Irish Class, November 12, 2007
Irish Class. November 12, 2007.
Checked
against Nick’s
Official Version.
The conversation in the first hour was a “debate” (conspóid)
on the merits of reading books vs. watching television and movies, and
talk about changes in the Twin Cities Metro in the last decade.
| ríomhphost | ||
| parc súgradh | playground | |
| bileog | leaf | f2 |
| go rialta | regularly | |
| Aontaim | I agree | |
| Easaontaim | I disagree | |
| samhlaíocht | imagination | |
| samhlaigh | imagine | |
| níos mo | more | |
| níos óige | younger | |
| glórach | noisy | |
| gearán | complain, complaint | v or n |
We then did some number drills–counting objects. This was a review of
material from 9/24
<!– 9/24 –> and
10/1
<!– 10/1–>.
Next week we will have visitors from Mary’s class. They will be asking
clothing and colors, esp. yellow, red, black, and blue.
There was some discussion of our class blog/wiki. Note:
oideas “recipe”, pl. -is
| lámh | hand | f2 |
| muinéal | neck | m1 pl,gs -níl |
| géag | arm | f2 pl géaga |
| súil | eye | f2 gs,npl -e gp súl |
| gulainn | shoulder | pl guaillí |
| tóin | backside | pl -eanna |
| troig | foot | f2 pl -ithe |
| cos | leg | |
| barraicín | toe | m4 pl -í |
| smig | chin | pl -eanna |
| uillinn | elbow | f2 pl -eacha |
| béal | mouth | m1 pl-a |
| cluas | ear | f2 pl -a |
| beola | lips | |
| ordóg | thumb | f2 |
| cliabh | chest | m1 pl cléibh |
| glúin | knee | f2 pl -e |
| srón | nose | f2 |
| droim | back | m3 pl-omanna |
| méar | finger | f2 pl-a |
| fiacail | tooth | pl fiacla |
| leiceann | cheek | m1 pl leicne |
| ceann | head | m1 pl ceanna |