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Punjabi speakers learning Irish
— the mistakes your language makes you commit

Your native language (ਪੰਜਾਬੀ) quietly pushes you into specific Irish errors. Here are the ones to watch — and the fix for each. This is exactly how WordSlick coaches you, every day.

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from your first language

"ਮੇਰੇ ਕੋਲ ਕਿਤਾਬ ਹੈ" is "Tá leabhar agam"

Punjabi keeps the book beside you rather than owning it — Irish does exactly the same with ag. Feelings sit on you: "Tá ocras orm".

from your first language

Tone gives way to vowel length

Punjabi separates words by tone; Irish does it with the fada — "sean" (old) versus "Seán" (John). Hold the vowel instead of moving the pitch.

from your first language

Verb-last becomes verb-first

Punjabi ends with the verb; Irish begins with it. "ਮੈਂ ਚਾਹ ਪੀਂਦਾ ਹਾਂ" → "Ólaim tae".

from your first language

The opening consonant is not fixed

Punjabi never changes a word’s first sound; Irish changes it whenever a trigger appears — "mo chara", "ár gcara", "trí chapall". Learn trigger and mutation as one unit.

core challenge

Verb first (VSO word order)

Irish opens the sentence with the verb: "Ólaim tae" = I drink tea, "Itheann Seán arán" = Seán eats bread. Action, then who, then what.

core challenge

Two verbs "to be": tá vs is

tá describes a state or a place ("Tá mé tuirseach", "Tá mé sa bhaile"); is classifies or identifies ("Is dochtúir mé", "Is mise Seán"). "Tá mé dochtúir" is always wrong.

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