Irish Class, November 5, 2007

Irish Class. November 5, 2007.

Some preliminary vocabulary for a scéal which I did not present.

teagmháil	meeting
gnó	business
eagraíocht	organization
mar sin	because of that, therefore

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Coinnigh sé an diabha amach. “Keep the devil out.” [Not sure of the verb.]

sábh	saw	noun or verb–as in sawing wood.
ró gnóthach	too busy
lúfar	athletic
iarsmalann	museum
alt	essay	pl ailt
úll	apple	m1 pl úlla

Eclipsis: Words beginning with vowels cannot be lenited, but they can be eclipsed–prefix with n-. Thus in counting: naoi n-úll,“nine apples.”

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Haddayr recommended we look at Irish
Fairy and Folk Tales, edited by W.B. Yeats. It is an easy read and
there is some Irish mixed in the book. Warning: The introduction is rather
condescending.

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Class Project

Nick proposed that we work on a class blog or wiki. Sort of a guide to the
Twin Cities as Gaeilge. Possible topics:

• Outdoor activities–Out and about
• Arts
• House and home tips
• Recipes [I could do a beer recipe, e.g. the Stout I brought to
  Winona last summer.

• Restaurants
• Places to take kids.
• Day trips

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Nick passed around a copy of Hugh MacCurtin’s The
elements of the Irish language, published in 1728. Apparently the
first Irish Grammar in English. An interesting curiousity, but not
practical today.

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We finished reading “Paróiste idir dhá abhainn”.

Vocabulary and Phrases

labhair	speak
Nuair a labhrann muid faoi	When we speak about
is é atá gceist	that is in question
suite	seated
cósta	coast
cuan	bay (as in Galway Bay)
Thart ar scór bliain ó shin	About/around 20 years ago
ceann tuí traidisiúnta	traditional thatched roof
seachas	besides, except for
corr- (prefix)	odd, unusual
teach pl. tithe	house
feirm	farm
dhá stór	two story [house, building]
ceann slinne	slate roof
nach mór	almost
atá anois ann	that are there now
athraithe	changing
le cúig bliana is fiche anuas	in the past 25 years
maidir lé gnó	as regards business
príomh-	primary
trí	through
reáchtáilear	are run, are operated
cúntóirí	assistants
comhartaí	signs
nuachtán	newspaper	m1
iris	journal, magazine	f2
le fáil iontu	to be had/found in either
Mar sin	because of that, therefore
fíorláidir	truly strong
i measc	in the middle of
lucht gnó	business people
fostaíocht	employment
sna háitenna	in places
thuaslaite	aforementioned
ar ndóigh	of course
monarcha pl. monarchana	factory
eastát	estate	m1, in this context “industrial park”
trácht	?
taistil pres. taistealaíonn	travel
amach	out
Bíonn sé deaclair	It is difficult
staid na Gaeilge	state of Irish
taobh istigh	outside of
a mheas	estimate
Athraíonn sí	It varies
Braitheann sí ar	it depends on
dearcadh	view, perspective	m1
bainistíochta	managers	? FP has “thriftiness”
ar líon	level
D’fhéadfadh	Could
saoiste pl. saoistí	foreman	m4
amhras	worry, doubt, suspicion	m1
uair pl. uaireanta	hour, time, season	f2 uaireanta sometimes[?’]
cá mbeadh na daoine?	where would the people be?
líon	full number, measure	m1
áirithe	certain
as an bparóiste	from the parish
ag obair le	working at
Cló	Publishing House
iar	west
comhlachtaí	firm, company
léiriúcháin	production
ar nós	such as, on behalf of
mar	like, as
teicneoirí	technicians
léiritheoirí	producers
aisteoirí	actors
schríbhneoirí	writers
eagarthóirí	editors
riarthóirí	administrators
B’fhíor [Ba fhíor]	It would be true
a rá	to say
réabhlóid	revolution	f2
tar éis tarlúint	just happened	tar éis — after
ó thaobh na fostaíochta	in terms of employment	ó thaobh na — on the part of
deis	opportunity
oideachas	education	m1
triú	third
leibhéal	level	m1
a fháil	to get
go háitiúl	locally
rud nach raibh	something that was not
fíor	true
roimhe seo	there before
Tá méadú mó tagtha	A great increase has come
pobal	people	m1
eastát tionsclaíoch	industrial park (lit. estate)
fostaíocht	employment
iomláan	all, total	m1
ar fáil	to be had
méadaithe	growing–increasing in number
feabhas	improvement
Is dóigh go bhféadaí a rá	One supposes ( dóigh) one could say
éirithe	succeed
le cúnamh	with help [from]
an áit	the place
a chur chun cinn	develop, advancing
fiúntach	respectable, decent
ó thaobh	about, concerning, regards (lit. from the side)
thart ar	around, about
is í an Ghaelige teanga na scoile	Irish is the language of the school	second form of the copula, from October 22.
múintear chuile ábhar trí	Every subject is taught through	múintear — autonomous form. chuile every(?)
úsáidtear	is used	autonomous form
í	it	Irish in this context
mar	as
cumarsáid	communication	f2

Afterwards we broke into pairs. One member of each pair read a sentence or two from the essay and the other transcribed it, without looking at the written text. Then we reversed roles. The idea was to see how well we could follow the Irish as it was read. I was pleasantly surprised at well I did. Not perfect, but much better than I had expected.