My annotated Gaeileoirí is now current, although it is a long way from being a full translation.
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Monday Night Irish Class, March 24, 2008
Irish class, March 24, 2008
Irish class, March 24, 2008
We spent most of the first hour on conversation.
Monday Night Irish Class, March 17, 2008
Irish Class, March 17, 2008
Irish Class, March 17, 2008
The first event was an exercise in sentence structure. We were given several Irish sentences and were asked to pick out key grammatical elements
without actually translating them. We were looking for verbs, subjects,
objects, prepositional phrases, dependent clauses, and
genitives.
| admhaigh | admit |
| admhaím | I admit |
| rómhaith | very good |
| dream | group (of people) |
| measa | worse. Comp. of olc— bad, evil |
| casadh | twist, turn, reproach |
| riamh | ever, never |
| taobh | side, flank |
| dúchas | heritage, patrimony, native place |
| faoi láthair | at present |
| grinn | perceptive, accurate |
| arb | was (past of copula before a vowel |
| páirteach | participating, sharing, sympathetic |
| sraith | swath, course, layer, series, row, rate |
| ráchairt | run f2 |
| saighdiúir | soldier |
| cogadh domhanda | world war |
| troid | fight, quarrel f3 |
| arm | army. Also weapon, arm |
| sraidbhaile | village |
| bocht | poor person m1 |
| lár | middle, center. Also floor, ground |
Next came question and answer. Nick asked various general knowledge questions in Irish and we answered. This to see how well we could follow spoken Irish.
Irish Class–Monday Night, March 10, 2008
Irish Class, March 10, 2008
Irish Class, March 10, 2008
The first exercise was for each of us to say something as Gaeilge
about what we had done that day. For me the choice was easy, and for once
did not involve a lot of specialized vocbulary.
| Cheannaigh mé agus mo bhean cheile carr nua inniu. Is Ford Focus é an carr. Tá an carr liath. Dhíolamar seancarr as cead dollar. Bhíomar an sásta. |
My wife and I bought a new car today. The car is a Ford Focus. The car is gray. We sold the old car for one hundred dollars. We were very satisfied. |
Monday Night Irish Class, March 3, 2008
Irish Class, March 3, 2008
Irish Class, March 3, 2008
The first part of class was a translation exercise, with a twist: We were given 12
simple sentences in Scottish Gaelic, and asked to produce the Irish
equivalent, and the English translation:
Monday night Irish Class, February 25, 2008
February 25, 2008
Irish Class, February 25, 2008.
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against Nick’s
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We started with some number drills–
counting objects.
This was a review of material from <!– 9/24 –>
9/24 and
<!– 10/1–>
10/1.
When you use plural forms for counting you start at three, not two. In
Irish two takes the singular.
| aon bhád amháin | one boat | [or] |
| bád amháin | one boat | |
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| uan | lamb | m1 |
| naoi n-uan | nine lambs | n- eclipses a vowel |
| capall | horse | m1 |
- m1 nouns use the same form for the genitive singular and the nominative
plural (slenderize the final consonant). - In Munster initial bh- is pronounced /v/ even as a broad consonant,
instead of /w-/.
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Next was a review of
body parts
from <!–
11/12/2007–>11/12/2007.
There was some discussion of on-line resources.
Beo was particularly recommended.
With four students in the class, we split into two pairs. Each pair was given a theme for a dialog to compose. We then read them and the other pair had to figure out who we were and what we were talking about. My partner was JS, who had her notes from last September’s all class exercise on curses to add some spice to our contribution, a scene in a restaurant between a waiter and a customer.
Irish Class–Monday Night. February 11, 2008
Irish Class. February 11, 2008
Irish Class, February 11, 2008
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The first exercise was about asking each other various questions
Irish Class–Monday Night. February 4, 2008
Irish Class, Monday, January 28, 2008
Irish Class, Monday night, January 28, 2008
Irish Class, January 28, 2008
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EDIT: Revised based on these comments by mobhlog
Go raibh maith agat, a Lou!
We started with a picture description exercise. Nick showed some pictures, and we described
what we saw as Gaeilge
Irish Class–Monday Night. January 14, 2008
Irish Class, January 14, 2008
The first part of the class was a game. Each of us was given a card with some general category. We had to come up with specific examples for that category. E.g. éadaí “clothes”.
- léine “shirt”
- briste “trousers”
- cóta “coat”
- gúna “dress”
- stoca “stocking”
- sciorta “skirt”
- geansaí “sweater”
Each of us would first say a few of our examples. The other class members would try to guess what the general category was. If they did not get it at first we would add more examples.
The second hour was spent beginning our reading of Gaeileoirí. My notes for that are here. I will be adding to them each week as we read the play.
While reading the first scene JS said that it sounded familiar. She had to leave early, but as we read the second scene I realize that three of us had seen it on video at last summer’s Winona workshop.
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