irgi / taip pat
Too and Also
irgi / taip pat = too, also: Aš irgi. (Me too.)
How It Works
Irgi. You can place it right after the word it adds to:
- Aš irgi noriu kavos. (I want coffee too.)
- — Esu iš Kauno. — Aš irgi. (I am from Kaunas. — Me too.)
Taip pat. It means the same and is always two words: Čia taip pat yra kavinė. (There is also a café here.) It is common in writing and in careful speech.
Me too in the right case. A short answer copies the case from the first sentence. After Man patinka, the answer is Man irgi, not Aš irgi. See liking with patikti.
Me neither. For a negative sentence, keep the negation: — Nesuprantu. — Aš irgi nesuprantu. In short answers people also say Aš irgi ne. See negation with ne-.
Ir aš also means me too. Irgi is built from ir + the particle gi; see joining with ir.
Examples (6)
- — Esu iš Kauno. — Aš irgi.
I am from Kaunas. — Me too.
Word by Word: Am from Kaunas. — I too.
- Aš irgi noriu kavos.
I want coffee too.
Word by Word: I too want coffee.
- Jis taip pat kalba lietuviškai.
He also speaks Lithuanian.
Word by Word: He also speaks Lithuanian-ly.
- Čia taip pat yra kavinė.
There is also a café here.
Word by Word: Here also is café.
- — Man patinka krepšinis. — Man irgi.
I like basketball. — Me too.
Word by Word: To-me pleases basketball. — To-me too.
The answer keeps the dative man from the first sentence.
- — Nesuprantu. — Aš irgi nesuprantu.
I do not understand. — I do not understand either.
Word by Word: Not-understand-I. — I too not-understand.
Common Mistakes
Answering a man patinka sentence with aš.
— Man patinka kava. — Aš irgi.— Man patinka kava. — Man irgi.With patikti the person is in the dative, so the short answer must be man irgi.
Writing taip pat as one word.
Jis taippat čia.Jis taip pat čia.Taip pat is always written as two separate words.
Related Patterns
- irJoining with Ir
Irgi is built from ir, and ir aš also means me too.
Level 1 - man patinkaLiking with Patikti
After man patinka, me too is man irgi.
Level 1 - ne- + verbNegation with Ne-
Keep ne- on the verb to say me neither.
Level 1 - oContrast with O
O tu? asks And you?, while irgi says too.
Level 2 - netEven with Net
Net means even, a stronger kind of also.
Level 3 - nei ..., nei ...Neither ... nor ...
The pattern for neither ... nor ...
Level 3
Words in This Pattern
Practice irgi / taip pat in Bubblegum
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