About this word

Tuigim is the first person, singular, present tense of the regular verb tuig, meaning understand.

Note that the verb is combined with the subject pronoun mé.

The subject pronouns in Irish (conjunctive)

The subject of a sentence is the entity that performs the action of the verb. Thus, pronouns used in place of the subject are called subject pronouns.

• mé (not 'Mé'): I.*
• tú: you.
• sé: he; it (masculine).
• sí: she; it (feminine).
• sinn (Munster) / muid (Connacht ⁊ Ulster): we.*
• sibh: ye (plural).
• siad: they.

*But see the examples.

Examples

• Tá mé: I am. (Connacht ⁊ Ulster.)
• Táim: I am. (Munster; never 'tá mé'.)
• Tá tú: you are.
• Tá sé: he / it is.
• Tá sí: she / it is.
• Tá muid: we are. (Connacht ⁊ Ulster.)
• Táimíd: we are. (Munster; never 'tá sinn'.)
• Tá sibh: ye are.
• Tá siad: they are.

The same subject pronouns' emphatic forms (conjunctive)

• mise (not 'Mise'): I.*
• tusa: you.
• seisean: he; it (masculine).
• sise: she; it (feminine).
• sinn-ne (Munster) / muide (Connacht) / muid-ne (Ulster; pronounced, roughly, 'mwij-ING-yi'): we.*
• sibh-se: ye (plural).
• siad-san: they.

*But again, see the examples.

Examples

• Tá mise: I am. (Connacht ⁊ Ulster.)
• Táim-se: I am. (Munster; never 'tá mise'.)
• Tá tusa: you are.
• Tá seisean: he / it is.
• Tá sise: she / it is.
• Tá muide: we are. (Connacht.)
• Táimíd-ne: we are. (Munster; never 'tá sinn-ne'.)
• Tá muid-ne: we are. (Ulster.)
• Tá sibh-se: ye are.
• Tá siad-san: they are.