Assignment 2

Look at the following list of 18 verbs. They are similar to the verb “glan,” which appears on page 29 of your notes. In other words, we form the present, past, and future tenses like we do for the verb glan. The middle column is the verbal noun form and the third column is known as the verbal adjective or past participle. So we have “take,” “taking,” and “taken.”

Tóg, take

ag tógáil tógtha
Cíor, comb ag cíoradh cíortha
Croch, hang ag crochadh crochta
Díol, sell ag díoladh díolta
Dún, close ag dúnadh dúnta
Las, light ag lasadh lasta
Mol, praise ag moladh molta
Póg, kiss ag pógadh pógtha
Can, sing ag canadh canta
Ceap, think ag ceapadh ceapaithe
Cleacht, practice ag cleachtadh cleachta
Cum, compose, shape ag cumadh cumtha
Gearr, cut ag gearradh gearrtha
Leag, knock, put down ag leagan leagtha
Líon, fill ag líonadh líonta
Pioc, pick ag piocadh piocaithe
Pós, marry ag pósadh pósta
Seas, stand ag seasamh seasta

Learn 5 = go maith, 10 = go h-an-mhaith, over 10 = go h-iontach


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