Irish Class, January 12, 2009

Rang Gaeilge, 12ú lá mí Eanáir 2009

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Listening exercise

1. Céard a chuirfidh tú i lár an tseomra?
   What will you put in the center of the room?

   Céard ← Cé + rud

2. Ar mhaith leat an chathaoir a fheiceáil?
   Would you like to see the chair?

   cathaoir

   chair

   /kaiər/

   Note the modal construction

3. Ní dúirt sé dada nuair a lochtaigh sí a chuid Gaeilge.
   He didn’t say anything
   when she criticized his Irish.

   dada	anything	/tadə/
   nuair	when	Need nuair a here
   lochtaigh	criticize, fault, blame
   a chuid Gaeilge	his Irish	Note cuid “portion” usage

4. Ar mhiste leat cuidiú a thabhairt dom?
   Would you mind helping me? (lit. giving me help)

   Ar mhiste leat	Would you mind
   cuidiú	help, assistance	m4
   tabhairt	giving	/to:rt/ vn of tabhair

5. ‘Sea anois, a bhféadainn cúnamh leat?
   Yes now, could I help you?

   ‘Sea (=Is ea)	yes	[with copula]
   féad	be able to	bhféadainn — I could [cond.]
   cúnamh	help	m1

Cardinal directions — Follow-up from last week

Based on unit 9 of Intermediate
Irish.

	Location (static)	To	From
W	thiar /hi:r’/	siar	aniar
E	thoir /her/ (Wes) /hor/ (FP)	soir	anoir
N	ó thuaidh	ó thuaidh	aduaidh
S	ó dheas	ó dheas	aneas

Note that the ó in ó thuaidh and ó dheas does not mean
“from.”

Intermediate Directions

1. E-W always comes before N-S.
2. The 2^nd (N-S) element is always in the a- form.

thiar aduaidh	in the northwest
soir aduaidh	to the northeast
aniar aneas	from the southwest

Directional terms as adjectives

Conamara Thuaidh	North Connemara
Meiriceá Theas	South America
Afraic Theas	South Africa
Afraic Thiar	West Africa

thoir aduaidh	NE	location
soir aduaidh	to the NE	motion towards

Relative directions in Minnesota

Tá Minneapolis taobh thiar de Naomh Pol..

de	of	/gə/

Minneapolis is west [on the west side] of St. Paul.

Tá Hibbing taobh ó thuaidh de Naomh Pol.
Hibbing is north
of St. Paul.

Tá Wisconsin taobh thoir de Naomh Pol.
Wisconsin is E of St. Paul

Tá Austin taobh ó dheas de Naomh Pol.
Austin is S of St. Paul.

Tá Dakota theas taobh thiar aneas de Naomh Pol.
South Dakota
is southwest [W from S] of St. Paul.

Tá Duluth taobh thoir aduaih de Naomh Pol.
Duluth is NE of St. Paul.

Tá Dakota thuaidh taobh thiar de Hibbing.
North Dakota is
west of Hibbing.

Tá Iowa taobh thoir aneas de Dakota thuaidh.
Iowa is SE of
North Dakota.

Tá Moorhead taobh thiar aduaidh de Rochester.
Moorhead is NE of Rochester.

Directional terms as nouns

an Tuaisceart	the north
an Deisceart	the south
an tIarthar	the west
an tOirthear	the east

They are used with the genitive.

Tá Mankato i Minnesota theas.
Mankato is in south Minnesota.

Tá Mankato sa nDiesceart Mhinnesota .
Mankato is in the
south of Minnesota.

Tá Lake of the Woods i Minnesota thuaidh.
Lake of the Woods
is in north Minnesota.

Tá Lake of the Woods sa dTuaisceart Mhinnesota.
Lake of the
Woods is in the north of Minnesota.

Tá Laverne i Minnesota thiar aneas.
Laverne is in southwest
Minnesota. [west from south]

Tá Laverne sa nDeisceart thiar Mhinnesota.
.Laverne is in
the southwest of Minnesota. [western south]

Tá St. Vincent i Minnesota thiar aduaidh.
St. Vincent is in
northwest Minnespta. [west from north]

Tá St. Vincent sa dTuaisceart thiar Mhinnesota.
St. Vincent
is in the north west of Minnesota. [western north]

Tá Grand Portage i Minnesota thoir aduaidh.
Grand Portage
is in northeast Minnesota. [east from north]

Tá Grand Portage sa dTuaisceart thoir Mhinnesota.
Grand
Portage is in the northeast of Minnestota. [eastern north]

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