPeadar]

Super content! Thanks very much!

[@donaldmccormack7580]

Super Eímear . I taught English for 40 years before I retired and find the Irish verbal structure of VSO an interesting challenge to the SVO English structures. Please expand on it. GRMMA.

[@preasail]

Is múinteoir mé is a classification sentence. A thorough explanation of the copula is in the authoritative reference, A Grammar of Modern Irish, Chapter 16.

[@orlabyrne681]

great video thanks😃

[@Vitaee13]

OK. Just watched the beginning 20 seconds so far, but I must say, the words SIMPLE and COPULA should never be mentioned in the same breath.

[@seamusha1]

Go raibh maith agat!

[@davidrea9898]

I thought that the copula implied a "Permanent State" mar shampla "Is fear me" I am a man say but Ta me fuar - I am cold now, but will be warm later. That's how i remember it. Hope that helps.....Daithi

[@gerardmoreau365]

Go raibh maith agat. I am trying to to learn Irish and I would be very interested in some explanation on what you called "the copula" with "is". Have you made one? Anyway your video was very instructive. Thank you so much.

[@baintreachas]

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[@baintreachas]

oh, that's not her, btw, but a different explanation

[@shanemcnaoimhin233]

Is Éireannach mé

[@onlignebridge4224]

This is like Semitic languages.

[@donovanfoto3263]

This is fascinating. I am planning on a trip in May and June through SOUTHERN Ireland. Do you think we might possible meet up? I need to have someone like you assist me with Munster Irish.

[@alixwithani8250]

If you need an interpreter, hire an interpreter. If you need a tutor, hire one. Don’t expect people who generate free content on the internet to meet up with you to provide these services, potentially risking their safety. Pay someone with relevant qualifications through an agency.

[@donovanfoto3263]

I am sorry. My intent was misunderstood. I am looking for someone to both translate and tutor, somewhat informally on a longer term. I certainly wouldn't want you, or anyone, at risk. I always recommend someplace public AND that the person bring someone with them. Could you, then, recommend, an agency or tutor for hire? I had thought of contacting Lurgan, then I discovered you. Thank you for your consideration.

[@alixwithani8250]

@@donovanfoto3263 FirstTutors.ie and Schooldays.ie operate out of Munster and may be of help!

[@donovanfoto3263]

Thank you.

[@noone-tq7cs]

In "I am a teacher", teacher isn't a subject, it's a nominatif nominatifs can be a subject or a subject's attribute, In that case it is an attribute, but I get what you mean

[@marykayryan7891]

Just for the record, in your example, "to the shop" is not the object of the sentence. It is an adverbial phrase that modifies the verb. An object is something to which something is done. "I hit the ball." This matters because not everything that comes after the V/S (or (S/V in English) is an object. Sometimes they are other parts of the predicate (ie', the rest of the sentence). So if I say, "He is smart." "Smart" is not the "object." It is a predicate adjective linked by a verb of being to the subject. Not sure how this plays out in Irish, but in English it can be very important to choosing the form(s) of the words coming after the verb and the form of the verb itself. So, "I am short," but "they are short." (But "I hit the ball" and "They hit the ball.") Point being, lots of things can come after the verb (or after the subject in Irish). Not all are objects-case wise. AT least in English. Or are they in Irish???

[@marykayryan7891]

Let me be clear. I LOVE that you are trying to give word order overview in Irish. It helps me so much to have the Big Picture of how words are put together. But, I think your knowledge of English grammar is not adequate to make comparisons because this copula thing does not refer correctly to the way English works. Not sure now to fix this. But, to anyone who knows English grammar (which may be very few at this point, as it is not often taught much anymore) your explanations may be very confusing. I DO NOT MEAN TO BE NASTY OR CRITICAL in a negative way. Just pointing out a problem. Thank you for your work, for sure.

[@stefpettinelli5799]

an-bhrea'

[@sleepsmartsmashstress740]

PLEASE dont make Irish learning easy That is like turning wine to grape juice by taking out the BUZZ - No fun I chose to master Irish to challenge my brain + 22 others From Arabic Mandarin to Russian AND Eimear you are very Pretty ! My best for your success You do work so hard