Rang Gaeilge, 27ú lá Mí na Iúil Administrivia We are meeting at the Dunn Bros. at Lake Ave. and the River Irish Fair 8/7-9 First Fall class at Central 9/14 We continued work on... [a ship, etc.] thar cionn excellent

Drinking from the fire hose again. This afternoon I got back from Gaeltacht Minnesota 's Weekend in Winona. It was great! A lot of practise with Irish. I had the same instructor I have had the last...next year, they should go to the Fiber Fair on Friday. They could have 3 hours there and still make it to Winona for the start of the workshop that evening. Edit: Pictures by Lou Miranda. Thanks, Lou

Rang Gaeilge, 13ú lá Mí na Iúil uilig all of tnúth expectation, longing, envy sula, sular before With verbs instead of roimh Cleachtadh... ar /er'/ ← aire . r is slender because it used to be between two slenderizing vowels. Since it used to end in a vowel, it lenites. ó has not changed much from pIE.

Rang Gaeilge, 29ú lá Mí na Mheiteamh Administrivia We are meeting at the Dunn Bros. at Lake Ave. and the River Winona 7/17-19 Irish Fair 8/7-9 First Fall class at Central 9/14 ... References Initial Mutations Mary Roguski, "Tsk tsk... T before S", An Gaeilgeoir , Bealtaine 2009 Basic Irish , Chapters 9 and 23.

Rang Gaeilge, 8ú lá Mí na Mheiteamh Prepositions and Mutations From Initial Mutations : Lenition came about because long ago, the consonant was between two vowels. In many cases...- Irish Grammar . This is an English translation of Gramadach na Gaeilge - Die Irische Grammatik . Apparently the German version is more up-to-date. Lots of other good stuff at Nualéargais

Rang Gaeilge, 1ú lá Mí na Mheiteamh Administrivia Next class 6/8 at Loring Park Dunn Bros. Last Spring class at Central 6/1 Winona 7/17-19 Irish Fair 8/7-9 First Fall class at...dáta? What month is it and what date? An céad lá Mí an Mheithamh. The first day of June. dhá mhíle 's a naoi 2009

... bog "move." This complicates things because it can be both transitive and intransitive: "I moved" vs. "I moved the chair." My notes are somewhat confused. I am replacing them with the examples Wes posted on the web site. We looked at a 4-fold pattern: Simple, bare form of bí . Noun as object Simple, bare form of bí . Corresponding pronoun as object Modal form. Noun as object...

Rang Gaeilge, 11ú lá Mí na Bealtaine Administrivia No class 5/25 Last Spring class at Central 6/1 Winona 7/17-19 First Fall class at Central 9/14 The morning after class Wes sent us an e-mail about summer scheduling: Dia dhaoibh, a chairde, Seo é an siopa caife a mbuailfidh muid aige ar feadh an tsamhraidh. -an áit atá againn ar intinn ar a laghad. Tá dóchas agam...

Rang Gaeilge, 4ú lá Mí na Bealtaine There were four students present. All of us had been in the same section of Saturday's workshop . So the class was devoted to a review of some of the topics... is closed dúnfar will be closed dúnadh was closed dúnadh closing verbal noun

Rang Gaeilge, 27ú lá mí Aibreáin Tá orm thú a chloisteáil I have to hear you. Modal contruction. thú rather than tú because it is not next to a verb. More on Pronouns as objects of... bell gs & npl cloig . gpl clog clois hear vn cloisteáil We did not get to the last two in class. Those are strictly my work (i.e. may be wrong).