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About gmcdavid

Retired IT professional with a wide range of interests. Married. Three sons, two with autistic-spectrum disorders and the third being transgender with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. From Chicago but now living in the Twin Cities metro, Minnesota. Episcopalian. Carleton College (BA 1972, physics) and Stanford University (MS 1974, Applied Physics; MS 1976 Statistics).

Monday night Irish Class, November 6, 2017

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Irish Class, November 6, 2017

Rang Gaeilge, 6ú lá Mí na Samhna 2017

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choíche forever
nach … ach only
cochán straw
cáil reputation
bídeach tiny
socar calm, peace; benefit, profit, advantage
moch early
mall late, slow
ionat in you
fusa easy
sín stretch v
síneadh stretching vn of sín
Is tú nach mbíonn choíche ach i gcochán
ach cáil bheag bhídeach de do shocar
Moch nó mall a thagaim
gurb ionat is fusa dom mo chosa a shíneadh		 you’re a dump, straw strewn about,
but you’re my cozy dump.		 “There’s no place like home”

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Monday night Irish Class, October 30, 2017

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Irish Class, October 30, 2017

Rang Gaeilge, 30ú lá Mí Dheireadh Fómhair 2017

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Ná tóg mé go dtite mé Don’t pick me up until I fall. tite subj. vs. titfidh fut.
Níl ansin ach “Seachain an ceann agus buain an muineál.” That’s nothing but “miss the head and get the neck.” “Out of the frying pan into the fire.”
Sin tóin na muice méithe a ghréisceadh/ That is greasing the butt of a fat pig. “Coals to Newcastle”

Audio Prep

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Monday night Irish Class, October 23, 2017

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Irish Class, October 23, 2017

Rang Gaeilge, 23ú lá Mí Dheireadh Fómhair 2017

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is fearr fuíoll an mhadaidh ná fuíoll an mhagaidh. Better the victim of a dog (bite) than the victim of mockery.
is fearr fuíoll fonóide ná fuíoll formáid. Better to be the butt of ridicule than the object of envy

Blade Runner – buaileann an tintreach faoi dhó

Saothar machnamhach, cumasach é Blade Runner 2049 a léiríonn ómós don chéad ghála ach a dhéanann a iomaire féin a threabhadh leis
buaileann an tintreach faoi dhó< lightning strikes twice
Saothar machnamhach thoughtful/reflective work
cumasach talented
dhá mhíle daichead a naoi 1049
a léiríonn ómós don chéad ghála that shows tribute to the first installment gála “installment”
iomaire ridge
treabhadh plowing
dhéanann a iomaire féin a threabhadh leis plowing its own ridge

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Monday night Irish Class, October 16, 2017

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Irish Class, October 16, 2017

Rang Gaeilge, 16ú lá Mí Dheireadh Fómhair 2017

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Trácht ar an diabhal agus taispeánfaidh sé é féin. Mention the devil and he shows himself.
comhairle advice f
meas opinion, judgement, respect
cóir just
Comhairle charad gan a hiarraidh ní bhfuair sí ariamh an meas ba chóir di. Friendly advice without asking never gets the respect it deserves fem. sí, dí referback to comhairle

Identification Copula

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Monday night Irish Class, October 9, 2017

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Irish Class, October 9, 2017

Rang Gaeilge, 9ú lá Mí Dheireadh Fómhair 2017

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breitheamh judge m
dall blind; blind person
Is olc an breitheamh ar dhatanna dall. “The blind person is a poor judge of colors”
gráinne grain
pónaire bean
Tá a fhios aige cá mhéad gráinne pónaire a dhéanann cúig/ He knows that 2 + 2 = 4. “He knows how many beans make five.”

Past Copula

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Monday night Irish Class, October 2, 2017

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Irish Class, October 2, 2017

Rang Gaeilge, 2ú lá Mí Dheireadh Fómhair 2017

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Níor tháinig fear na headrána saor ariamh. Mediation is never free “A man never came to mediation freely.”
Might expect Thomhaisfeá
fear an eadarscáin [older form
eadráin mediation, conciliation f
Thomhasfá uibheacha san áit a bhfeicfeá blaoscanna. Where there’s smoke there’s fire Lit. “You would guess [there are] eggs in the place where you would see shells.”
tomhais measure, weigh, estimate, guess Might expect cond. Thomhaisfeá

Tomhas “Riddle”

Cad is ainm an octapus gan airgead?
Bochtapus!

‘Dá mba scuab ghruaige mé,
cá ngabhfainn i bhfolach?’

Tá barúil ag ár gcolúnaí go bhfuil poll draíochta sa teach a dtiteann rudaí síos ann
Dá mba scuab ghruaige mé If I had a hair brush
cá ngabhfainn i bhfolach? where would it hide?
Tá barúil ag ár gcolúnaí go bhfuil poll draíochta sa teach a dtiteann rudaí síos ann Our columnist has the opinion that there is a magic hole where things fall down

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Monday night Irish Class, September 25, 2017

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Irish Class, September 25, 2017

Rang Gaeilge, 25ú lá Mí na Mheán Fómhair 2017

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Tabhair do ghrá dod mhnaoi, is do rún dod mháthair. Give your love to your wife and your secret to your mother. mhnaoi: dative of bean
dod← do [preposition} + do [possessive]
Is troime a bhagairt ná a bhuille. His bark is worse than his bite. “Is heavier his threat than his blow,”

Fiche Ceisteanna “20 questions”

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Monday night Irish Class, September 11, 2017

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Irish Class, September 11, 2017

Rang Gaeilge, 11ú lá Mí na Mheán Fómhair 2017

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Obair gan sos gan scíth, Inchinn mhaol gan bhrí. Work without rest dulls the brain
I ndiaidh a aimhlis a fheictear a leas don Éireannach. After the harm the good is seem by the Irish person


Ba [Copula cond.]thairbhí duit teanga eile seachas an Ghaeilge? Seafóid, a deir Antonella Sorace…

Ba thairbhí duit teanga eile seachas an Ghaeilge? Would it be beneficial for you to learn a language other than Irish?
Seafóid Nonsense
Labhair Tuairisc.ie le Antonella Sorace bunaitheoir Bilingualism Matters faoina ‘smaointe contúirteacha’ faoin dátheangachas

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Monday night Irish Class, August 28, 2017

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Irish Class, August 28, 2017

Rang Gaeilge, 28ú lá Mí na Lúnasa 2017

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Is fearr mac le himirt ná mac le hól Better a son who gambles than one who drinks. imir “play” means “plays games of chance” here
laoch hero
in aisce for nothing
Faightear gach laoch in aisce Age conquers all.
greannmhar funny, humorous
Ní minic a bhíos bocht greannmhar Nobody finds a poor person humorous

Iasc nua-aimsithe ainmnithe as amhránaí Gaeltachta

Iasc nua-aimsithe ainmnithe as amhránaí Gaeltachta Newly found fish named after Gaeltacht singer
Ainmníodh Leporinus enyae as an amhránaí clúiteach Gaeltachta Enya, as Gaoth Dobhair,
toisc gur in abhainn an Orinoco, teideal amhráin dá cuid, a fuarthas é

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