By the end of this level

• ✓Say how you are and how someone else is
• ✓Explain where you are and how things stand
• ✓Say what you have
• ✓Talk about your feelings — hunger, joy, anger
• ✓Say what someone is, with the copula
• ✓Say what you like
• ✓Describe a person or a thing
• ✓Talk about what people do, and what you're doing now
• ✓Ask who, what, and where
• ✓Say the day, the time, and the weather

Grammar points covered

1. 01

   Saying how someone is (Tá mé / Tá tú)

   tá + pronoun

2. 02

   Saying where you are, or how things are (Tá… / Níl… / An bhfuil…?)

   tá + state / location

3. 03

   Saying what you have (Tá X agam)

   tá + ag for possession

4. 04

   Saying you're hungry, happy, or angry (Tá ocras / áthas / fearg orm)

   tá + orm for feelings

5. 05

   Saying what someone is (Is… é / í)

   copula

6. 06

   Saying what you like (Is maith liom)

   is maith liom

7. 07

   Home words (teach, arán, tae…)

   vocabulary for home

8. 08

   Describing a thing (an madra ciúin)

   noun + adjective

9. 09

   Talking about what people do (téann sé / glanann sí)

   present tense (analytic)

10. 10

    Asking a yes-or-no question (An bhfuil…?)

    present questions

11. 11

    Talking about what you're doing right now (Tá mé ag…)

    ag + verbal noun

12. 12

    Everyday actions (ithe, dul, obair…)

    verbs + verbal noun core

13. 13

    Pointing to one thing or many (an / na)

    articles

14. 14

    Saying you're in a place (sa…)

    i + article

15. 15

    Saying my, your, or his (mo / do / a + lenition)

    lenition + possessives

16. 16

    Saying in, our, or their (i / ár / a + eclipsis)

    eclipsis + possessives

17. 17

    Simple prepositions (a, in, da, di, su, con, per)

    prepositions simple

18. 18

    Asking who, what, or where (Cé / Cad / Cá)

    cé / cad / cé

19. 19

    Counting from one to twenty (один… двадцать)

    numbers 120

20. 20

    Saying the day and the time (Dé Luain… / a trí a chlog)

    time and days

21. 21

    Talking about the weather (Tá sé fuar / ag cur…)

    weather + tá

22. 22

    Calling someone by name (a Sheáin)

    vocative case

23. 23

    Joining two ideas (agus / ach / nó)

    agus + ach + no

24. 24

    Telling someone what to do (Dún… / Ná…)

    imperatives

By the end of this level

• ✓Talk about where you were and what you did
• ✓Use the common irregular past forms — went, did, saw
• ✓Say where you will be and what you will do
• ✓Talk about what usually happens
• ✓Say what you'd like to do
• ✓Say what you prefer, can, need, and must do
• ✓Say what you know, and what pleases you
• ✓Give a reason and say when something happens
• ✓Count people and things, and use ordinals
• ✓Compare two things and say that something is there

Grammar points covered

1. 01

   Saying where you were (Bhí / Ní raibh / An raibh)

   bhi + past

2. 02

   Talking about what you did (Ghlan mé…)

   regular past tense

3. 03

   Talking about going, doing, and seeing (chuaigh / rinne / chonaic)

   irregular past tense

4. 04

   Saying where you will be (Beidh)

   beidh + future tense

5. 05

   Saying what you will do (-faidh / -fidh / -óidh)

   regular future tense

6. 06

   Saying you will go, do, or see (rachaidh / déanfaidh…)

   irregular future tense

7. 07

   Everyday irregular verbs (chuaigh, rinne, rachaidh…)

   verbs + irregular core

8. 08

   Talking about what usually happens (Bíonn)

   bionn + habitual tense

9. 09

   Saying what you'd like to do (Ba mhaith liom… a…)

   ba mhaith liom + verbal noun

10. 10

    Saying who it's at, on, or to (agam / ort / dó)

    prepositional pronouns

11. 11

    Saying it's mine (Is liomsa é)

    possession

12. 12

    Saying what you prefer (Is fearr liom)

    is fearr liom

13. 13

    Saying what you can do (Is féidir liom)

    is feidir liom

14. 14

    Saying what you're able to do (Tá mé in ann…)

    ta me in ann

15. 15

    Saying what you need (Teastaíonn X uaim)

    teastaionn uaim

16. 16

    Saying a thing pleases you (Taitníonn sé liom)

    taitnionn liom

17. 17

    Saying what you know (Tá a fhios agam)

    tá a fhios agam

18. 18

    Saying what you must do (Caithfidh mé…)

    caithfidh + must

19. 19

    Giving a reason (mar / mar gheall ar)

    mar / mar gheall ar

20. 20

    Counting things from two up (dhá chat…)

    counting nouns

21. 21

    Ordinal numbers

    ordinals

22. 22

    Counting people (duine / beirt / triúr)

    personal numbers

23. 23

    Asking a question, or saying no (An… / Ní… / Ar… / Nár…)

    question particles

24. 24

    Saying when something happens (nuair a…)

    nuair a

25. 25

    Saying on the, or at the (ar an… / ag an…)

    preposition + article

26. 26

    Saying where you're going (go / chuig / isteach / suas)

    position + motion

27. 27

    Naming more than one (na leabhair…)

    noun plurals

28. 28

    Comparing, and saying more than (níos … ná)

    comparatives níos

29. 29

    Saying that something is there (Tá … ann)

    tá + ann

30. 30

    Life words (bus, ticéad, airgead…)

    words for life

By the end of this level

• ✓Say what someone was
• ✓Describe which person or thing you mean
• ✓Report what someone said or thought
• ✓Say if, or if not
• ✓Say what you would, could, or should do
• ✓Talk about what you'd like to be doing
• ✓Say how long something lasts, or has lasted
• ✓Talk about what you've finished and what used to happen
• ✓Explain why you're doing something, or do it even though
• ✓Compare and pick out the biggest or the best

Grammar points covered

1. 01

   Saying what someone was (Ba mhúinteoir é)

   past copula

2. 02

   Saying which person or which thing (a + lenition)

   direct relative

3. 03

   Reporting what someone said (go / nach)

   go / nach

4. 04

   Thinking and deciding (ceapaim, creidim, molaim…)

   verbs for thinking and deciding

5. 05

   Saying if, or if not (má / mura)

   ma + mura

6. 06

   Saying what you would, could, or should do (dhéanfainn / an bhféadfá / ba chóir)

   conditional tense

7. 07

   Saying what you'd like to read or do (X a léamh)

   verbal noun + object

8. 08

   Saying you'd like to be doing it (a bheith ag déanamh…)

   a bheith ag

9. 09

   Saying for how long (ar feadh seachtaine)

   ar feadh + genitive

10. 10

    Saying how long so far (le seachtain)

    le for duration

11. 11

    Saying I eat or I go, in one word (ithim / téim)

    present synthetic

12. 12

    Saying a job is finished (Tá X déanta / ite / scríofa)

    verbal adjective

13. 13

    Saying what you've done (Tá X déanta agam)

    perfect agam

14. 14

    Talking about what used to happen (Bhíodh)

    bhiodh + habitual past tense

15. 15

    Saying what people do, without naming them (-tar / -tear)

    autonomous present

16. 16

    Saying the place where someone is (a bhfuil…)

    indirect relative

17. 17

    Saying why you're doing it (chun / le go)

    purpose + chun + le + go

18. 18

    Saying it even though (cé go…)

    cé go for although

19. 19

    Saying you know where, or asking whether (cá bhfuil / an…)

    indirect question

20. 20

    Saying of the house, or someone's name (teach an fhir)

    basic genitive

21. 21

    Life words (B1) (scrúdú, tuairim, deis…)

    words for life

22. 22

    Saying after, according to, or despite (tar éis / de réir / in ainneoin)

    compound prepositions

23. 23

    Describing more than one thing (na tithe móra)

    plural adjectives

24. 24

    Saying which is the biggest or the best (is mó / is fearr)

    superlatives

25. 25

    Saying me, not you (mise / tusa)

    emphatic pronouns

26. 26

    Saying not only, but also (ní hamháin… ach… freisin)

    correlatives