Irregular verbs
There are ten irregular verbs in Gaelic. It is worthwhile mastering these because they are very common in everyday speech.
Below is a table outlining the root, verbal noun, infinitive, past tense and future tense of all ten irregular verbs (and their English translations). You can test yourself on them in the test bite.
Irregular verbs
| Root | Verbal noun | Infinitive | Past tense | Future tense |
| abair | ag r脿dh | a r脿dh | thuirt | their |
| say | saying | to say | said | will say |
| beir | a' breith | a bhreith | rug | beiridh |
| catch | catching | to catch | caught | will catch |
| cluinn | a' cluinntinn | a chluinntinn | chuala | cluinnidh |
| hear | hearing | to hear | heard | will hear |
| 诲猫补苍 | a' 诲猫补苍amh | a dh猫anamh | rinn | 苍矛 |
| do | doing | to do | did | will do |
| faic | a' faicinn | a dh'fhaicinn | chunnaic | 肠丑矛 |
| see | seeing | to see | saw | will see |
| faigh | a' faighinn | a dh'fhaighinn | fhuair | gheibh |
| get | getting | to get | got | will get |
| rach | a' dol | a dhol | chaidh | 迟丑猫颈诲 |
| go | going | to go | went | will go |
| ruig | a' ruigsinn | a ruigsinn | 谤脿颈苍颈驳 | ruigidh |
| arrive, reach | arriving, reaching | to arrive, to reach | arrived, reached | will arrive, will reach |
| thoir | a' toirt | a thoirt | thug | bheir |
| give | giving | to give | gave | will give |
| thig | a' tighinn | a thighinn | 迟丑脿颈苍颈驳 | thig |
| come | coming | to come | came | will come |
| Root | abair |
|---|---|
| Verbal noun | ag r脿dh |
| Infinitive | a r脿dh |
| Past tense | thuirt |
| Future tense | their |
| Root | say |
|---|---|
| Verbal noun | saying |
| Infinitive | to say |
| Past tense | said |
| Future tense | will say |
| Root | beir |
|---|---|
| Verbal noun | a' breith |
| Infinitive | a bhreith |
| Past tense | rug |
| Future tense | beiridh |
| Root | catch |
|---|---|
| Verbal noun | catching |
| Infinitive | to catch |
| Past tense | caught |
| Future tense | will catch |
| Root | cluinn |
|---|---|
| Verbal noun | a' cluinntinn |
| Infinitive | a chluinntinn |
| Past tense | chuala |
| Future tense | cluinnidh |
| Root | hear |
|---|---|
| Verbal noun | hearing |
| Infinitive | to hear |
| Past tense | heard |
| Future tense | will hear |
| Root | 诲猫补苍 |
|---|---|
| Verbal noun | a' 诲猫补苍amh |
| Infinitive | a dh猫anamh |
| Past tense | rinn |
| Future tense | 苍矛 |
| Root | do |
|---|---|
| Verbal noun | doing |
| Infinitive | to do |
| Past tense | did |
| Future tense | will do |
| Root | faic |
|---|---|
| Verbal noun | a' faicinn |
| Infinitive | a dh'fhaicinn |
| Past tense | chunnaic |
| Future tense | 肠丑矛 |
| Root | see |
|---|---|
| Verbal noun | seeing |
| Infinitive | to see |
| Past tense | saw |
| Future tense | will see |
| Root | faigh |
|---|---|
| Verbal noun | a' faighinn |
| Infinitive | a dh'fhaighinn |
| Past tense | fhuair |
| Future tense | gheibh |
| Root | get |
|---|---|
| Verbal noun | getting |
| Infinitive | to get |
| Past tense | got |
| Future tense | will get |
| Root | rach |
|---|---|
| Verbal noun | a' dol |
| Infinitive | a dhol |
| Past tense | chaidh |
| Future tense | 迟丑猫颈诲 |
| Root | go |
|---|---|
| Verbal noun | going |
| Infinitive | to go |
| Past tense | went |
| Future tense | will go |
| Root | ruig |
|---|---|
| Verbal noun | a' ruigsinn |
| Infinitive | a ruigsinn |
| Past tense | 谤脿颈苍颈驳 |
| Future tense | ruigidh |
| Root | arrive, reach |
|---|---|
| Verbal noun | arriving, reaching |
| Infinitive | to arrive, to reach |
| Past tense | arrived, reached |
| Future tense | will arrive, will reach |
| Root | thoir |
|---|---|
| Verbal noun | a' toirt |
| Infinitive | a thoirt |
| Past tense | thug |
| Future tense | bheir |
| Root | give |
|---|---|
| Verbal noun | giving |
| Infinitive | to give |
| Past tense | gave |
| Future tense | will give |
| Root | thig |
|---|---|
| Verbal noun | a' tighinn |
| Infinitive | a thighinn |
| Past tense | 迟丑脿颈苍颈驳 |
| Future tense | thig |
| Root | come |
|---|---|
| Verbal noun | coming |
| Infinitive | to come |
| Past tense | came |
| Future tense | will come |