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 ràdh | a ràdh | 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 |
| è | a' èamh | a dhèanamh | rinn | ì |
| do | doing | to do | did | will do |
| faic | a' faicinn | a dh'fhaicinn | chunnaic | ì |
| 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 | ٳè |
| go | going | to go | went | will go |
| ruig | a' ruigsinn | a ruigsinn | àԾ | 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 | ٳàԾ | thig |
| come | coming | to come | came | will come |
| Root | abair |
|---|---|
| Verbal noun | ag ràdh |
| Infinitive | a ràdh |
| 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 | è |
|---|---|
| Verbal noun | a' èamh |
| Infinitive | a dhèanamh |
| Past tense | rinn |
| Future tense | ì |
| 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 | ì |
| 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 | ٳè |
| 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 | àԾ |
| 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 | ٳàԾ |
| Future tense | thig |
| Root | come |
|---|---|
| Verbal noun | coming |
| Infinitive | to come |
| Past tense | came |
| Future tense | will come |