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mhwombat
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Cad é an slí bheatha atá agat, a Jim?
slí bheatha = living (profession)
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| July 13 2005, 19:04 PM |
JSmith13
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| mhwombat wrote: |
Cad é an slí bheatha atá agat, a Jim?
slí bheatha = living (profession) |
Is fear dóiteáin cáilithe mé.
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| July 13 2005, 19:07 PM |
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Is sarfhóram é seo. Tá sé thar barr.
sar- = prefix meaning 'excellent'. Note the lenition (aspiration) of the noun to which it is attached
thar barr = excellent (adj)
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| July 13 2005, 19:34 PM |
mhwombat
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| JSmith13 wrote: |
| Is fear dóiteáin cáilithe mé. |
fear dóiteáin = fireman
Sin suimiúl, Jim! Is ríomhchláraitheoir mé.
suimiúl = interesting
ríomhchláraitheoir = computer programmer
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| July 13 2005, 20:15 PM |
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| mhwombat wrote: |
| JSmith13 wrote: |
| Is fear dóiteáin cáilithe mé. |
fear dóiteáin = fireman
Sin suimiúl, Jim! Is ríomhchláraitheoir mé.
suimiúl = interesting
ríomhchláraitheoir = computer programmer |
Nílim trodach tinte anois de bhrí bhí mé díobhálaithe go holc ag obair. Táim i mo shuí taobh thiar deasc anois ag déanamh an rud céanna beagnach. IT deasc cuidigh agus ag freagra na teilefóin. 
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| July 20 2005, 17:02 PM |
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| May 20 2006, 1:47 AM |
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I've added pronunciation tips to the lesson at the beginning of this thread.
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| April 16 2007, 16:22 PM |
mhwombat
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I have added an exercise to the Irish Wikibook to help people practice when to use tá and when to use is. The exercise is designed for beginners (the vocabulary is basic), but I've thrown some tricky sentences in, so expect a workout!
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Irish/Basic_Sentence_Structure#Review:_T.C3.A1_vs_Is
Wikibooks are a community effort, and it seems that lots of folks are working on this book. Material is constantly being moved around to improve the flow, so if you don't find the exercise in the above link, look for a heading called "Review: Tá vs Is". The exercises are in centred boxes, so they should be relatively easy to find.
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| April 16 2007, 16:50 PM |
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| mhwombat wrote: |
I have added an exercise to the Irish Wikibook to help people practice when to use tá and when to use is. The exercise is designed for beginners (the vocabulary is basic), but I've thrown some tricky sentences in, so expect a workout!
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Irish/Basic_Sentence_Structure#Review:_T.C3.A1_vs_Is
Wikibooks are a community effort, and it seems that lots of folks are working on this book. Material is constantly being moved around to improve the flow, so if you don't find the exercise in the above link, look for a heading called "Review: Tá vs Is". The exercises are in centred boxes, so they should be relatively easy to find. |
Quick question...
I don't know how to edit one of these things, but in the discussion of the copula, where it mentions that the copula occasionally gets left out, "conas atá tú?" is used as an example. I'm a little confused, as I can't think of a reason that the copula would be used with that kind of question, but also because the example given with the copula in is "is conas atá tú?" and I'd think, being a question, if the copula were to go in there, it would have to be "an."
I would think a better example would be "Is mise _______" (often abbreviated to "Mise ______").
Is that a mistake, or is there something about the copula I've missed (wouldn't be totally surprising!)
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| April 16 2007, 17:43 PM |
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Yeah, I found that section a bit confusing too. It has bits written by different people and it needs a bit of tidying. It should probably also mention that the copula is used certain expressions (Is liomsa é, Is maith liom é, ...)
I always thought that "conas" was a form of the copula. I never heard anything like "is conas..." or "an conas...". I think your example is a better one.
Editing wikibooks is very easy. You don't even have to register (although it's a good idea). It uses a syntax that's similar to HTML, but simpler. Here's a quick guide:
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Wikibooks:How_does_one_edit_a_page
At the moment, the book badly needs some organisation. It's a loose collection of useful information, but it needs some structure before it could be used on its own to learn Irish. It would be fantastic if someone could figure out a good overall structure for the a complete guide to learning Irish, impose that structure on what's there, and maybe create sections where needed with TODO notes about what should go in that section. I'm happy to help with formatting and technical stuff like that. The problem is that I'm so preoccupied with the trees (putting tidbits of info into the book) that I can't see the forest!
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