ith / íosfaidh

Eating in Present and Future

Level 3

Ith has present itheann and first-person ithim, but future íosfaidh: Íosfaidh mé arán. Preserve the initial fada in the future stem.

How It Works

Ith has present itheann and first-person ithim, but future íosfaidh: Íosfaidh mé arán. Preserve the initial fada in the future stem.

Ith uses present itheann with a separate subject and ithim for I eat. The independent future has the stem íos-, as in íosfaidh; the initial fada belongs to that stem. Its affirmative past d'ith follows a different pattern.

Examples (3)

  1. Ithim arán.

    I eat bread.

  2. Itheann sí úll gach lá.

    She eats an apple every day.

  3. Íosfaidh mé arán.

    I will eat bread.

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ith / íosfaidhLevel 3Eating in Present and Future

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Contrast ith's irregular future stem with a regular future frame.

Words in This Pattern

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