Irish Class. February 11, 2008
Irish Class, February 11, 2008
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The first exercise was about asking each other various questions
| i leith | concerning, about | |
| guthán | telephone | |
| dearcadh | look, view | m1 |
| crann | tree | m1 |
| staighre | stairs | m4 |
| ardaitheoir | elevator | |
| sneachta | snow | |
| gaoth | wind | |
| imigh | leave, go | vn imeacht |
Directions and motion again
Irish distinguishes three situations. Nick provide a nice picture for this, but I do not have an electronic copy, so we will have to settle for a list and a table.
- Not in motion
- Motion away from you or the subject
- Motion toward from you or the subject
| Not in motion | Motion away from you or the subject | Motion toward from you or the subject | |
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| words begin with | th- | s- | an- |
| typical verbs | tá, suigh “sit”, fan “stay” | teigh “go” | tar “come” |
| prepositions | ar, ag, le, i | go, go dtí, chuig | ó, as |
| -uas | thuas “up there” | suas “up” | anuas “down”–“away from up” |
| -íos | thíos “down” | síos “down” | aníos “up”–“away from down” |
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| “there, yonder” (a place) | thall [more in the sense of a specific place than ansin] | anonn [irregular] | anall “from there” [coming to you] |
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| “out” | amuigh | amach | |
| “in” | istigh | isteach | |
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| iarthar “west” | aniar “from the west” | ||
| abhus “here” emphatic, cf. anseo | |||
More on the Genitive
Third Declension I – firinscneach
- Professions ending in -eoir, e.g. muinteoir “teacher”,
feirmeoir “farmer” - Single syllable words ending in -eacht or -aíocht
| rud | méid ruda |
méid an ruda |
| muinteoir | ainm muinteora | ainm an mhuinteora |
| ceacht “lesson” | i rith ceachta | i rith an cheachta |
| fuacht “cold, chill” | i rith fuachta | i rith an fhuachta |
| am “time” | ||
Third Declension II – baninscneach
- Multi-syllable words ending in -eacht or -aíocht
- Words ending in -(a)íocht
| eacnamaíocht “economy, economics” | ||
| filíocht “poetry” | ||
| litríocht “literature” | ||
| bliain | i rith bliana | i rith na bliana |
Fifth Declension and Irregulars
Not a lot of patterns here. Some -ir, -air words
| beoir | f | méid beorach | méid na beorach | |
| litir “letter” | f | méid litreacht | ||
| cathaoir | f | cathrach | ||
| athair | m | ainm athar |
ainm an athar | |
| cathair “city” | f | ainm cathrach |
ainm na cathrach | |
| máthair | f | ainm máthar |
ainm na máthar | |
| leaba | f | méid leapa | méid na leapa |
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| cara | m | ainm carad | ainm an charad |
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| deoch “drink” | f | méid dí |
méid na dí (d is a dental, so no lenition) | |
| mí “month” | f | i rith míosa |
i rith na míosa |
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| bean | f | ainm mná |
ainm na mná | |
| lá | m | i rith lae |
i rith an lae | |
| teach | m | méid tí |
méid an tí (t is a dental, so no lenition) | |
For ongoing reference, I have merged the notes from our classes about
the genitive here.
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