Rang Mháire (Mary's Class)

Announcements

Books were made available in class. Most people have picked them up, so starting in January, we'll only bring books in by request. Prices are:
- Buntús Cainte: $10.75
- Progress in Irish: $12.75
- Foclóir Póca: $8.75
- All three add up to $32.25
- Cash or check payable to Gaeltacht Minnesota
Christmas dinner note: Mary should be able to make the Christmas dinner

Last Time (November 7 - December 12)(back to top)

Mary has had to miss a couple of classes, but the more experienced students have stepped in and worked Buntús Cainte with the newer students.

We've been very impressed by the work the class has done over the last several weeks!

Previous Week (October 24)(back to top)

Warmup

We learned each others names and practiced introductions:

Seo é ________ (for a male)
Seo í ________ (for a female)

Stuff

We reviewed lenition and eclipsis and practiced doing the appropriate operation after a given possessive adjective:

his house: a theach (lenition)
her house: a teach (no mutation)
their house: a dteach (eclipsis)

I put up the paradigms for the present tense and past tense of bí (review for the returning students, half-new for the new students) and we practiced the forms for a bit. Here's the past tense:

Bhí sé tirim. It was dry.
Ní raibh sé tirim. It was not dry.
An raibh sé tirim? Was it dry?
Nach raibh sé tirim? Wasn't it dry?
B'fhéidir go raibh sé tirim. Perhaps it was dry.
B'fhéidir nach raibh sé tirim. Perhaps it wasn't dry.

Obair bhaile / Homework

Nothing yet, but soon

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