I gCaibidil 1, chleachtamar na focail ‘ar’ agus ‘ag’. Sa mhír seo, cleachtfaimid na focail ‘do’ agus ‘le’.
In Chapter 1, we practised the words ar and ag. In this section, we will practise the words do and le.
Le foghlaim: ‘do’ dom
duit [do + mé] [do + tú]
Nathanna samplacha: ‘do’ Tá bronntanas agam duit.
nó to. Úsáidimid ‘do’ chun ainmneacha a rá freisin.
Do means ‘for’ or ‘to’. We use do to name people too.
Caibidil 3
dó [do + é]
di [do + í]
dúinn [do + muid] I have a present for you.
Thug sí na bláthanna do Cholm. She gave the flowers to Colm. Colm is ainm dom.
Colm is my name.
daoibh [do + sibh]
dóibh [do + iad]
Cuimhnigh! Ciallaíonn ‘le’ with.
Úsáidimid ‘le’ chun tuairimí a thabhairt freisin.
The meaning of le is ‘with’. We use le to express opinions too.
Le foghlaim: ‘le’ liom
leat [le + mé] [le + tú] Nathanna samplacha: ‘le’
Chuaigh an múinteoir go dtí an seó linn. Is aoibhinn le Cáit a seomra. An maith libh an teach?
Scríobh
Athscríobh na focail idir lúibíní. Ansin, aistrigh iad. 1. Pádraig agus Fionnuala is ainm [do: iad] _________. 2. Phéinteáil mé na ballaí [do: tú] _________. 3. Ar thug tú bronntanas [do: Ciarán] _________? 4. Cé a chuaigh go dtí an seó [le: sibh] _________? 5. Is breá [le: í] _________ an t-árasán.
Tá tuilleadh cleachtaí ar leathanach 352.
caoga a cúig
Táim in ann na focail ‘do’ agus ‘le’ a úsáid i gceart.
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The teacher went to the show with us. Cáit loves her room. Do you like the house?
