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Irish Irregular Verbs

The 11 Irish Irregular Verbs are:

  1. Abair – To say
  2. Beir  – To grab
  3. Bí – To be
  4. Clois – To hear
  5. D̩an РTo make / do
  6. Faigh – To get
  7. Feic – To see
  8. Ith – To eat
  9. Tabhair – To give
  10. Tar – To come
  11. T̩igh РTo go

Free Study Resource

In this free study resource, we’ve conjugated the 11 Irish irregular verbs into the past, present and future tenses – the Aimsir Chaite, Aimsir Láithreach and Aimsir Fháistineach. 

For each of the 11 verbs, we’ve also given you the foirm diúltach (negative form) for each tense (EG: Ní fhaca sé = he didn’t see) and the foirm ceisteach (question form) for each tense (EG: An bhfaca sé? = did he see?)

This means that this is an excellent resource that will help you to develop your reading, writing and oral language skills.

For Every Year & Level

This resource is suitable for students from 1st year right through to Leaving Cert level. 

It’s particularly useful for students preparing for the Junior or Leaving Cert examinations and can be used by students at any level – Higher or Ordinary. 

How to Use this Resource

The best way to learn “na briathra neamhrialta” or the Irish irregular verbs is to actively use this document when you’re completing your homework, classwork and assignments.

If you need to write an essay for homework, take this document out and use it to help you conjugate any of the 11 irregular verbs. 

If you’re given an activity to complete in school, take this document out and use this document to help you do it. 

Don’t try and guess the correct conjugation! 

By using this document regularly, you’re setting yourself up for exam success. 

Rather than spending hours trying to “learn off” or memorise the different forms for each tense, using this document regularly will help you to fully understand and internalise the verb tenses and then use it correctly in an exam situation.

And the best part is, by doing this consistently, you don’t even realise that your studying!

Learning these verbs occurs effortlessly as long as you’re committed to completing your homework, classwork or assignment to the best of your ability. 

This document is also an excellent resource to help you prepare for the oral examinations. 

Practice asking and answering questions in the past, present and future tenses using the foirm ceisteach and foirm diúltach provided so that you don’t lose valuable marks in the oral exam.

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