Irish Class, October 24, 2011

Rang Gaeilge, an 24ú lá Mí Dheireadh Fómhair 2011

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Will was out, so we joined Mary’s class for the
evening. Mary was also out at another class for the first 45-50 minutes. This was prearranged, and
JS and I had been asked to run the class in her absence. I was a little scared of this, but it actually was
OK.

We started with a drill based on chapter 44 of Buntus
Cainte. We practised the past tense forms, independent and dependent, of the teigh “go”, including
indirect speech, e.g.:

• Chuaigh sé go dtí an siopa.
• An ndeachaigh sé go dtí an siopa?
• Ní dheachaigh sé go dtí an siopa.
• Nach ndeachaigh sé go dtí an siopa?
• Deir sé go ndeachaigh sé go dtí an siopa.
• Deir sé nach ndeachaigh sé go dtí an siopa.

We read Perfecting
His Irish on the Job, and per Mary’s request, we copy-edited the Irish in the article. There were
several mistakes, e.g. the first greeting should be “Cé hé Cén chaoi a bhfuil tú?”

After Mary came back we did some more work with teigh and some
weather conversation.

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