Cúpla focal

[muckefuck]

beirim/tabhair/thug
an buidéal
caillte
caite
an chearc
deirim/[abair]/dúirt
díolta
díreach
dúnta
folamh
an fhuinneog
garbh
an geimhreadh
an mhuc
(ar) oscailt
ramhar
te
tinn
tirim
uair
ullamh

(No prizes for guessing what language learning book I was browsing last night!)

Comments

[bwillsouth.livejournal.com]

I'm going with "English as She is Spoke".

[muckefuck.livejournal.com]

THEIP ORT!

cúpla ceartúchán

[fainic-thu-fein.livejournal.com]

dúirt
uair

:)

[muckefuck.livejournal.com]

Go raibh maith agat! I also had rabhar for ramhar originally, but I figured it was okay to correct a misspelling--after all, I had it phonetically correct!

Last night, I came across the expression go rabhas in a couple of places but I can't find rabhas in any of my dictionaries. What gives?

[fainic-thu-fein.livejournal.com]

go rabhas = go raibh mé

Special synthetic verb endings (when they exist) are the rule in Munster Irish. You find them in the other dialects as well but their use is more limited.

[muckefuck.livejournal.com]

*facepalm*

If only I'd started with one of the others, who knows how far along I'd be now? But my ancestors are from Cork, so I'm determined to learn Munster Irish or nothing at all.

Also, is it just me or is the suppletion on these basic verbs just weird crazy?

[fainic-thu-fein.livejournal.com]

It was certainly confusing at first, but at the same time it made sense to me that the most common verbs should be the ones to mutate fantastically. You'll get used to it eventually!

I preferred to learn Munster as well, but between the best self-tuition course available being based on Connemara Irish and the fact that the immersion course of the longest duration happened to be based in An Cheathrú Rua, I became a Connemara-head instead. One of my best friends here is a native speaker from Baile an Mhúraigh in West Kerry. I mock her accent endlessly :)

[fainic-thu-fein.livejournal.com]

Oh, and two more corrections I just noticed...

abair (ní 'abhair')
(ar) oscail(t): ie. oscail; ar oscailt

Sorry, I'm being pedantic now!

[muckefuck.livejournal.com]

Táir, ach is maith liom sin! Every bit helps, y'know.

[fainic-thu-fein.livejournal.com]

Táir

You learn quick!

[muckefuck.livejournal.com]

As princeofcairo likes to say, "Even flatworms learn with the right kind of reinforcement."