Irish Class, April 17, 2017
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| Ní leithne an t-aer ná an timpiste | accidents can always happen, anywhere. | “The air is not wider than the accident.” |
| Is maith a bhean í ach níor bhail sí a bróga di go foill/ | She is a good woman yet but she has not taken off her shoes yet. | (She has not settled down) |
Irish Class, April 10, 2017
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| riabbhach | dull, gloomy, variable; striped | |
| Geimhreadh ceoch, earrach reoch, Samhradh riabhach, agus fómhar grianach— Geimreadh reoch, earrach ceoch, Samradh grianach augs fómhar riabhach. |
Winter foggy, spring frosty, summer variable and autumn sunny— Winter frosty, spring foggy, summer sunny and autumn variable. |
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| laethanta na riabaí | late April/early March | |
| Níl siad le fáil dubh bán ná riabhach | They are not to be had in any way, shape or form |
Irish Class, March 27, 2017
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| Ná bí ag caint leis na cosa ‘fhad is atá an cloigeann le fáil. | Do not walk away when you could still talk and work out your differences. | |
| a fhad is | as long as | |
| a fhad is atá mé beo | as long as I am alive | |
| Ná labhair leis na cosa má bhíonn an ceann sa láthair. | Don’t speak with the legs if the head is present | |
Irish Class, March 20, 2017
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| Práinn mhór croí agus moille mhór lámh. | When you panic, you are ineffective. / Getting too wound up slows you down. | |
| Is measa cumha an duine beo ná cumha an duine mhairbh. | Homesickness/loneliness is worse for the living person than the dead. | |
Irish Class, March 13, 2017
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| Ag iarraidh loirg ar uisce agus ag cuartú snáthaide i measc cocháin. | Looking for a trace/mark on water and searching for a needle among straws | “Looking for a needle in a haystack.” Note verbal nouns were followed by nouns in the genitive |
| Is olc an rud iomarca capall i mbaile gan treabhadh. | It’s a bad thing to have too many horses in a place without plowing | capall is a gp here |
| treabh | plow | v |
| treabhadh | plowing | vn. of treabh, gs treafa |
| Tá mé chun treafa arís. | I am fit again, I’m ready to get back to work/activity. |
Irish Class, February 27, 2017
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Irish Class, February 13, 2017
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| Más deas do dhuine a chóta is deise do dhuine a léine. | If it is close (deas) to a person his coat, is closer to a person his shirt. | “Blood is thicker than water.” Más←má+is (copula) |
| Cha troimide an loch an lacha, Cha troimide an t-each an srian, Cha troimide an chaora an olan, Cha troimide an cholainn an chiall |
The lake’s not heavier from the duck, nor the horse from the bridle, nor the sheep from the wool, nor the body (person) for sense/understanding. |
Cha=Ní (Don.) troimide←troime+de |
| Goidé = Cad é | Don. | |
Irish Class, January 30, 2017
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| Níor dhún Dia doras riamh nár oscail sé ceann eile. | God never closed a door without having opened another one. | Note the past tense |
| Níl tuile dá mhéad nach dtránn. | There’s no flood, however great, that doesn’t ebb. | tráigh “ebb” (verb) ← trá “beach” (noun) |
Irish Class, January 23, 2017
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| An bhean atá dóighiúil is furasta a cóiriú . | An attractive woman is easy to dress. | |
| Comhfhad a théann teas agus fuacht. | Heat and cold are of [lit. “go”] equally long | Fronting comhfhad |
Irish Class, December 12, 2016
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| Tá biathú sneachta ann. | There’s a light dusting of snow. | biathaigh “shower” (snow, rain, pine needles, pebbles) |
| Ní bhainfeadh sé an cur den leamhnacht | He couldn’t get the snow off a rope | Lit. “He couldn’t get the foam/forth off of new milk” |
