Will's Class

Announcements

Proposed Summer Schedule

We'll meet at Maureen's church, off the Diamond Lake Road exit on 35W:

June 5: Last class in Central
June 19, then off three weeks (July 4) to
July 10
July 24
August 7 (Irish Fair is Aug 11-13) three weeks off until
August 28
Two weeks off before resuming at Central Sept 11

Topic Notes

We've spent quite a bit of time on our favorite tenses ...

Looking forward to the rest of spring and summer, two topics that have been requested:

the copula
prepositions

I'm thinking of merging the two topics over the summer ...

NOTE: June 5 was an all-class ...

Last Time (June 19) (back to top)

Seanfhocal

We had a couple of seanfhocal in seanchló from the old Dineen dictionary (and which font I won't try to reproduce here). Modernized, one of them read, Aithníonn fear na h-olna dhíol fear na h-olna cheannach: The wool seller knows (recognizes) the wool buyer.

Comhrá

It had been a while since we had time to chat, so we got caught up, in Irish -- well done.

Essay

We went over our translations of this essay from Tuairimí. That didn't present many serious challenges. We also shared our own experiences/attitudes about shopping.

Audio

We found some time to listen to:

A report on the firing of the FBI director, and
The first address in Irish of the new Taoiseach.

Homework

For July 10

Three weeks!

We'll start with some copula review, this homework handout may look familiar.
Also mentioned on that handout is an assignment to collect 10 English sentences that would need some form of bí/tá, and 10 that would need the copula.
And translate this short article on the new Taoiseach and his enthusiasm for the language.

June 5 will be an all-class, so you have a month to translate this essay from Tuairimí. While you're at it, think of some comments/observations of your own you'd like to make in response to the essay.

Previous Class (May 22) (back to top)

Slán le Johana

This was Johana's last class with us, we wish her a great trip to, and great life in, California!

Seanfhocal

Is duine saibhir é, dáiríre, an duine nach bhfuil uaidh ach beagán. It is truly a rich person who needs (or wants) but little. We talked about the tá-ó construction as a shortcut for tá sé ag teastaíl ó.

Comhrá

Plenty of discussion, sad news, good news, but all very well done.

Tattoo Article

The tattoo topic (helped with a little show and tell from Glenn) was handled easily by the group. Only a couple of spots gave trouble, and those were authentically weird things!

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