Home » Education » How to say No in Irish

How to say No in Irish

Written By Bitesize Irish on Friday, Feb 03, 2017 | 02:11 AM

 
You can subscribe to us on Youtube by clicking here: http://bit.ly/BitesizeSubscribe YES: Find the video How to say Yes in Irish Gaelic here: https://youtu.be/JL_q1GDsrTM How to say No in Irish Gaelic Sign-up for a FREE trial to Learn Irish: http://bit.ly/IrishFreeTrial Bitesize Irish blog & podcast: http://bit.ly/BitesizeBlog Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bitesizeirish/ There are no words in Irish for "yes" and "no". In the present tense, there are two different ways of answering no, as there are two different types of question structures. "An" + noun An Meiriceánach tú? /On Mer-ih-cawn-okh too?/ Are you an American? Ní Meiriceánach mé. /Nee Mer-ih-cawn-okh may/ I'm not an American. Ní hea /Nee ha/ It's not "An" + verb An bhfuil tú ann? /On wil too awn/ Are you there? Bí /bee/ To be An bhfuil tú? /On wil too?/ Are you? Níl mé /Neel may/ I am not SHORT ANSWER: You answer no by using the negative form of the verb used to ask the question.