"She wants food."

Translation: Tá bia uaithi.

[ChrisMoomey]

Can someone specify the difference between Teastioon and Ta...uaim.

[bryji]

Is "teastáionn bia uaithi" not also valid?

[scilling]

Teastaíonn should be just as valid as Tá in the translation.

[Smith_Bill]

I didn't try it because in the last lesson I did, I used Teastaíonn for Want, and it was marked wrong. Now I've gotten this question wrong, too.

[CormacLiat]

Irish person/speaker here. Teastaíonn works fine. I'm going to flag it.

[Brooks809344]

Why was it "Tá bia ó fhear" for "a man wants food"?

[TiarnCon]

Because it uses "a man", the gender equal to this would be "he wants food"

[Kaitlin983429]

Teastaíonn sí bia is wrong because?

[SatharnPHL]

Because teastaigh means "Be wanted, needed" - sí is NOT the subject of the verb, bia is the subject, because "food is wanted by her".

[Michael919653]

I said 'teastaíonn sí bia'. I am finding this thread of exercises next to impossible. Very challenging for learning the language.

[SatharnPHL]

As explained in the previous comments teastaigh means "Be wanted, needed", it doesn't mean "want" or "need".

Teastaíonn sí means "she is wanted".