Ar dtús báire,
tá an ghaeilge mar teanga cásta, le riallacha éagsúla ag baint le gach rud as opposed to english which is officially termed a "bastardised language" and as such thos of you with only english may be at a disadvantage,
ar aon nós, ar aigheadh linn.....
Rúdaí Búnúsacha (the bascis);
1 simple rule that might help in all this is the caol le caol, leathan le leathan....
that is the "slender" vowels go with "slender vowles, and broad vowels go with broad vowels....
Ceannaigh (buy)
ag ithe....(eating) (this applies in most but not all cases)

An Aidiacht (adjective)

Sa Ghaeilge, tagann an aidiacht i ndiadh an ainmfhocal (adjective comes after the noun): bean shaibhir (rich woman, notice the h in saibhir), uisce glan (clean water).

Ainmfhocal firinscneach uatha (singular masculine nouns)
This is where it gets complicated and boring.....

Má thagann an aidiacht tar eis ainmfhocal firinscneach uatha sa tuiseal ainmneach ("nominative cases"....these "cases" are very important in most languages bar English, its simply the name), ní bheidh athrú ar bith ar an aidiacht: an fear mór (The tall man).

However after an an tuisil ghinidigh (genetive case, simply put the possessive case), chuitear consan (consonant) ag deireadh na haidiachta, agus séimheofar an consan tosaigh: gluaisteán an fhir mhóir (car of the tall man).
Na haidiachtaí a bhfuil -ach ag crochadh díobh, déanfar -igh den -ach seo: an fear tuirseach (the tired man)- codladh an fhir thuirsigh (sleep of the tired man); an múinteoir Éireannach (the Irish teacher)- ceachtanna an mhúinteora Éireannaigh (classes of the Irish teacher).

Ainmfhocal firinscneach iolra (plural masculine nouns)

I ndiaidh ainmfhocal firinscneach iolra sa tuiseal ainmneach, cuirfear -a nó -e leis an consan deiridh. Ar ndóigh, tá sé ag brath ar chaoile nó ar leithneacht an chonsain cé acu guta a chuirfear leis: an fear mór (the tall man) - na fir mhóra (the tall men), an buille réidh (ready hit)- na buillí réidhe (ready hits).
Is minic nach gcluintear mórán difríochta idir -í agus -igh an ainmfhocail iolra, ach mar sin féin, tá sé tábhachtach iad a choinneáil scartha ó chéile sa litriú, nó ní shéimheoidh ach ceann acu an aidiacht: na bealaí móra (m gan séimhiú) (the large was) (ón bhfocal bealach, way), ach na hÉireannaigh mhóra (m séimhithe) (tall irish (pl))(ón bhfocal Éireannach (singular)).

Ainmfhocal baininscneach uatha (feminine singular nouns)

Ar lorg ainmfhocal baininscneach uatha sa tuiseal ainmneach, séimheofar an aidiacht (adjective gets a h): bean mhór,(big woman) baintreach thuirseach (tired widow), fuinneog bhriste (broken window), bliain fhada (long year), teanga dhothuigthe (indescernible language lol), etc.

Ar lorg ainmfhocal baininscneach uatha sa tuiseal ginideach (possesive), ní shéimheofar an aidiacht ar aon nós. Scéal eile, cuirfear -e leis an gconsan deiridh (-e with the last consonaunt), agus má tá an consan sin leathan (borad consonant) san fhoirm a fuair tú san fhoclóir, caithfidh tú an consan sin a chaolú (you must make it "slender"), leis: eachtra na mná móire (< mór) (activities of the big women), teach na baintrí tuirsí (< tuirseach, house of the tired widows), seomra na fuinneoige briste (room withe broken window). Tabhair faoi deara go ndéantar -í den -ach san fhoirm áirithe seo. Tabhair faoi deara freisin nach gcuirfear an t-e sin le haidiachtaí a chríochnaíonn ar -úil, ar nós spéisiúil, dathúil agus araile: a mhalairt cuirfear -a leo, agus leathnófar an consan deiridh: grá na mná dathúla (love of the lovely women).

Titeann an dara siolla san aidiacht álainn (gorgeous) ar lár roimh iarmhír an ghinidigh bhaininscnigh freisin. mar áille, agus an -nn comhshamhlaithe don -l-. (Cf. collaí, co

bitch = bitseach/striapach
shit = cách
idiot = amadán
Póg = kiss
computer = ríomhaire
keyboard = eochairchlár
keyboard = méarchlár
map = léarscáil
language = teanga
bad language = droch-chaint
minority languages = teangacha neamhfhorleathana
online = ar líne
online = arlíne
church = eaglais
analysis = anailís
fairy = sióg
fairy = síofra
ghost = taibhse