Irish Class, April 28, 2008
Irish Class, April 28, 2008
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Notes for a scéal which I did not present. I may use it next week:
Champáil mé agus mo bhean cheile an deireadh seachtaine. Bhí oíche
Deardaoine an-báistiúl. Bhí oíche Aoine níos measa. Ní raibh báisteach, ach
tháinig gaoth láidir agus fuar aniar. Shilamar gur titfeadh an puball síos.
Ní chodalamar. Thiománomar abhaile Dé Sathairn. Bhíomar slán agus tirim, ach
an tuirseach.
I am trying to use more of the synthetic verb forms
when they are part of the Caighdeán, but I probably got some of them
wrong. Also tried an indirect statement with a conditional.
This class was a break from our usual routine. Mary R was out so her class
joined ours. We did several rounds of a guessing game as Gaeilge.
| ainmhí | animal | m4 pl ainmhíthe |
| éan | bird | |
| eitil | fly | (verb) |
| luch | mouse | |
| othar | patient, invalid | m1 |
| otharlann | hospital | f2 |
| corcra | purple | |
| flannbhuí | orange | color |
| muc | pig | f2 (I’d have guessed m1) |
| capall | horse | m1 |
| crann | tree | m1 |
| fata = práta | potato | Never saw fata before |
| dúch | ink | |
| mair | live | (verb) |
| spéir | sky | f2 pl -éatha |
| nigh | wash | (verb) |
| faigh | get | Irr. verb.–need to keep working on those. |
| cead ceann eile | lit. “first thing other”, next [thing] | “pass” in a game (e.g. cards) |
There was one round concerning
body parts.
The last part of the class was for interviewing each other as Gaeilge.
There were three questions, one being “What is you favorite Irish word?” After
a moment’s thought I settled on beoir (“beer”). Of course, someone in the
class answered that question with póg mo thóin.
From Hilbert Space to Dilbert Space, and beyond 