Irish Class, January 4, 2010

Rang Gaeilge, 4ú lá mí Eanáir 2010

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Fadas: áéíóúÁÉÍÓÚ

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Just two students this evening. The other one was the best student in our class (and a fellow
Stanford grad).

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Five Items: Correct using the genitive

1. Tógadh an teach ar bharr an cnoc chnoic.
   The house is built on
   top of the hill.

   tóg	built, raise	aut. tógadh /to:gu:/

2. Beidh ár seanathair ag ceartú do chuid choda Gaeilge.
   Our grandfather will
   correct your Irish.

   cuid	part, share, portion	gen. coda
   Gaeilge	Irish	Already a genitive.

3. Tá an t-oileán an-fhuar, de réir an teirmiméadar teirmiméadair.
   The island is very cold,
   according to the thermometer.

   de réir	according to	takes genitive

4. Is fearr leis an ngirseach an saghas seo an tseacláid na seacláide.
   The
   young girl prefers that kind of chocolate

   Is fearr le X	X prefers
   saghas	kind, sort	+ gen.
   cineál	kind, species, sort	+ gen.
   sórt	sort, kind, variety

   • Note that the definite article in an expression like “the X of the Y” only appear once in Irish, in the
     middle position.

5. Cá bhfuil an príomhchathair an tír na tíre?
   Where is the capital
   city of the country?

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Game

It took a while to figure out how this game (another of Wes’s creations) worked, but it was actually quite
simple once we understood it. Quite a bit of vocabulary. Being married to a
fiber artist helped.

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