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Monday Night Irish Class, October 10, 2016

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Irish Class, October 10, 2016

Rang Gaeilge, 10ú lá Mí Dheireadh Fómhair 2016

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Seanfhocal

Is í an tóirneach a scanraíonn ach an tintreach a mharaíonn. It’s the thunder that frightens, but the lightning that kills.

Béarla amháin ceadaithe d’iarratais ar chonarthaí aistriúcháin Gaeilge ar fiú €2.5 milliún iad

I gceann de na cáipéisí a bhaineann leis an bhfógra do thairiscintí ar sholáthar seirbhísí aistriúcháin Gaeilge, deirtear nach ceadmhach d’iarrthóirí ach tairiscint nó iarratas a dhéanamh i mBéarla
iarratas application
conarthaí agreements [why iad]
I gceann de na cáipéisí a bhaineann leis an bhfógra do thairiscintí ar sholáthar seirbhísí aistriúcháin Gaeilge In one of the documents relating to the notice offering for the provision of Irish translation services
deirtear nach ceadmhach d’iarrthóirí ach tairiscint nó iarratas a dhéanamh i mBéarla it was said that it was only permissible for candidates to make an offering or application in English

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Monday Night Irish Class, September 26, 2016

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Irish Class, September 26, 2016

Rang Gaeilge, 26ú lá Mí na Mheán Fómhair 2016

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Seanfhocal

Is goirt iad na deora, na deora a siltear, ach is goirte go mór iad na deora nach siltear. Bitter are the tears that are shed, but much more bitter are the tears that are not.
goirt salty, bitter [metaphorically]
searbh bitter [taste]
Chaoin sí go goirt. She wept bitterly,
arán goirt hard won bread
Is goirt a shaothraigh sé é. It cost him dear. “It was bitter that he earned it”
Ba ghoirt an lá dúinn é. It was a bitter day for us.

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Monday Night Irish Class, September 19, 2016

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Irish Class, September 19, 2016

Rang Gaeilge, 19ú lá Mí na Mheán Fómhair 2016

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D’ordaigh Dia fearg, ach níor ordaigh sé a coinneáil. God commanded anger, but he did not command that it be kept.
dias ear [of corn/wheat]
ísle lowest.
Is í an dias is troime is ísle a chromann a ceann. The heaviest ear [of corn/wheat] bends its head the lowest.

‘This is an English-speaking business’ – oibrí beáir éirithe as a phost i gCorcaigh tar éis rabhadh a fháil gan Gaeilge a labhairt

Deir Finbarr O’Shea, úinéir The Flying Enterprise, go bhfuil ‘language code’ i bhfeidhm sa teach tábhairne aige ‘because it is a hospitality business’

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Monday Night Irish Class, September 12, 2016

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Irish Class, September 12, 2016

Rang Gaeilge, 12ú lá Mí na Mheán Fómhair 2016

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Is fearr teach folamh ná drochthionónta. Better an empty house than a bad tenant
Is minic a chealg briathra míne cailín críonna. it is often that sweet talk has deceived a wise girl.

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Monday Night Irish Class, August 29, 2016

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Irish Class, August 29, 2016

Rang Gaeilge, 29ú lá Mí na Lúnasa 2016

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Cluichí Oilimpeacha

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Ní bhreathnaigh mé na Cluichí go minic.
Ní ach píosaí ar an gclár nuachta
an iomarca nuacht pholaitiúil gach lá
Ní fuath liom na cluichí.
Bhí iomarca rudaí eile i mo shaol
Mo phost
Bhí mé ag obair cupla tráthnónta
An tinneas ar mo bhean chéile.
Rinne mo mhic rudaí craiceáilte éagsúla
Bhí mé ag Aonach Éireannach ar Oileán Harriet Dé Sathairn amháin
Bhí mé ar thuras go dtí Northfield na laethanta deiridh na Cluichí.
Bhí mé an-ghnóthach agus gan teilifís ansin.
teacht le chéile reunion
naoi déag 19
seachtó a dó 72
daichead a cúig 45
Bhain mé céim amach I graduated
Coláiste college
Coiste eagraíochta organizing committee

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Monday Night Irish Class, July 25, 2016

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Irish Class, July 25, 2016

Rang Gaeilge, 25ú lá Mí na Iúil 2016

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Seanfhocal

Is olc nach ngabhfaidh comhairle, ach is measa a ghabhfas gach uile comhairle. It’s bad not to take advice, but it is worse to take everyone’s advice.
Is minic a bhíonns fréamh cham ag crann díreach. The straight tree often has crooked roots.

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Monday Night Irish Class, June 20, 2016

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Irish Class, June 20, 2016

Rang Gaeilge, 20ú lá Mí na Mheiteam 2016

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Seanfhocal

Innis do mhná é, innis don saoghal é. Tell it to a woman, tell it to the world. innis=inis. saoghal=saol
Bíonn an mí-ádh gnóthach. Misfortune is busy
Is fearr féachaint romhant ná dá féachaint i do dhiaidh. One look ahead is better than two looks behind.
Dá fhad é an lá tiocfaidh an tráthnóna. No matter how long the day evening will come.

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Monday Night Irish Class, June 13, 2016

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Irish Class, June 13, 2016

Rang Gaeilge, 13ú lá Mí na Mheiteam 2016

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Chíonn beirt rud nach bhfeiceann duine amháin. Two people see what one person does not.

From Will:

That Chíonn is an alternate form of Feiceann, found widely in the North, but also used by some Munster speakers.
It’s a bit odd to see nach bhfeiceann in the same utterance. In class, I observed that I haven’t run into forms like Nach gcíonn at all, but Dineen’s dictionary says that that can happen.

Nonetheless, other sources indicate that modern usage is to use feic- forms with particles. That is, Chíonn sé,
but Ní fheiceann sé.
foigid = foighe patience
cinniúnt destiny, fate
Buann an fhoigid ar an gcinniúnt Patience wins over destiny

Past Relative Clauses

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Monday Night Irish Class, June 6, 2016

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Irish Class, June 6, 2016

Rang Gaeilge, 6ú lá Mí na Mheiteam 2016

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Seanfhocal

An tseoid is dofhála is í is áille The jewel that is hardest to find is the one that is most beautiful.
  • Gender ts marker on an tseoid
  • three is uses, two for superlatives and one for the copula
  • irregular comparative áille
  • dofhála (“unobtainable”, “rare”) – negative based on verbal adjective, more usual form would be dofhaighte
tuirse tiredness, fatigue
tairbhe benefit, profit
Imíonn an tuirse ach fanann an tairbhe The fatigue leaves but the benefit stays


Amú san Aistriúchán
(Comóradh 1916) – ‘An Roinn Oidreachta agus Gaeltacht’ agus beag ‘omos’ ag Roinn an Taoisigh don síneadh fada

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