Buntús na Gaeilge - Harvard University

Bunt?s na Gaeilge

Irish for Adult Learners

Barbara Hillers with Bettina Kimpton

Adapted for use with Connacht Irish by Natasha Sumner

Textbook for Celtic 132: Introduction to Modern Irish Harvard 2018/2019

[for class use and private circulation only]

SOME WORDS AND PHRASES FREQUENTLY USED IN CLASS

Here are a few idioms you will encounter in class:

maidin mhaith Dia daoibh le ch?ile anois ar?s cuir Gaeilge / B?arla air le do thoil / m?s ? do thoil ?C go raibh maith agat go n-?ir? an t-?dh leatC

good morning hello everybody all together now again translate into Irish / English please thank you good luck

I don't quite follow...

Gabh mo leithsc?al An dtuigeann t?? An dtuigeann sibh? Tuigim N? thuigim N? thuigim focal Abair ar?s ?, le do thoil C?ard ? sin i nGaeilge / as Gaeilge? C?ard ? sin i mB?arla / as B?arla? C?ard ? an Ghaeilge at? ar sin? Abair i mB?arla / as B?arla ?

Excuse me Do you (sg) understand? Do you (pl) understand? I understand I don't understand I don't understand a word Say that again, please What does that mean in Irish? What does that mean in English? How do you say that in Irish? Say it in English

Well done!

Your teacher will lavish praise on you. Here are some of the things you may hear, or see written underneath your homework:

maith th? / sibh go maith go hiontach an-mhaith (ar fad) toghaC ar fheabhas thar barr

well done good wonderful very good (entirely) great excellent super

Bunt?s na Gaeilge

Cuid a hAon

I d'?ige oscail do mheabhair is bailigh an fhoghlaim leat. `Open your mind while you are young and gather learning as you go.'

CL?R / TABLE OF CONTENTS

R?amhr? / Preface ....................................................................................................................... vii

Ceacht a hAon................................................................................................................................ 1 An Ceacht Gramada?.......................................................................................................... 4 Personal Pronouns (4); The Demonstrative Pronouns seo and sin (4); The Copula (5); Masculine Noun and Adjective (6); Greetings and Introductions (6) Teanga is Cult?r ............................................................................................................... 10 Greetings (10); Loanwords (11)

Ceacht a D?.................................................................................................................................. 12 An Ceacht Gramada?........................................................................................................ 14 The Article (14); Feminine Noun and Adjective (15); Prepositional Pronouns: the Preposition le (16); Copula Sentences With le (18); The Preposition gan (19) Teanga is Cult?r ............................................................................................................... 23

Ceacht a Tr?.................................................................................................................................. 24 An Ceacht Gramada?........................................................................................................ 26 Possessive Pronouns (26); The Copula: Identification Sentences (27); Prefixed Adjectives (29); Colors (29) Teanga is Cult?r ............................................................................................................... 33

S?il Siar (Revision): Ceacht 1 - Ceacht 3 .................................................................................... 34

Ceacht a Ceathair ......................................................................................................................... 35 An Ceacht Gramada?........................................................................................................ 37 The Substantive Verb and the Dependent Pronoun (37); The Preposition ar (39); The Intensifying Prefixes an-, f?or-, and r?- (40); The Particle go (40); Conversational Idioms (41) Teanga is Cult?r ............................................................................................................... 44

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Ceacht a C?ig ............................................................................................................................... 45 An Ceacht Gramada?........................................................................................................ 47 The Preposition ag (47); The Preposition i (48); The Weather (49); The Perfect Tense (50) Teanga is Cult?r ............................................................................................................... 53

Ceacht a S?................................................................................................................................... 54 An Ceacht Gramada?........................................................................................................ 56 Past Tense of the Substantive Verb (56); The Dative or Prepositional Case (56); In the House (58); Idioms Using Two Prepositions (58) Teanga is Cult?r ............................................................................................................... 62

Ceacht a Seacht ............................................................................................................................ 64 An Ceacht Gramada?........................................................................................................ 66 The Future Tense of the Substantive Verb (66); Stative Expressions II: Occupations (67); The Preposition i `in' and the construction Fear deas at? ann (67); Countries (67); C?pla `a couple, a few' (68); The Week (68) Teanga is Cult?r ............................................................................................................... 71 The Week (71); Samhain (Halloween) and the Celtic Year (73)

S?il Siar (Revision): Ceacht 4 - Ceacht 7 .................................................................................... 76

Ceacht a hOcht ............................................................................................................................. 78 An Ceacht Gramada?........................................................................................................ 80 The Imperative (80); The Vocative Case (84); The Prepositions do and de (86); In and Out, Up and Down: Aspect and Direction (86) Teanga is Cult?r ............................................................................................................... 88 Traditional Irish First Names (90)

Ceacht a Naoi ............................................................................................................................... 92 An Ceacht Gramada?........................................................................................................ 95 The Past Tense (95); The Numbers 1-10 (96); Where did you go? (chuig;

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