🗣️ Gaeilge
Is maith liom
In Irish you don’t say “I like chocolate.” You say something much closer to “chocolate is good with me.” Once you can see that, every phrase on this week’s list is the same sentence with one small piece changed.
Which word means “I”?
Here’s the sentence. Play it, then tap the word you think means I.
Seven ways to say “with”
To change who likes it, you only change the last little word. Liom is “with me”. Tap each one to hear it.
Your teacher might call these words forainmneacha réamhfhoclacha. You only need to know that each one is “with” joined onto a person.
Someone asks you a question
This is where nearly everyone slips. Play the question, then pick your answer. You do like pizza.
Now a different question. You would like one.
The short answers
Irish has no single word for yes or no. You answer by saying the first two words of the question back to the person.
Build any sentence
Every phrase on the list is built from three pieces: the front word, maith, and who it’s with. Pick one of each and listen.
The front word
Who it’s with
What
Swap the middle word
Keep the front word and the “with” word, and change maith for another word. The sentence works the same way every time. An dóigh leat from your list is one of these.
The h in the “would” words
Flip between the two and watch the second word. Before you do, guess what will happen to it.
Listen and pick
This time there’s nothing to read. Play it, then pick what it means. There are 224 sentences in here, so it’s different every time you come back.
Spot it
Here are six to finish with. Nothing is scored or timed.
Where else Irish does this
Irish puts a lot of feelings, and owning things, onto a small word like with, on or at. Once you’ve seen it in is maith liom, you’ll spot it all over the place.
Next time someone answers An maith leat…? with Is maith leat, you’ll know what’s gone wrong, and you’ll be able to tell them why.