Irish Class, March 11, 2013

Rang Gaeilge, 11ú lá Mí na Márta 2013

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[Missed class because I fell on some ice and broke a rib. However, here are my notes on the homework]

sluaisteáil	shovel	v vn sluaisteáil, scoop
sluasaid	shovel, shovelful	f2 gs sluaiste, pl sluaistí

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Níl aon todhchaí ag Ghaeilge

A Chara,

Maidir leis an straitéis 20 bliain don Ghaeilge

maidir	as for, as regards; like, as well as
straitéis	strategy

Níl aon todhchaí ag an Ghaeilge. Tá mean Gaeilge breac le Béarla agus béarlachas.

todhchaí	future	f4
Níl aon todhchaí ag an Ghaeilge.	Irish has no future
mean	middle, mean, media
breac	speckled
béarlachas	Anglicism

Focail mar: plean, pleanáil, pasáil, marcáil, priontáil, soicind, fair plé duit, bulaíocht, carr, leoraí, lad, lads,
seaimpín, gan dabht, cótasalí, clubtheach, club (cumann) agus telephone.

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Ní focail Ghaeilge iad. Is béarla truaillithí atá ann. Tá na sobal drámaí ar TG4 breac béarla. Náire oraibh go léir.

truailligh	corrupt, contaminate, defile
sobal	foam, froth, lather
breac	speckled
go léir	wholly, entirely; all

Cad mar gheall ar “Dhlí Tourbon 1994” sa Fhrainc :

mar gheall ar …	on the account of …

Nuair a bhfuil ábhar Béarla ar fhógra no ar comhartha ta sé riachtanach leagan Fraincise a bheith mar bun
nótaí. An Bhfuil sé in am dlí mar seo a bheith in Éireann chun an teanga a caomhnú?

ábhar	matter, material
fógra	notice, warning, placard, sign, summons	m4
comhartha	sign, mark, signal, notic
riachtanach	necessary
leagan	version
bun	base, bottom
nóta	note	m4
a caomhnú	to preserve

Mise lé meas,
Poraic 0’hEipicín,
Corcaigh.

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Litir as Moscó

A chara,

Is eachtrannach mé atá ag coinneáil súil ghéar
ar chúrsaí Gaeilge in

Éirinn ós rud é gur léachtóir le Gaeilge mé in
ollscoil anseo i Moscó.

eachtrannach	foreigner
ag coinneáil súil ghéar	keeping a sharp eye
ós = ó	from
ós rud é	because

Tá mé tar éis alt le Peter Cosgrove a léamh ar
gaelport.com as an Irish Independent. Ba bhreá
liom ceist a chur ar bhur léitheoirí ar daoine atá
dílis don teanga iad, ar ndóigh: cén fhad a
bheifear ag ligean do dhaoine a bheith chomh
maslach sin agus a leithéid d’alt a fhoilsiú ina
scríobhtar nach bhfuil ach 40 duine ag éisteacht
le RnaG.

Tá mé tar éis alt le Peter Cosgrove a léamh ar gaelport.com	I have just read an article by PC on gaeloport.com
léitheoir	reader
dílis	loyal, faithful
bheifear	will it be	fut aut of bí
ag ligean	letting, allowing
maslach	insulting, abusive
leithéid	like, counterpart, equal
foilsigh	publish, reveal
scríobhtar	is written	aut of scríobh

Cén fath nach gcuirfear dlí ar a leithéidí mar
gheall ar an maslacht agus an mbréagadoireacht?

pledge

geall
mar gheall ar	on account of
maslach	insulting, abusive
bréagadoireacht	falsehood, deceit; cajolery, wheedling	f

Cén fáth a bhfuil Údarás na Gaeltachta ag cur
suas lena leithéid de ráiteas nach bhfuil de
chuspóir acu ach an oiread agus is féidir airgead
a fháil ón stát le caitheamh ar dheontais sa
nGaeltacht ar chostas na ndaoine eile?

Údarás	authority
ag cur suas le	putting up with
cuspóir	target, objective, object
oiread	amount, quantity
ach an oiread agus	just as much
caitheamh	spend	[here]
deontas	grant	m1
costas	cost, expense	m1

An gceapann sibh go gcríochnófar an bhullaíocht má bheas sibh in bhur dtost agus gan
aird a thabhairt uirthe? Beagan baol.

bulaíocht	bullying
bheas	be	re, of bí
bhur	your	pl.
tost	silence	m3
aird	attention, notice; direction, point of compass	f2
baol	danger

Is cothú ceart é don nós atá fairsing in Éirinn
an Ghaeilge agus a pobal a mhaslú. Ach mura
bhfuiltear ag iarraidh an fód a sheasamh don
teanga, cén fáth a mbeadh iontas orm nach
féidir le feachtas Chonchubhair Úi Liatháin ar
son Gaelscéal ar an idirlíon míle duine a bhailiú
le n-é a shíniú.

cothú	nourishment, sustenance, promotion	m4
nós	custom, manner
fairsing	wide, extensive, ample
maslaigh	abuse, insult	v
fód	strip of ground, sod
an fód a sheasamh	to stand one’s ground
iontas	surprise, wonder
feachtas	for the sake of
bailigh	collect, gather
sínigh	sign	v

Siniú, fiú amháin. Abraigí liom, le bhur dtoil,
céard a chaithfidh mé a rá le mo mhic léinn?

fiú amháin	even
Abraigí liom	Say to me	pl imp
le bhur dtoil	please	pl
céard a chaithfidh mé a rá le mo mhic léinn?	what must I say to my students?

Victor Bayda

Léachtóir le Gaeilge,

Stát-Ollscoil Mhoscó

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Cré na Cille — Bás Sheáinín Liam

From Will’s Synopsis:

Seáinín Liam dropped dead of a bad heart, and that’s all he wants to talk about. Caitríona wants a report of her funeral, but she has to drag it out of him, because he keeps wandering off on the topic of his heart.

She learns that the offering wasn’t as great as she expected, that the priest wasn’t there. Seánín reports that there was plenty of booze, and that 8 candles were lit (more than anyone else), but that one blew out, a bad sign.

He reveals that son Pádraig intended to put Caitríona in the Pound Plot, but Neil intervened. He also reports what Neil said about Caitríona not being clean, and that Cáit Bheag and Bid Shorcha refused to lay her out or keen for her. But the cross is still promised.

She is delighted to hear news that her daughter-in-law is sickly, Caitríona is hoping that this next pregnancy will bump her off. But she also learns that her granddaughter Máirín has been taken in by the nuns to turn into a schoolteacher.

Seáinín bumps into the Master, who wants to know about his wife. Seáinín says that Bileachaí would bring the mail to the schoolchildren, and then spend a lot of time talking to An Mháistreás in the hall, and “that’s not the half of it.”

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