dia doibh, cad é mar atá siad? just would like to know the rules for forming the past participle. doin AS level as gaeilge and need to get some knowledge. go raibh maith agat.

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cad é mar atá siad?

Cé atá i gceist agat? Na Gaeilgeoirí snasta blasta, perhaps? Pé scéal é, tá mé cinnte go mbeidh Lars in ann é sin a mhíniú duit go hiontach maith. D'éirigh mise as an ngramadach i bhfad ó shin.

Déarfainn:
1st conjugation:
b, c, f, g, m, p, r + -tha/-the (fág -> fágtha)
d, l, n, s + -ta/-te (bris -> briste)
t, th -> -ta, -te (ith -> ite)
bh, mh -> -fa (scríobh -> scríofa)
monosyllabic -igh -> -ite (dóigh -> dóite)

2nd conjugation:
polysyllabic -igh -> -ithe (ceannaigh -> ceannaithe)
-in -> -anta (cosain -> cosanta)
-il -> -ilte (oscail -> oscailte)
-ir -> -artha (imir -> imeartha)
-im -> -amtha (foghlaim -> foghlamtha)
-ing -> -ingthe (fairsing -> fairsingthe)

Lars

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