Commands
In a command the imperative mood is used, and no subject is given.
| Tabhair | dúinn | dhá | ghloine | fuisce | le do thoil. |
| give | to us | two | glasses | whiskey | please |
| "Please give us two glasses of whiskey!" | |||||
To express a negative command, the particle ná is used. This particle, which can be roughly translated "don't", causes neither eclipsis nor lenition, and attaches h to a following vowel.
| Ná | cailligí | an | t-airgead. |
| don't | lose | the | money |
| "Don't lose the money!" | |||
| Ná | habair | leo | é. |
| don't | tell | to them | it |
| "Don't tell it to them!" | |||
| Ná | téimis | abhaile. | |
| don't | let's go | home | |
| "Let's not go home!" | |||
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