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Laethanta na Seachtaine (Days of the Week, in Irish, with pronunciation) Posted by on Sep 24, 2011

(le Róislín) And one more féilire-related topic: laethanta na seachtaine.  Which could also be called “laethe na seachtaine.”  Both plural forms of “lá” are widely used, “laethanta” and “laethe.” You’ve already noticed the use of “an tuiseal ginideach” in this phrase, right?  That accounts for the “-e” ending to the word “seachtain.”  Since we’re saying…

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Níos Mó faoi na hOrduimhreacha (More on Ordinal Numbers) Posted by on Sep 15, 2011

(le Róislín) In a recent blog we looked at na horduimhreacha as they might pertain to days of the months: an chéad lá de mhí na Nollag, an ceathrú lá d’Iúil, srl.  Perhaps a little more practice with orduimhreacha wouldn’t be amiss.  For once, there are relatively few initial changes to worry about, but there…

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