Rang Mháire (Mary's Class)

Announcements

Probably going to miss some Mondays coming up, apologies to those of you who have counted on being able to drop in on weekly meetings as you can
No class Nov 20. What do people want to do about the Monday after Thxg? I?ll see about putting a poll in the group

Last Time (November 13) (back to top)

Warmup:

Cén scéal?
Cén lá é an lá inniu?

Stuff:

We looked at the script for audio exercise 3C "Liosta siopadóireachta" and gave it another listen for the dialect exposure.

Then we listened to exercise 5a "Siobhán agus Róisín."

Obair bhaile:

"taitin le - is maith le" exercise
Read through the text to tonight's audio and we'll listen again next time

Previous Class (October 30) (back to top)

Warmup:

Cén scéal? (Maith Sibh!)
Cén lá é an lá inniu?

Stuff:

We reviewed the script for the audio exercise we listened to last time -- "Liosta Mháire, Liosta Thomáis" -- and then listened again.

We went on to listen to the next audio exercise, which oddly had no worksheet or handout component. I've sent the text for you to take a look at.

Then we talked about "taitin," a great little verb to have in your toolbox. We get really accustomed to using "is maith le" and it works for a lot, but it's good to have options. For instance, I think you're familiar with this conversion:

Is maith liom é = Taitníonn sé liom.
Is breá/aoibhinn liom é = Taitníonn sé go mór liom.

But what if you're using use other tenses? Yeah, there's "ba" et al, but "taitin" has a natural advantage because it's a normal verb.

Past:	Thaitin
Future:	Taitneoidh
Conditional:	Thaitneodh
Past Habitual:	Thaitníodh

So, for instance,

Thaitin an t-uachtar reoite liom. "The ice cream pleased me./I liked the ice cream."
Taitneoidh an dinnéar leat, sílim. "You will like the dinner, I think."
Thaitneodh an t-úll sin liom d(h)á mbeadh sé úr. "I would like that apple if it were fresh."
Thaitníodh candy corn liom, nuair a bhí mé óg. "I used to like candy corn when I was young."

Don?t forget that you can put this very normal verb into subordinate clauses:

Creidim go dtaitneoidh an chóisir libh. "I believe that y'all will like the party."

You can also negate in the regular way, if you don't like something:

Ní thaitníonn sé liom (ar chor ar bith). "It does not please me (at all)."
Níor thaitin sé liom. "It did not please me."

Obair bhaile:

Take a look at the script for the worksheetless audio exercise
Try to work a "taitin" line into your scéal next time