Irish Class, November 17, 2008

Rang Gaeilge, 17ú lá Mí na Samhna 2008

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Listening Exercise

1. Ní chodlaionn sé go maith san óiche.
   He does not sleep well at night.

2. Caillim mo chuid eochracha go minic.
   I often lose my keys.

   caill	lose
   mo chuid eochracha	my keys. Lit. “my portion of keys” (I don’t own all the keys in the world)

3. Gheobhaidh mé an nuachtán ón mbosca poist.
   I will get the
   newspaper from the mail box.

   gheobhaidh mé /yo:wə me:/	I will get. Fut. of faigh
   ón ← ó + an	from the
   post	mail. gen. poist

4. Ní dhearna sé aon dochar.It didn’t do any harm.

   Ní dhearna	did not do [past neg. of déan.
   dochar	harm

5. Íosfaidh muid ár ndinnéar go luath amarach.
   We will eat our dinner early tomorrow.

   íosfaidh /i:sə/	will get
   go luath	early
   ár	our

   ár bhur a

   } /a/

Convert to questions

1. Nach gcodlaíonn sé go maith san óiche?
   Doesn’t he sleep well at night

2. An gcaillim mo chuid eochracha go minic?
   Do I often lose my keys?

   An gcaillaíonn tú do chuid eochracha go minic?
   Do you often lose your keys?

3. An bhfaighidh mé an nuachtán ón mbosca poist.
   Will I get the newspaper
   from the mailbox

4. Nach ndearna sé aon dochar?
   Did it do any harm?

5. A íosfaidh muid ár ndinnéar go luath amarach?
   Will we eat our dinner early tomorrow?

Alex noted a couple interesting links:

• Old
  Irish online
• The Internet Archive. This has a lot of old books
  in pdf form, including some on Old Irish.

Initial mutations of nouns with the definite article

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The initial h mutation can appear elsewhere, e.g. le úll “with an apple”