What is the first person word for "air"?

MaryKirwan

1. he lacks experience = tá easpa taithí air(vt:)
   
   If I want to say I lack experience what would it be? Agam? Orm? I suck at grammar.

dyer

agam

"níl mórán taithí agam'

MaryKirwan

Oh, I thought the "he" form of that was "aige". What am I missing here? Why was air used then for the he?

Eathrin

It's not, it should be aige.

UnLuckyAgain

MaryKirwan wrote: »

Oh, I thought the "he" form of that was "aige". What am I missing here? Why was air used then for the he?

"air" is the "he" part of "ar" which is mainly used for "on" e.g. Tá geansaí orm / tá geansaí air (I have a jumper on me / He has a jumper on)

"aige" is the "he" part of "ag" which usually means have/possession e.g. Tá geansaí agam / Tá geansaí aige (I have a jumper / He has a jumper)

RealJohn

I would say "agam" is what you're looking for though it would be "orm" to change it directly in the example you gave. Agam would also be a more direct translation from the english but Irish is a different language and the fact that something is not a direct translation doesn't mean it's not the correct way to say it.

That said, I'd have said "air" in the example you gave and "agam" in the first person.

juneg

In irish You wear your feelings like your clothes ie on you.
Ta geansai orm, ta bron orm.
Hope this helps

Ms.M

Tá easpa taithí agam = I have a lack of experience
Tá easpa taithí aige = He has a lack of experience

"orm" is indeed the first person equivalent of "air" but I wouldn't use either with taithí. You have experience, it's not on you.