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Monday Night Irish Class, May 12, 2008
Irish class, May 12, 2008
Irish class, May 12, 2008
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We began with an English→Irish translation exercise. Not a lot of restrictions; just use
whatever Irish we could to give the general sense. Even so, this was quite hard.
Monday Night Irish Class, May 5, 2008
Irish class, May 5, 2008
Irish class, May 5, 2008
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First exercise. Two lists of foods, in Irish and in English, but not in the
same order. We had to match them up, doing as much as possible without the dictionary.
Beannachtaí ná Bhealtaine daoibh
(Bealtaine/May blessings to you!)
Monday Night Irish Class, April 28, 2008
What is in a name?
Monday Night Irish Class — April 21, 2008
Irish class, April 21, 2008
Irish class, April 21, 2008
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Bígi reidh le caint ar rud suimiúil atá ar siúl.
Be prepared to talk about something interesting that is happening.
I thought about saying something about the weekend’s activities with
colgaffneyis, but quickly rejected that–it is hard enough to
explain as Bearla (in English). Instead:
Tá orm strus mór ag obair. Tá agam bainisteoir olc. Is tíoránach suarach é.
Is fuath le na hoibrithe é. Beidh agam bainisteoir nua go luath b’fhéidir.
| Tá a fhios agam go ____ | I know that _____ |
| beidh tú i d’aonar | you will be alone (lit. “in your oneness”) |
| pléigh | discuss |
| de ghnáth | usually |
| ullmhaigh | prepare |
Indirect Speech
Show Time!
Again following-up on last night’s post from mia_mcdavid, yesterday we loaded colgaffneyis trailer for our first camping show of the season, in Charles City, Iowa. Setup is Thursday evening, down there. I am busy Monday (Irish Class), Tuesday (colgaffneyis dance), and Wednesday (Church choir), so I got my traveling woodworking kit together (I hope) this afternoon, and did most of my other packing this evening.
Not bad
I took another look at that list of projects that I mentioned earlier today. I have finished 11 out of 14. Of course, I can think of a few additions….
Monday Night Irish Class–ongoing
I have updated my notes on Gaeilgeoirí through this past Monday’s class.
