Irish Class, June 2, 2008
Irish Class, June 2, 2008
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Nick was out this evening, but he left us some exercises to work on. The
first was a set of conversational questions for us to answer and discuss
as Gaeilge.
| níos deacra ná | more difficult than |
| An féidir leat…? | Is is possible for you to…? |
| a bheith cónaí ort | to live (lit. “in living on you”) |
| gluaisteán | car (automobile) |
| faoi láthair | at present |
| An chóir leat…? | Do you think it is right to…? Lit. “Is it right with you to …?” |
| tábhachtach | important |
| taistil spáis | space travel |
| rialtas | government (m1) |
| caith | spend, wear out, consume |
| caitheamh | wear, spending, consumption |
The second exercise was a set of sentences where the verbs were in
the wrong tense/person. We had fix the verbs based on the context. We did not
finish this, let alone make it to the third exercise.
| go Doire | to Derry (the place) |
| arú inné | the day before yesterday |
| arú amárach | the day after tomorrow |
| ar feadh | throughout |
| róchinnte | too certain |
| todhchaí | future (f4) |
| foireann | team, crew, company, etc. (f2) |
| mura | if not, unless |
| díbir | drive out, banish, expel |
| díbirt | expulsion (f3) |
| stop | stop (v and n–m4) |
| nuair | when, considering that |
| chuala mé | I heard |
| ábalta | able |
| imir | play (v) |
| am | time (m3) |
| cluiche | game (m4) |
| B’éigean dom | I had to |
| B’éigean dúinn | We had to |
| fan | wait, stay, remain |
| focal uaidh | from him |
| clois/cluin | hear (v irr) |
| cuimhnigh | remember |
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