ABSTRACT

Intermediate Irish is a jargon-free workbook examining the most commonly used grammatical structures within the Irish language. Focusing on the repeated use of grammatical patterns, the Grammar develops an understanding of the structures presented, making the forms familiar and automatic for learners.

This user-friendly workbook includes:

  • terminology introduced and explained with multiple examples
  • exercises in the grammatical forms introduced in the text
  • translation exercises
  • an exercise key.

chapter |13 pages

Questioned copula

chapter |20 pages

Head noun in prepositional phrase

Relative clauses II

chapter |8 pages

Adverb formation

Adverbs I

chapter |6 pages

Adverbial relative clauses

Adverbs II: predicates and clauses

chapter |10 pages

In, out, and home

Directional adverbs I

chapter |10 pages

Compass points

Directional adverbs II: the compass points

chapter |36 pages

Comparative structures and forms

Comparisons

chapter |6 pages

Causatives

Causes and onsets

chapter |10 pages

Decimal numbers

Higher numbers

chapter |8 pages

Transparent compounds

Word formation I Compounds

chapter |10 pages

Prefixes

Word formation II Prefixes and suffixes

chapter |8 pages

Roimh and chuig

Prepositions III

chapter |14 pages

Compound prepositions

Prepositions IV Review of genitive case

chapter |14 pages

Subjectless verbs

Some other structures

chapter |7 pages

Nouns

Dialect variation II: nouns and adjectives

chapter |11 pages

Answers to exercises

chapter |44 pages

General pronoun patterns

Dialect variation IV: prepositions