Rang Mháire (Mary's Class)

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Next time: June 25, same place as June 11l
Summer sched, subject to change: June 25, July 9 & 23, Aug 6 & 20

Last Time (June 11)(back to top)

Warmup:

Pronunciation practice:
Uachtar reoite miontais le cáithníní seacláide

Stuff:

We made an attempt to catch up on a bunch of the homework from the last few classes that we haven't quite finished....

About three classes ago we used a list of phrases – w/verbs in the present habitual tense – to talk to each other about things we do often or sometimes or not at all. You were asked to write up a few of the items that you heard from your partner and a few items that you supplied about yourself. This was to practice both the “me” verb forms and “everybody else” verb forms. We got a few contributions -- if you didn't get these written out, please do consider doing them now as it's good practice. I'm happy to revisit the topic next time.

The next homework was the sheet of exercises in which you were asked to rewrite English "to ___" sentences in something closer to the Irish word order, and then translate. Ex: I like to read the newspaper --> I like the newspaper to read --> Is maith liom an nuachtán a léamh. We got a fair ways through this one but we ran out of time and will have to finish it up next time.

Obair bhaile:

The following old assignments are still fair game:

Write three sentences (about yourself, maybe) using the 2nd half of the An tAinm Briathartha sheet (the “an rud sin a dhéanamh” list), the more boring the better (for comprehension purposes)
Answers for PI 7, singular and plural
You could also read more of “Cé hí Hilda?” but that was never really homework, we'll get to it by and by

Previous Class (June 4) (back to top)

Warmup:

Translate:

1. She is starting to write the letters.
2. She has to write the letters tonight.
3. I am stopping buying fruit. [Yeah, this is awkward, but English and Irish don't always play nice together.]
4. I like to buy fruit.
5. He is going to wash the dishes.
6. He is content to wash the dishes.

Stuff:

Kind of like last time, the warmup exercises gave us the chance to compare/contrast the "ag [VN]" structure we're familiar with to the newer structure we've been working with, the "[N] a [VN]" one that Irish often uses to express "to ___."

We then went through the sheet titled "An tAinm Briathartha" again, much more slowly and making sure everyone knew what each of the examples translates to mean.

We finished going through the obair bhaile from a few weeks ago, which didn't have a title other than "Part B" -- "Part A" is the 30-verb list we've been working with. Last time we went through exercises 1-10 and this time we did 11-20 which finished it off.

All through the evening we talked about where various sentence components go in the "to ___" structure, which kind of boils down to this: the direct object goes before the VN, adverbs & PP go after the VN.

Last time I gave you a sheet of exercise in which you were asked to rewrite English sentences in something closer to the Irish word order before translating. We didn't get a lot of chance to talk about that before the all-class meeting so we talked about it again tonight, and we did some practice sentences together, ex:

I am able to swim --> I am able to swim. (No direct object, no rearranging necessary)
I am able to swim a mile --> I am able a mile to swim
I am able to swim a mile in the lake --> I am able a mile to swim in the lake

Obair bhaile:

Keep working on homework from the past few classes that you still need to finish -- I swear I'm going to stop coming up with new stuff so we can work through the backlog!
Write three sentences (about yourself) using the 2nd half of the An tAinm Briathartha sheet (the “an rud sin a dhéanamh” list), the more boring the better (for comprehension purposes)

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