Irish Class, December 1, 2008

Rang Gaeilge, 1ú lá Mí na Nollag 2008

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Wes was back, so we began with our regular exercise in humility listening comprehension:

1. Cuir dom glaoch ar a laghad.
   At least give me a call

   glaoch	(phone) call
   Cuir dom glaoch	Give me a call. Lit “put a call to me”
   ar a laghad /laid/	at least

2. Caithfidh siad a T-léinte gorma.They will wear their blue T-shirts.

   caith

   wear [here], wear out, consume, spend, throw, cast, shoot

   Normally a “their” eclipses, but T-léinte:

   1. Is borrowed from English.
   2. Begins with a dental (t-)

    

3. Beidh mé do chara ar feadh do shaoil.
   I will be your friend for life.

   ar feadh	as long as
   saol	life (lenited and genitive here)

4. Ann bhfuil sibh in ann bialann mhaith a molann.
   Are you [pl.] able to
   recommend a good restaurant?

   in ann	able to, can [modal, sometimes sp. i ndán
   mol	recommend, praise

5. Tá siad ina gcónai níos faide suas an tsráid.
   They live further up the street.

   níos faide /fwid’e/	further (comp. of fada)
   ina gcónai	Lit. “In their living/residence”
   an tsráid	/tra:d’/

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Gender and the relatively predictable noun endings

Choose the proper form of the word in parentheses according ti its environment,
specifically whether the noun in the phrase is masculine or feminine.

For nouns ending in a consonant, the idea is to start there

• If the consonant is broad, it likely to be masculine (First declension).

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Exceptions and special cases

-lann, -eog, -óg	f2
-eacht, -aíocht	m3 – single syllable words
-eacht, -aíocht	f3 – multi-syllable words

• If the consonant is slender, it likely to be feminine (Second declension).
  

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  Exceptions and special cases

  -eoir, -óir	m3	Professions: muinteoir, fermeoir
  -éir	m3	pluméir
  -úir	m3	dochtúir
  -ín	m4	cailín, poítin

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  Others

  -aí	m4	Professions: runaí — secretary

1. Cuir glaoch phluméir (maith/mhaith)! Bhris na píopaí agus tá ár gcairpéad (gorm/ghorm) fliuch.

   pluméir	plumber	m3
   píopa	pipe	m4
   ár	our
   cairpéad	carpet	m1

2. Bhí taispeáint (suimiúil/shuimiúil) ag an musaem.

   taispeáint	show	f3
   taispeáintas	exhibition
   suimiúil	interesting

3. An bhfeiceann tú an spideog (mór/mhór including aice leis an simléar (beag/bheag)?

   spideog	robin	f2
   simléar	chimney	m

4. Cén chaoi a bhfuil do lóistín? Tá lóistín (maith/mhaith) agamsa.

   lóistín	lodging	m4
   agamsa		emphatic form of agam

5. “Tá an (eagraíocht/t-eagraíocht) an-láidir,” dúirt an
   (bainisteoir/bhainisteoir).

   eagraíocht	organization	f3
   bainisteoir	manager	m3

6. Chuaigh muid go pictiúrlann (mór/mhór) agus chonaic
   muid scannán (fada/fhada).

   pictiúrlann	cinema	f2
   scannán	film	m1

7. An dochtúir (maith/mhaith) í? Tá sí ag obair ag
   ospidéal (dona/dhona).

   dochtúir

   doctor

   m3

8. Is maith liom an (cartún/chartún) seo, go háirithe ar
   theilifís (mór/mhór) mar seo.

   go háirithe

   especially

9. Bhí foraois (deas/dheas) in aice leis an lios
   (beag/bheag).

   foraois	forest	f2
   lios	ring-fort, ring, halo	m3 gs. leasa pl. -anna

10. Tá muineál (fada/fhada) ar an sioraf sin! Agus tá
    féasóg (fada/fhada) ar an ngabhar, freisin.

    muineál	neck	m1
    sioráf	giraffe	m1
    féasóg	beard	f2
    gabhar	goat	m1

11. Bhí an aimsir go hiontach ansin — bhí an ghrian ag
    taitneamh an (coicís/choicís) ar fad!

    grian	sun	f2 (!)
    ag taitneamh	shining
    ar fad	the whole (duration)
    coicís	fortnight	f2

12. Is rúnaí (maith/mhaith) í, agus eagarthóir
    (breá/bhreá) freisin.She is a good secretary, and a fine editor.

    rúnaí	secretary	m4
    eagarthóir	editor	m3

13. Bhí díospóireacht (beoga/bheoga) ann faoin gcogadh
    (conspóideach/chonspóideach).

    díospóireacht	debate, discussion	f3
    beoga	lively
    faoin	about [in this context]
    cogadh	war	m1
    conspóideach	controversial

14. Bhí deighilt (mór/mhór) idir an Pháirtí Dhaonlathaigh
    agus an Poblachtach sa bhfeachtas (deireanach/dheireanach).

    deighilt	separation, division	f2
    Daonlathaigh	Democratic
    Poblachtach	Republican
    feachtas	campaign	m1

15. Céard atá ag tarlú? Chuala mé an (béicíl/bhéicíl), agus dúirt duine éigin,
    “Mo léan (géar/ghéar)!”

    tarlú	incident, occurence	m4
    ag tarlú	(is) happening
    chuala	heard	p. of cluin/clois
    béicíl	yelling, shouting	f3
    léan	anguish, deep affliction	m1
    Mo léan géar!	Woe is me!

16. Tá an (oiliúint/t-oiliúint) réasúnta maith sa gcúrsa sin, ach sílim nach bhfuil
    tuiscint (maith/mhaith) aige fós.

    oiliúnt	nourishment, training	f3
    réasúnta	reasonable
    maith		(predicate in 1st clause, so not lenited)
    tuiscint	understanding	f3

17. An mbeidh sos (beag/bheag) againn sa gcomhdháil (fada/fhada) seo?

    sos	pause, interval
    comhdháil	meeting, convention	f3

18. Tá an (malairt/mhalairt) ó chraoladh analógach chuig chraoladh digiteach de
    réir an sceidil.
    The change from an analog system to a digital system is on schedule

    malairt	change, exchange	f2
    chuig	to
    de réir an sceidil	according to schedule

19. An bhuil barúil (maith/mhaith) agat den táilliúir sin? Sílim gur táilliúir
    (dona/dhona) é.
    Do you have a good opinion of that tailor. I think he is a bad tailor.

    barúil	opinion	f3
    táilliúir	tailor	m3

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