Irish Class, October 13, 2014

Rang Gaeilge, an 13ú lá Mí Dheireadh Fómhair 2014

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Need vs. Form

Two sentences (in English!) in each category:

1. Translated by a sentence beginning with Tá

   1. Science fiction conventions are fun, but also expensive.

   2. Science fiction fans are strange, but mostly harmless.

   3. My sister’s kitchen is clean.

2. Translated, beginning with Is

   1. Convergence is the biggest science fiction convention in Minnesota.

   2. Mary is the best teacher at that school.

   3. My house is a mess.

   4. A Song of Ice and Fire (Game of Thrones) is the most impressive work of fantasy I have read since The Lord of the Rings.

3. Uses habitual present

   1. We go to Irish class most Mondays.

   2. I restore databases from backup every week.

   3. I ride the bus to work every day.

   4. We eat beans after we go to science fiction conventions, since we are always out of money then.

4. Uses past habitual

   1. I rode a bicycle between classes at Stanford.

   2. On New Year’s Eve we always listened to the “Midnight Special” on radio station WFMT.

   3. I used to run a lot, but my knees have gone bad.

5. Requires a genitive

   1. She was singing hymns.

   2. I am sitting at a wooden desk.

   3. My sister’s kitchen is clean.

   4. I read A Game of Thrones.

Excerpt

8 Bealtaine

• Níor chodail mé ach ar feadh cúpla uair an chloig agus, ó tharla an codladh a bheith imithe
  ar strae orm, d’éirigh mé. Bhí mo scáthán bearrtha crochta agam taobh leis an bhfuinneog agus chrom
  mé ar mé féin a bhearradh. Go tobann, bhraith mé lámh ar mo ghualainn agus chuala glór an Chunta,
  “Mora dhuit ar maidin.”

  cupla	couple	Conn.
  cúpla	twins	Conn.
  leathçhúpla	a twin	Conn. “half of twins”
  cúpla	couple, twins	Don., Mun., C.O.
  Níor chodail mé ach ar feadh cúpla uair an chloig agus	I only slept a few hours	ar feadh requires a genitive
  ar strae	astray
  ó tharla an codladh a bheith imithe ar strae orm	since sleep had gone astray from me
  Bhí mo scáthán bearrtha crochta agam taobh leis an bhfuinneog	I had my shaving mirror hanging next to the window
  scáthán	mirror	m1
  chrom mé ar mé féin a bhearradh.	I bent over shaving myself
  Go tobann	suddenly
  bhraith mé lámh ar mo ghualainn agus chuala glór an Chunta	I felt a hand on my shoulder and heard the voice of the Count
  Mora dhuit ar maidin.	Top of the morning to you

• Baineadh geit asam. B’ait liom nach raibh sé feicthe sa scáthán agam. Thug mé freagra béasach air,
  d’iompaigh mé an scáthán chun a íomhá a ghabháil – ach pioc dá scáil ní raibh ann. Ghearr mé mé féin,
  bhí preab chomh mór sin bainte asam. Bhí braonta fola le mo smig. Ar fheiceáil sin don Chunta tháinig
  fearg ina shúile agus rug sé greim ar mo scornach. Chúb mé uaidh agus theagmhaigh a lámh leis an
  gcros chéasta a bhí timpeall mo mhuiníl. I bhfaiteadh na súl d’athraigh sé agus níorbh é an fear céanna
  a thuilleadh é.

  Baineadh geit asam	I was frightened	“Fright was extracted from me”
  ait	strange
  dofheichte	invisible
  infheichte	visible
  B’ait liom nach raibh sé feicthe sa scáthán agam.	It was queer to me I had not seem him in the mirror.
  Thug mé freagra béasach air	I responded to him politely
  d’iompaigh mé an scáthán chun a íomhá a ghabháil	I turned the mirror to capture the image
  scáil	shadow, reflection
  ach pioc dá scáil ní raibh ann	nothing of his reflection was there
  Ghearr mé mé féin	I cut myself
  bhí preab chomh mór sin bainte asam	I had been startled so much	“That so much start had been extracted from me”
  Bhí braonta fola le mo smig.	There were drops of blood on my chin
  Ar fheiceáil sin don Chunta tháinig fearg ina shúile agus rug sé greim ar mo scornach.	On seeing that anger came into the Count’s eyes and he gripped my throat
  teagmhaigh	chance, happen, meet
  Chúb mé uaidh agus theagmhaigh a lámh leis an gcros chéasta a bhí timpeall mo mhuiníl.	I shrank away from him and his hand met the crucifix that was around my neck
  I bhfaiteadh na súl d’athraigh sé	In the blink of an eye he changed
  tuilleadh	addition, increasem, more
  níorbh é an fear céanna a thuilleadh é.	he was not the same man any more	“é an fear“ is a unit. The 2nd é is the subject in this copula construction.

• “Aire duit, ná gearr tú féin arís,” ar sé, “d’fhéadfadh a leithéid a bheith dainséarach sa tír seo.” Cad a
  rinne sé ansin ach breith ar an scáthán agus é a chaitheamh amach an fhuinneog.

  Aire duit, ná gearr tú féin arís	You take care you don’t cut yourself again
  ar sé	he said
  leithéid	like, counterpart, equal
  d’fhéadfadh	that could be	cond.
  d’fhéadfadh a leithéid a bheith dainséarach sa tír seo.	the likes of that (that sort of thing) could be dangerous in this country
  Cad a rinne sé ansin ach breith ar an scáthán agus é a chaitheamh amach an fhuinneog	What did he do then but take the mirror and throw it out the window

As an úrsceal Dracula, le Bram Stoker. Bhí an Cunta agus Jonathan Harker (dlíodóir óg ó Shasana) sa radharc seo.