uaim/uait....

what?

Cant wrap my head around this.

Learning on Duo-lingo.

Can someone point me to a resource to explain it le do thoil?

Go raibh maith agaibh

deirdremf

You might need to explain your problem, as you haven't identified a specific problem. It would also help if you mentioned how much Irish you learned in the past, or if you never learned Irish at school at all.

If you want to know what the words mean, to begin with - they are a combination of a preposition and a personal pronoun. These combinations are common in Irish, as they are in some other languages.

Specifically,

uaim = ó +mé (from me)

uait = ó + tú (from you)

and so on for the other persons.

Another example:

agam = ag + mé

agat = ag + tú

etc for the other persons.

You might need to buy a basic Irish grammar if this is not familiar from your schooldays.

what?

I'm staring over , I pretty much tuned out of Irish 30 yrs ago

Struggling with the concept and structure of uaim/uait/uathi....

It makes no sense to me at all

Dictionary says it means "from me/he/she" in Duolingo I get ...

Some examples

"Ta urthi rith" - She must run

"Ta air snamh" - He must swim

"Ta anradh agus aran uaidh" - He wants soup and bread

Is this correct?

Cheers

Insect Overlord

Hi @what?

Basically, in English we have prepositions that don't change and pronouns that do.

I, you, he, she, we, ye/you, they

=> On me, on you, on him, on her, on us, on ye, on them.

In Irish, the two are usually combined into a Synthetic Form (for the Simple Prepositions, at least) and the spelling changes depending on who you're talking about. There are some patterns to these Prepositional Pronouns that can usually help make it easier. (Mé + m, Tú + t, Sé + e, Sí + i, Muid + inn, Sibh + bh, Siad + u).

I have a table here somewhere with the full list. I'll copy and paste it in.

Insect Overlord

Forainmneacha Réamhfhoclaca

Ar dtús, na Réamhfhocail Shimplí.

- Ar ("on")

- Ag ("at", possession)

- As ("out of")

- Chuig ("to")

- Do ("to")

- De ("off of")

- Faoi ("under", "about")

- I ("in")

- Idir ("between", "among")

- Ionsar ("towards")

- Le ("with")

- Ó ("from")

- Roimh ("in front of", "before")

- Thar ("over", "above")

Na Réamhfhocail Shimplí leis an Alt

Ar an (+ urú)

Ag an (+ urú)

As an (+ urú)

Chuig an (+ urú)

Don (+ séimhiú)

Den (+ séimhiú)

Faoin (+ urú)

Sa (+ séimhiú)

Ionsar an (+ urú)

Leis an (+ urú)

Ón (+ urú)

Roimh an (+ urú)

Thar an (+ urú)

Ar

Orm

Ort

Air

Uirthi

Orainn

Oraibh

Orthu

Ag

Agam

Agat

Aige

Aici

Againn

Agaibh

Acu

As

Asam

Asat

As

Aisti

Asainn

Asaibh

Astu

Chuig

Chugam

Chugat

Chuige

Chuici

Chugainn

Chugaibh

Chucu

Do

Dom

Duit

Dó

Di

Dúinn

Daoibh

Dóibh

De

Díom

Díot

De

Di

Dínn

Díbh

Díobh

Faoi

Fúm

Fút

Faoi

Fúithi

Fúinn

Fúibh

Fúthu

I

Ionam

Ionat

Ann

Inti

Ionainn

Ionaibh

Iontu

Idir

Idir mé

Idir tú

Idir sé

Idir sí

Eadrainn

Eadraibh

Eatarthu

Ionsar

Ionsorm

Ionsort

Ionsair

Ionsuirthi

Ionsorainn

Ionsoraibh

Ionsorthu

Le

Liom

Leat

Leis

Léi

Linn

Libh

Leo

Ó

Uaim

Uait

Uaidh

Uaithi

Uainn

Uaibh

Uathu

Roimh

Romham

Romhat

Roimhe

Roimpi

Romhainn

Romhaibh

Rompu

Thar

Tharam

Tharat

Thairis

Thairsti

Tharainn

Tharaibh

Tharstu

what?

thanks v much for that

I think i was putting Uirthi in with O(fada)....

Thank you

LimeFruitGum

When I was an adult learner of Irish fadó, I found "Irish Grammar Book" by Nollaig Mac Congail very useful. I wouldn't exclusively rely on Duolingo for Irish grammar.

English is direct compared to Irish. If you think about a basic phrase: I am hungry. In Irish, that translates to "Hunger is on me" --> Tá ocras orm. And orm is also a prepositional pronoun (on+me/you/...).

It takes a while to get your head around Irish syntax & grammar, because of course we are used to thinking in English. It may also help to google examples of uaim, uait, uathu etc to see how these terms are used in context. I'd try a government website first so you've a better chance of comparing the Irish against the English original.