Still trying to come up with sample sentences, and am at a loss as to when one might use the imperative forms of "feic." If I want to tell someone to look at something I'd say "féach"...I can't think of any instance where I'd command someone to "see"! FGB doesn't have any ideas either.

Redwolf

Wasn't 'feic' backworked from the dependent form ní fheicim etc?

How about amharc ar or as you say, féach ar?

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The imperative form does exist, so you could perhaps have a somewhat Zen-like sentence, where a teacher is saying something like Ná bí ag féachaint ar an t-uisce; feic an t-uisce.

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These are lessons on the irregulars, and there's supposed to be a sample sentence or two for each. Otherwise "féach ar" or "amharc ar" is what I would use.

Redwolf

There are a few examples of feic (imperative 2sg) in Tobar na Gaedhilge, in the Ulster literature corpus.
But it's probably more logical to say "amharc/amhanc" of course (in Ulster ; otherwise breathnaigh in Connachta and féach in Munster) in most contexts.

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For what purpose? If it's for teaching others, I'd suggest avoiding it. If the meaning's unclear, it confuses the students. Not only does it interfere with learning the grammar you're studying, it convinces them that they're "bad at languages" and they start to expect not to understand things.

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I agree. I think what I'm going to do is say that, as with English, it would be highly unusual to order someone to "see" in Irish.

Redwolf

And, just out of curiosity, is the plural "feicígí" or "feicigí"? (I'm not sure of the rule when it comes to putting a fada on that first "i")

Redwolf

Feicigí.

The first i of the ending gets a síneadh fada in the same cases you'd have a long i in the present tense, ie. with verbs of the 2nd conjugation (verbs with more than 1 syllable that end with -(a)igh, and those with more than 1 syllable that end with -(a)il, -(a)in, -(a)ir, -is), plus a few other verbs that have more than 1 syllable:

ceannaigh
imigh
foscail
cosain
bagair
inis
foghlaim...

Tá súileas agam nach dtearr mé dearmad ar rud ar bith!
Dála an scéil, i dTuaisceart Thír Chonaill cha bhíonn síneadh fada ar an chéad i ins na briathra sin, deirtear ceannaigí, imigí, fosclaigí, cosnaigí, bagraigí, insigí, foghlaimigí.

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I'm not saying it's wrong but I've never heard anybody say "feic" in the imperative.
Like Lughaidh said "breathnaigh; amharc; and Féach" are the commonest ways.
There is also "dearc". Déan dearcadh ar sin.

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It is recommended that you always wait for three to agree on a translation.
I speak Connemara Irish, and my input will often reflect that.
I will do an mp3 file on request for short translations.
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