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Irish Class, April 27, 2015
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Níl coill gan brosna a loiscfeadh í. | Everyone has their weakness, their Achilles heel. | “Every forest has the kindling that would burn it.” |
An rud nach leigheasann im nó uisce beatha, níl leigheas air. | If butter or whiskey won’t cure you, notbing will. | |
Irish Class, April 20, 2015
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Irish Class, April 13, 2015
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Éist mórán agus can beagán. | Listen a lot and say little | |
Ag caitheamh an tsaoil is an saol ár gcaitheamh. | Killing time while time is killing us. | Lit. “[We are] consuming life and life is consuming us.” Verbal nouns takes a genitive |
Irish Class, April 6, 2015
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Cuir an sagart i lár an pharóiste. | Put the bowl of potatoes in the middle of the table. | Lit. “Put the priest in the center of the parish.” (Nobody has explained how a bowl of potatoes came to be referred to as a priest) |
Lá breá ag do chairde — do d’adlacadh. | A fine day for your friends — [the day] of your burial. | |
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