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Online Irish Series 9: Basic Questions

Today we’re going to look at some of the question words you are going to encounter while reading/speaking Irish. 

We already have looked at questions such as Cad é mar atá tú? Cé as tú? Conas atá tú? All these questions are pretty much the same as Wh- questions in English. There’s quite a few and this comprehensive list comes from: https://brianlambe.wordpress.com/irish-the-question-forms-ca-ce-cad-etc/ 1. Cá – where

Cá fhad – how long

2. Cad – what Cad a tharla ? - what happened? 

Cad as duit – where are you from

Cad chuige – For what, Why ?

Cad leis – with what ?                   

3. Céard – what - more dialect-specific to Munster

4. Cé hé Pádraig – who is Pádraig?

5. Cé acu – Which of them

6. Cé mhéad – how much, how many

7. Cén – which

8. Cén fáth – why 

Cén áit – where  ( which place )

Cén uair –  when  ( which time )

Cén chaoi -which way, how,   ‘Cén chaoi ina bhfuil tú ?

9. Conas – how

10. Cathain – when It’s not a requirement for you to know these at the moment, but knowing these is very helpful, especially when you’re reading something!