Irish Class, June 16, 2008

Irish Class, June 16, 2008

The big news is that Nick is leaving us in August. He got a job out east. It has been a great year, and we will miss him. However, he is a new Ph.D. in History, and we have to be happy that he has a job in his field.

From Nick’s class
page:

“….listen to a set of verbs and nouns that have an
initial mutation (usually lenition, but not always), recognize the root
word, and write down that root. “

From Nick’s class
page:

“As you work on the list, it is also helpful to take a second
and think of why lenition (or an initial “t,” or a
“d”) is needed for each case. What grammatical rule
requires each mutation?”

Briathra

Athraigh na briathra sna habairtí seo:
(Put the verbs in parentheses below in the correct tense):

1. (Imíonn siad) go Doire arú inné agus (fanann) siad ann ar feadh
   seachtaine.

   go Doire	to Derry (the place)
   arú inné	the day before yesterday
   arú amárach	the day after tomorrow
   ar feadh	throughout

   D’imigh siad go Doire arú inné agus d’fhan siad ann ar feadh
   seachtaine. (past for 2^nd verb)

   D’imigh siad go Doire arú inné agus fanfaidh siad ann ar feadh
   seachtaine. (future for 2^nd verb)

2. (Ní bhíonn mé) róchinnte faoi thodhchaí fhoirean rugbaí
   na hÉireann mura stopaimid ag díbirt bainisteoirí.

   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)

   Ní bheidh mé róchinnte faoi thodhchaí fhoirean
   rugbaí na hÉireann mura stopaimid ag díbirt bainisteoirí.

3. Bhí brón orm nuair a chuala mé nach (beidh mé) ábalta imirt sa chluiche.

   brón	sorrow (m1)
   nuair	when, considering that
   chuala mé	I heard
   ábalta	able
   imir	play (v)
   cluiche	game (m4)

   Bhí brón orm nuair a chuala mé nach mbeadh mé
   ábalta imirt sa chluiche.

4. Chuala mé go (chuaigh) tú abhaile in am.

   Chuala mé	I heard
   téigh p. chuaigh	go [v irr]
   am	time (m3)

   Chuala mé go ndeachaigh tú abhaile in am.

5. B’éigean dúinn (fanann) le hEoin agus (ní chloiseann muid) focal uaidh.

   B’éigean ← Ba éigean (past tense copula)

   B’éigean dom	I had to
   B’éigean dúinn	We had to
   fan	wait, stay, remain
   uaidh (ó)	from him, pron. /wai/
   focal uaidh	word from him
   clois/cluin	hear (v irr)

   B’éigean dúinn fan le hEoin agus níor chuala muid focal uaidh.

6. Bhí sé deacair (cuimhníonn) ar gach rud a (fhoghlaimíonn muid).

   deacair	difficult
   cuimhnigh	remember

   Bhí sé deacair cuimhnígh ar gach rud a d’fhoghlaim muid.

7. EDIT: We got some corrections and explanations on the following three at the next class session.

   Táim ag (smaoiníonn) ar rothar nua a ceannaíonn.

   smaoinigh	think, consider
   ceannaigh	buy, purchase

   Táim ag smaoineamh ar rothar nua a ceannaíonn.

8. D’iarr mé ar m’athair cabhair a (tugann) dom chun an tionscadal a (
   críochnaíonn).

   iarr	ask, request
   tabhair (tugann)	give (v irr)
   cabhair	help
   chun	to, towards
   tionscadal	project

   D’iarr mé ar m’athair cabhair a thug dom chun an tionscadal a
   chríochnú.

9. Sílimse go (feabhsaíonn) an saol in Éirinn nuair a (laghdaíonn)
   an saibhreas amach anseo.

   feabhsaigh	improve, better
   nuair	when, considering that, although
   laghdaigh	lessen, decrease
   saibhreas	riches, wealth

   Sílimse go bhfeabhsóidh an saol in Éirinn nuair a laghdóidh
   an saibhreas amach anseo. (future)

   Sílimse go bhfeabhsódh an saol in Éirinn nuair a laghdóidh
   an saibhreas amach anseo. (conditional)

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