3ú Bliain Gaeilge

Topaic - Cluiche (Spórt)

A cluiche comes up all the time in the exam.

Usually, you have to write a (blag) blog about a cluiche that you were at or
played in. You are often asked to write a tuairisc (report) for irisleabhar na
scoile (school magazine), talking about a cluiche that you were at or played in.
Sometimes a dialann (diary entry) might also come up about a cluiche that you
were at or played in. This will mean that you will use mostly briathra san Aimsir Chaite. (Past
Tense)

Once you are able to pick your verbs in the correct tense, you just need to add in your concert
vocab. It will stay the same in all three tenses………..

Briathar Aimsir Chaite (Past) Aimsir Láithreach Aimsir Fháistineach

(Present) (Future)

Bí (to be) Bhí mé / Bhíomar Tá mé / Táimid Beidh mé / Beimid

(I was / We were) (I am / We are) (I will be / We will be)

Fan (to stay) D’fhan mé / Fanaim / Fanaimid (I Fanfaidh mé /

D’fhanamar (I stay / We stay) Fanfaimid (I will stay /
stayed / We stayed) We will stay)

Bí + fan Bhí mé ag fanacht (I Tá mé ag fanacht (I Beidh mé ag fanacht

was staying) am staying) (I will be staying

Téigh (to go) Chuaigh mé / Téim / Téimid Rachaidh mé /

Chuamar (I go / We go) Rachaimid
(I went / We went) (I will go / We will go)

Ceannaigh (to buy) Cheannaigh mé / Ceannaím / Ceannóidh mé /

Cheannaíomar (I Ceannaímid (I buy / Ceannóimid (I will
bought / We bought) We buy) buy / We will buy)

Imir (to play sport) D’imir mé / Imrím / Imrimid (I play Imreoidh mé /

 D’imríomar (I played / / We play) Imreoimid
We played) (I will play / We will
play)

Ith (to eat) D’ith mé / D’itheamar Ithim / Ithimid (I eat / Íosfaidh mé /

(I ate / We ate) We eat) Íosfaimid (I will eat /
We will eat)

Ól (to drink) D’ól mé / D’ólamar (I Ólaim / Ólaimid (I Ólfaidh mé / Ólfaimid

drank / We drank) drink / We drink) (I will drink / We will
drink)

Feic (to see) Chonaic mé / Feicim / Feicimid (I Feicfidh mé /

Chonaiceamar (I see / We see) Feicfimid (I will see /
saw / We saw) We will see)

Faigh (to get) Fuair mé / Faighim / Faighimid (I Gheobhaidh me /

Fuaireamar (I got / get / We get Gheobhaimid (I will
We got) get / We will get)

Déan ( to do) Rinne mé / Déanaim / Déanaimid Déanfaidh mé /

Rinneamar (I did / (I do / We do) Déanfaimid (I will do /
We did) We will do)

Buail le (to meet) Bhuail mé le / Buailim le / Buailimid Buailfidh mé le /

Bhuaileamar le (I le (I meet / We meet) Buailfimid le (I will
met / We met) meet / We will meet)

Clois (to hear) Chuala mé / Cloisim / Cloisimid (I Cloisfidh mé /

Chualamar (I heard / hear / We hear) Cloisfimid (I will hear /
We heard) We will hear)

Tosaigh (to start) Thosaigh mé / Tosaím / Tosaímid (I Tosóidh mé /

Thosaíomar (I started start / We start) Tosóimid (I will start /
/ We started) We will start)

Tit (to fall) Thit mé / Thiteamar (I Titim / Titimid (I fall / Titfidh mé / Titfimid (I
fell / We fell) We fall) will fall / We will fall)

Buaigh (to win) Bhuaigh mé / Buaim / Buaimid (I Buafaidh mé /

Bhuamar (I won / We win / We win) Buafaimid (I will win /
won) We will win)
Anois, leanaimid ar aghaidh le focail agus frásaí faoin gcluiche-

Na Ticéid - The Tickets

Mo bhreithlá a bhí ann agus fuair mé dhá thicéad don chluiche _____in
aghaidh_______…….
It was my birthday and I got two tickets for the ____v____ match…….
Bhuaigh mé dhá thicéad don chluiche ____in aghaidh____ ar Facebook!
I won two tickets for the ____v____ match on Facebook!
Chuaigh mé agus mo chara Liam go dtí an cluiche le chéile… Myself and my friend Liam went
to the match together……...

An Áit - The Place

Bhí an cluiche ar siúl i bPáirc an Chrócaigh / sa Staid Aviva…….

The match was on in Croke Park / the Aviva………
D’oscail na geataí ar a seacht…… The gates opened at seven……..

An Turas-The Journey

Thógamar bus go dtí an cluiche…….We took a bus to the match…..

Bhí an trácht uafásach……. The traffic was awful…...
Bhí gach duine ar buile mar bhíomar beagnach déanach……
Everyone was angry because we were almost late……..

An Aimsir- The Weather

Bhí an aimsir ar fheabhas! Bhí an ghrian ag scoilteadh na gcloch. Ní raibh scamall sa

spéir.
The weather was great! The sun was splitting the stones. There wasn’t a cloud in the sky.

Bhí an aimsir uafásach. Bhí sé ag stealladh báistí. Bhí mé préachta leis an bhfuacht.
The weather was terrible. It was pouring rain. I was frozen with the cold.

Cad a tharla ag an gcluiche

Sheasamar sa scuaine ar feadh tamaill…… We stood in the queue for a while…..

Bhí na leithris an-salach agus gnóthach….. The toilets were very dirty and busy…..
Cheannaigh mé clár….. I bought a programme…….
Bhí bialann ar oscailt ann…. There was a restaurant open there……
D’ith mé iasc agus sceallóga….. I ate fish and chips……
Nuair a tháinig ______ amach ar an bpáirc, ba bheag nár thit mé i laige!
When ______ came out onto the pitch, I nearly fainted!
Bhí atmaisféar leictreach ann….. The atmosphere was electric.
Bhí gach duine ag canadh agus ag damhsa….. Everyone was singing and dancing…..
Bhí an áit plódaithe le daoine…..The place was packed with people……..
Ba chluiche iontach é….It was a great game……
Bhí ______ ar fheabhas…… ______ was brilliant.
Fuair sé dhá chúl! He scored two goals!
Bhuamar an cluiche….. We won the match……
Fuair
_____ Laoch
na
hImeartha…..
_______ got
Man of the
Match

Eachtra a
tharla -
Something
that
happened
Tharla rud greannmhar / uafásach ann….. Something funny / terrible happened there…….
Thit me ar mo thóin sa staid…… I fell on my behind in the stadium……..
Bhí gach duine ag gáire……. Everybody was laughing…….

Ag Teacht Abhaile - Coming Home

Nuair a chríochnaigh an cluiche, shiúileamar isteach sa chathair agus fuaireamar

sceallóga….. When the match was over, we walked into the city and got chips……
D’fhág an bus an chathair ag a haon déag a chlog. The bus left the city at eleven.
Bhí mé tuirseach traochta ach an-sásta. I was wrecked but really happy.
Oíche iontach a bhí ann! It was a brilliant night.

Sampla F - Ceist Scrúdaithe

Samhlaigh gur fhreastal tú ar chluiche peile i lár na cathrach. Scríobh alt faoin gcluiche.
Luaigh na pointí seo a leanas san alt-

● Cé a bhí leat
● Conas a chuaigh tú go dtí an áit
● An t-atmaisféar ag an gcluiche
● An cluiche féin
● Céard a rinne tú tar éis an cluiche

Just like you did with your Laethanta Saoire and Ceolchoirm questions, you can use the
question above to start your answer here too.

Take the first sentence -

Samhlaigh gur fhreastal tú ar chluiche peile i lár na cathrach and use it to start your alt.
Change fhreastal tú into D’fhreastal mé ar chluiche peile i lár na cathrach.
First sentence done. Now, copy and paste from the sections above to finish your answer……
D’fhreastal mé ar chluiche peile i lár na cathrach. Bhuaigh mé dhá thicéad don chluiche Éire in
aghaidh An Fhrainc ar Facebook! Chuaigh mé agus mo chara Liam go dtí an cluiche le chéile.
Thógamar bus go dtí an cluiche. Bhí an trácht uafásach. Bhí an cluiche ar siúl sa Staid Aviva.
D’oscail na geataí ar a seacht.
Sheasamar sa scuaine ar feadh tamaill. Bhí na leithris an-salach agus gnóthach.Bhí bialann ar
oscailt ann. D’ith mé iasc agus sceallóga.
Nuair a tháinig Éire amach ar an bpáirc, ba bheag nár thit mé i laige! Bhí atmaisféar leictreach
ann. Ba chluiche iontach é. Bhí gach duine ag canadh agus ag damhsa. Bhí an áit plódaithe le
daoine. Bhí Aaron Connolly ar fheabhas. Fuair sé dhá chúl! Bhuamar an cluiche.
Fuair Connolly Laoch na hImeartha.
Nuair a chríochnaigh an cluiche, shiúileamar isteach sa chathair agus fuaireamar sceallóga.
D’fhág an bus an chathair ag a haon déag a chlog. Bhí mé tuirseach traochta ach an-sásta.
Oíche iontach a bhí ann!

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