cad / céard

Asking What

Level 1

Cad and céard ask what. Both occur in Irish; retain coherent regional usage rather than mixing alternatives within one example.

How It Works

Cad and céard ask what. Both occur in Irish; retain coherent regional usage rather than mixing alternatives within one example.

Cad and céard are established alternatives for what. Question frames still matter: Cad é sin? identifies a thing, while Cad atá sa mhála? asks about the contents of a location. The examples use cad consistently; céard is common especially in Connacht usage.

Examples (3)

  1. Cad é sin?

    What is that?

  2. Cad atá sa mhála?

    What is in the bag?

  3. Cad a léann tú?

    What do you read?

Words in This Pattern

cadcéard