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Ag Comhaireamh Daoine ar an Liosta Seo: Cé Mhéad Éireannach, srl.? Posted by róislín on Jan 26, 2011
(le Róislín) Recently we’ve been counting a lot of people in this blog, ranging from cailíní bleánaí to clamhsánaithe. We’ve also had “Svahaíleach amháin, beirt Svahaíleach, triúr Svahaíleach, srl.” as an example of a term for which there is no lenition, due the initial consonant cluster (sv-). So I was thinking we could get into…
Cairn Chonsan le “sf-“ agus “sv-“ Posted by róislín on Jan 23, 2011
In this blog, we don’t have to deal with the question of “séimhiú” or “gan séimhiú” since the consonant clusters “sf-“ and “sv-“ are never lenited. But they’re intriguing nonetheless, so let’s take a further look. I recently mentioned “sfioncs” and “svaeid,” as samplaí. Those two words comprise about cúig faoin gcéad of the total…
An Carn Consan i nGaeilge: Séimhiú nó Gan Séimhiú (Cuid a Dó) Posted by róislín on Jan 19, 2011
Recently we’ve been looking at séimhiú after the numbers two through six and how to use nouns with those numbers. Let’s get back to the personal numbers now, for counting people. Here’s a review list, from beirt through deichniúr; definitions are given in the notes below, so it’s a bit of a quiz! Only “beirt”…
Na Cairn Chonsan i nGaeilge le sc, sl, sm, sn, sp, sr, st: Séimhiú nó Gan Séimhiú Posted by róislín on Jan 16, 2011
To continue our súil siar ar shéimhiú, let’s look at these specific consonant clusters. For anyone úrnua don ghrúpa seo, we’re discussing the process (called lenition or séimhiú) of changing the initial consonant of many Irish words, depending on how they’re used in a sentence. The previous blog contained many examples, and there are other…
An Carn Consan i nGaeilge: Séimhiú nó Gan Séimhiú (Cuid a hAon) Posted by róislín on Jan 13, 2011
Lately we’ve been practicing lots of phrases that involve “séimhiú” (lenition). Most of the examples shown have involved words that happen to begin with a single consonant (like “carr”). Here are some more examples, starting with the way to say “one” of the item. That’s the simplest, since no lenition is involved. This will be…
Na hUimhreacha Pearsanta (ar leanúint) Posted by róislín on Jan 10, 2011
(le Róislín) Cailín? Chailín? Cailíní? Chailíní? Mac? Mhac? Mic? Mhic? So what’s all that about, and what does it have to do with the “personal numbers” in Irish? What you just read is a sequence of four different forms of the word for “girl” (cailín) and the word for “son” (mac). In each case, the…
Na hUimhreacha Pearsanta i nGaeilge (Irish Personal Numbers and Cuid a Cúig or the Last Installment of Dhá Lá Dhéag na Nollag) Posted by róislín on Jan 6, 2011
(le Róislín) Fotheideal (perhaps too long for the subject line): Ag comhaireamh na ndaoine san amhrán “Dhá Lá Dhéag na Nollag” Learning to use the numbers in Irish is often considered one of the more challenging aspects of the language. Often you start out with the “maoluimhreacha” (independent numbers) such as “a haon, a dó…