Irish Class, February 14, 2011

Rang Gaeilge, 14ú lá Mí Feabhra 2011

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Some love poetry for the day

Ode to a Plate of Spaghetti

@ 8.00pm on Valentine’s Day on Botanic Avenue, Belfast by Beití Rua
(From poetry submitted to Blas, the Irish-language service of the BBC, in honor of Lá Fhéile Bhalaintín!)

Tá turas fada romhat anocht ón phláta chuig an bhéal Lásaí móra spaghetti le cúig nóiméid anuas nár ghéill!

It is a long journey ahead tonight from the plate to the mouth great strings of spaghetti did not yield for five minutes.

lása	lace	m4
nóiméad	minute, moment	m1
géill	yield, surrender

Béile rómánsúil Lá Vailintín ‘Sé an trua gur ordaigh mé spaghetti Faoi sholas na gcoinnle, tá ciseach ceart déanta den bhord, de m’aghaidh is de m’éidí!

A romantic Valentine dinner A pity I ordered spaghetti Under the light of the candles, it made a right mess of the table, my face, and my clothes.

béile
coinneal	candle	f2
ciseach déanta	made a mess

Seans nár thug sé faoi deara mar tosaíonn sé air ag caint Go grámhar, glacann sé mo lámh Ach ar mo phláta, tá an seanphort á sheinnt.

Maybe he didn’t notice as he begins to speak with love he takes my hand but my plate played the same old tune.

tabhair…faoi deara	notice
grámhar	loving, affectionate	a1
glac	take accept
port	tune, jig	m1
seinn	play [a musical instrument], sing

Ní deir sé "Is tú mo Bhailintín" Ná "tabhair póigín dom, a Bheití" Ach as go brách leis le náire ag fágáil mise lem’ phláta spaghetti.

He did not say “You are my Valentine”, Nor “Kiss me, Betty.” but off he went with embarrassment leaving me with my plate of spaghetti.

go brách	forever, never
as go brách leis	off he went
le náire	with embarrassment, with shame

Ach anois, tá siad ag taisteal go triopallach óm’ phláta suas go mo bhéal …bhuel, munar ghrá leis messy Beití ní fiú é bheith i mo shaol!

But now they are travelling tidily from my plate up to my mouth. Well, unless he loves messy Betty, he is not worth being in my life.

taisteal	travel	m1
triopallach	clustered, neatly gathered, tidy
munar (=murar=mura)	unless

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Póga

An phóg a thug sí dó is í ag imeacht,
a beola le gloine an chithfholcadáin,
níor dhein si an bheart.

dó	to him	← do + é
cithfholcadh	shower (bath)
níor dhein = ní rinne	did not make	Munster

Ar ball seolann sí téacs chuige
ar an bhfón póca,
‘póg cheart’.

Ar ball	presently
seol	sail, send, direct
téacs	text, verse
chuige	to him	← chuig + é
póg cheart	proper kiss

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Mé sa ghluasiteán leat

Mé sa ghluaisteán leat,
cogar i leataobh: searc,
easpa anála.

gluaisteán	motor car
cogar	whisper, secret, talk
leataobh	one side [of two]
searc	love, beloved one	f2
easpa	lack, loss, absence	f4
anáil	breath

Aon fhocal? Deamhan focail
a chuirfeadh an nóiméad seo
trí thine duit.

deamhan	demo
chuirfeadh	would put	← cuir (cond.)
trí thine	on fire

Ach tá greim láimhe eadrainn,
teanga eile i mbrú tráchta …

greim	grip, hold	m3
greim láimhe	handclast
eadrain	between us	← idir + muid
brú tráchta	traffic jam

Taispeáin agus Inis — “Show and Tell”

rangú na dTopaici	ranking of topics
timpeallacht	surrounding, environment
timpeall orainn	around us
meáin	means
cumarsáid	communication	f2
muiníneach	trustworthy, reliable
go muiníneach	confidently
gnáth	common, customary
suíomh	site, location	m1
bain le	connect with
bain amach	arrive at
ról	role
aithris	narration, mimicry
rólaithris	role playing
mol	praise, suggest
rogha	choice, selection	f4
a hhur in íul	to inform
cumas	capability, power	m1
abálta	able
gníomhach	active
glac	take, accept
glacadh	acceptance, reception
idir	between, among	lenites nouns for “among”, does not lenite for “between”
comhrá	conversation
de réir	in accordance with
gnás	custom
foghraíocht	phonetics
Smaoinigh ar an timpeallacht sula gcuireann tú an r-phost i gcló.	Think of the environment before you print this e-mail
Líon an nAmharc	Number of views	[on a web page]
gearr	short, near
lúibín	small hole, buttonhole, ditty	m4

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