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May 20 2006, 1:21 AM
mhwombat "Andúileach IGTF" Joined: 10 Aug 2004 Location: Dún na nGall Posts: 13,644	Quote This is the fourth in a series of threads designed to help you improve your Irish by practicing with others. To give us a common core of words and phrases, we will refer you to online lessons, occasionally supplemented with our own phrase lists. You can join this series at any time, at any thread. Click on the link below to find the first thread in the series, or a list of all the threads in the series. http://www.irishgaelictranslator.com/translation/ftopic26565-0-asc-0.html ---------- Most of the conversation in this thread will come from earlier threads, or from: - http://www.erinsweb.com/gaelic1.html lessons 10, 11, and 12 - The "cheat sheet" below Lessons 10, 11, and 12 on Erin's Web focus on when to use tá and when to use the copula is. That shouldn't be too difficult for you if you've been participating in our previous practice threads and playing Fiche Ceist. So below I've given you some sentence structures that will allow us to talk about the past and future. Cheat sheet You're familiar now with tá, which is the present tense of the verb bí. If you've been hanging around here for a while, you may have picked up some other forms of the verb. Here's a handy table: Code: +---------+---------------+--------+------------+ |         | Bhí           | mé     | anseo      | | Past    | An raibh...?  | tú     | ansin      | |         | Ní raibh      | sé     | ann        | +---------+---------------+ sí     | tinn       | |         | Tá            | muid   | ard        | | Present | An bhfuil...? | sibh   | sásta      | |         | Níl           | siad   | láidir     | +---------+---------------+ Cáit   | go hálainn | |         | Beidh         | Seán   | go dona    | | Future  | An mbeidh...? | an cat | . . .      | |         | Ní bheidh     | . . .  |            | +---------+---------------+--------+------------+ Pronunciation Bhí VEE An raibh AN ROW Ní raibh NEE ROW Beidh BAY An meidh UN MAY Ní bheidh NEE VAY There are also a few combined forms that are used in some dialects. Until you're ready to focus on one dialect in particular, you can use either form: táim = tá mé táimid = tá muid bhíomar = bhí muid beimid = beidh muid Here are some questions to help get the conversation flowing. If any of the words below are unfamiliar, you should be able to find them in the previous lessons, or you can ask here on this thread. Anois... Now... Cá bhfuil tú i do chónaí? Cad é an aimsir inniú? An maith leat seacláid? An bhfuil tú óg? Sean? An bhfuil Gaeilge easca? Nuair a bhí tú óg... When you were young... An raibh tú mór? An raibh tú beag? An raibh tú sean? An raibh tú salach? An raibh tú dána? Cá raibh tú i do chónaí? Nuair a bheidh tú sean... When you are old... An mbeidh tú dathiúil? An mbeidh tú láidir? An mbeidh tú lag? An mbeidh tú tuirseach? _________________ Seans Eile - free software to help you practice your Irish Scéala na Wombait - Muddle-headed Memes and Musings Last edited by mhwombat on May 20 2006, 1:57 AM; edited 1 time in total
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May 20 2006, 1:55 AM
mhwombat "Andúileach IGTF" Joined: 10 Aug 2004 Location: Dún na nGall Posts: 13,644	Quote Nuair a bhí mé óg, bhí mé beag. Ní raibh mé dána. Bhí mé i mo chónaí sa Stáit Aontaithe. Anois, tá mé i mo chónaí in Dhún na nGall. Tá mé réasúnta ládir. Is breá liom seacláid. _________________ Seans Eile - free software to help you practice your Irish Scéala na Wombait - Muddle-headed Memes and Musings Last edited by mhwombat on May 22 2006, 4:45 AM; edited 1 time in total
May 20 2006, 2:18 AM
Redwolf "Ard-Banríon na Ráiméise" Joined: 19 Jan 2004 Location: Poblacht California Posts: 40,382	Quote Nuair a bhí mé óg, bhí mé i mo chónaí in Spokane, Washington, S.A.M. Anois, tá mé i mo chónaí in California. Tá an aimsir anseo uafásach inniú! Cá bhfuil Samhradh??? Is fuath liom an bháisteach! Redwolf _________________ Is fearr Gaeilge bhriste ná Béarla cliste Is fearr Gaeilge na scoile ná gan Gaeilge ar bith
May 20 2006, 15:08 PM
Redwolf "Ard-Banríon na Ráiméise" Joined: 19 Jan 2004 Location: Poblacht California Posts: 40,382	Quote Bump. Redwolf _________________ Is fearr Gaeilge bhriste ná Béarla cliste Is fearr Gaeilge na scoile ná gan Gaeilge ar bith
May 20 2006, 15:17 PM
An_Sionnach_2 "Scéalaí Mór" Joined: 01 Mar 2006 Location: Norn Iron Posts: 2,562	Quote Nuair a bhí mé óg, bhí mé i mo chónaí i mBéal Feirste agus tá go fóill. In fhírinne, tá mé óg go fóill - níl mé ach naoi mbliana déag d'aois. Tá lá iontach deas againn anseo inniu - an grian ag scoilteadh na cloc gan scammal sa spéir, ach tá ormsa fanacht taobh istigh le stáidier a dhéanamh do mo scrúdaithe. _________________ Always wait for further input with my translations.
May 22 2006, 4:42 AM
mhwombat "Andúileach IGTF" Joined: 10 Aug 2004 Location: Dún na nGall Posts: 13,644	Quote bump (just to make sure everyone has a chance to see this) _________________ Seans Eile - free software to help you practice your Irish Scéala na Wombait - Muddle-headed Memes and Musings
January 14 2008, 23:21 PM
Redwolf "Ard-Banríon na Ráiméise" Joined: 19 Jan 2004 Location: Poblacht California Posts: 40,382	Quote Mar an féinics, éirionn leibhéal a ceathair amach as an luaith! Redwolf _________________ Is fearr Gaeilge bhriste ná Béarla cliste Is fearr Gaeilge na scoile ná gan Gaeilge ar bith
January 15 2008, 16:34 PM
Nóinín "Getting Addicted" Joined: 20 Jul 2004 Location: an Ghearmáin Posts: 60	Quote Redwolf wrote: It's been pointed out to us that the conversation we're carrying on is too complicated for the people for whom this thread is intended (i.e., absolute beginners), so we need to take any further conversation here: http://www.irishgaelictranslator.com/translation/viewtopic.44002.html So would everyone who has been participating in this latest, more advanced conversation (me, Benjamin, clannlir, Ossian, and now Nóinín) please click on the link above and continue this conversation there? Let's not confuse the beginners any further. Redwolf Go raibh maith agat, Redwolf! Níl mé cinnte go dtuigeann mé Gaeilge maith go leor le páirt a ghlacadh i leibhéal 4 - feicim go raibh leibhéil 2 agus 3 ann, ach feictear dom go raibh na snáitheanna seo marbh?
January 15 2008, 18:09 PM
Redwolf "Ard-Banríon na Ráiméise" Joined: 19 Jan 2004 Location: Poblacht California Posts: 40,382	Quote Nóinín wrote: Redwolf wrote: It's been pointed out to us that the conversation we're carrying on is too complicated for the people for whom this thread is intended (i.e., absolute beginners), so we need to take any further conversation here: http://www.irishgaelictranslator.com/translation/viewtopic.44002.html So would everyone who has been participating in this latest, more advanced conversation (me, Benjamin, clannlir, Ossian, and now Nóinín) please click on the link above and continue this conversation there? Let's not confuse the beginners any further. Redwolf Go raibh maith agat, Redwolf! Níl mé cinnte go dtuigeann mé Gaeilge maith go leor le páirt a ghlacadh i leibhéal 4 - feicim go raibh leibhéil 2 agus 3 ann, ach feictear dom go raibh na snáitheanna seo marbh? Sílim go bhfuil do chuid Gaeilge maith go leor, a Nóinín. Redwolf _________________ Is fearr Gaeilge bhriste ná Béarla cliste Is fearr Gaeilge na scoile ná gan Gaeilge ar bith
January 16 2008, 0:29 AM
Redwolf "Ard-Banríon na Ráiméise" Joined: 19 Jan 2004 Location: Poblacht California Posts: 40,382	Quote A chairde, Ca bhfuil tú i do chónaí? Tá mé i mo chónaí sna Sléibhte Santa Cruz, i measc na coille. Tá mo theach timpeallaithe le crainn móra: giúiseanna "Douglas," "redwoods," daracha dubha, agus labhrais. Redwolf _________________ Is fearr Gaeilge bhriste ná Béarla cliste Is fearr Gaeilge na scoile ná gan Gaeilge ar bith
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