Irish Class, June 6, 2011

Rang Gaeilge, 6ú lá Mí na Mheiteamh 2011

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Tá bindealán ar mo ordóg. Throid mé an sábh agus bhuaig an sábh.

There is a bandage on my thumb. I fought the saw and the saw won.

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Warning labels

Amóinia — Ammonia

Eye irritant. Keep out of reach of children.

Griog súl. Coimeád as láimhe leanaí.

I looked at “Eye irritant” and mentally rewrote it as “Irritant of eyes.” Immediately I thought: “That’s a
genitive plural.”

súil	eye	gs, npl súile, gpl súl

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Bosca leictreach — Electrical box

Hazardous voltage inside. Keep Out! Can shock, burn, or cause death

Voltas guaiseach taobh istigh. Fan Amach! Is féidir turraing, nó dhó, nó bháis a fháil

baolach, contúireach, guaiseach	hazardous, dangerous
fan	stay, wait
nó	or	/nu:/

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Bléitse — Bleach

Danger: Corrosive May cause severe irritation or damage to eyes and skin. Harmful if swallowed

Gábh: Creimneach. Is féidir griog trom nó damáiste a dhéanamh do na súile agus don chraiceann Díobhálach má tá slogta.

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baol, contúirt, dainséar, gábh, guais	danger

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Taispeáin agus Inis — “Show and Tell”

One of the things we do in these classes is come up with examples of using Irish in the modern world.
Frequently people bring in pop culture references about which I am clueless. I never heard of Justin Bieber
until we read an Irish language article about him. However, this time I was able find an example of Irish
about my world:

Trí Aithne na Róbataice	Three Laws of Robotics
Ní ceadmhach do róbat duine daonna a ghortú, ná ligeann do díobhil tarlú do dhuine de bharr a easpa gnímh. Caithfidh róbat aon ordú a thugann duine daonna dó a chomhlíonadh, seachas má thagann sin salach ar an chéad aithne. Caithfidh róbat a bheithsine a chosaint, seachas má thagann an cosaint sin salach ar an gcéad nó an dara aithne.	A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm. A robot must obey any orders given to it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.

easpa	lack
gníomh	function, act, deed	gs gnímh
líon	fill
comhlíon	complete, fulfill
tar	come	pres. tagann
salach	dirty	I was puzzled by tagann … salach for “conflicts.” The answer is that it means “run afoul.”

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Listening exercise and other discussion

fuil	blood
gach (uile) áit	everywhere
…, arb as an oileán dó	…, that was from the island to him	past copula in a dependent clause.
Bean a’ tí	woman of the house
an bhliain seo chugainn	next year
comhthéacs	context
athrú intinne	change of mind
cabhrú	help
thar oíche	overnight
taithí	experience	f4
coiméadach	conservative
leagan	version
Tá sé i bhfad ró-easca í a chur i mbosca.	It is way too easy to put her in a box.
laoch	hero
tuiscinnt	understanding
gnáthshruth	main stream	“usual stream”

Most of the above vocabulary came from our listening exercise, an Irish language podcast about Michelle
Bachmann. At one point she was described as a laoch “hero” to her followers. Unfortunately, the
recording was not good enough for us make out the Irish for what her detractors call her.

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