What is the first person word for "air"?

MaryKirwan · 05-06-2012 08:36PM #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 · 05-06-2012 08:41PM

agam

"níl mórán taithí agam'

MaryKirwan · 05-06-2012 09:23PM

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

Eathrin · 05-06-2012 09:25PM

It's not, it should be aige.

UnLuckyAgain · 05-06-2012 10:04PM

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 · 06-06-2012 11:52AM

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 · 09-06-2012 12:03PM

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

Ms.M · 10-06-2012 03:53PM

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.

What is the first person word for "air"?

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