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Vocabulary Round-up from ‘More Irish Numbers Practice: Orduimhreacha i dTeidil Scannán’ (Cuid/Part 2) Posted by róislín on Aug 26, 2017
(le Róislín) Here, as promised, is the second batch of words from the blogpost practicing ordinal numbers by using examples from movie titles (nasc thíos). As you might recall, the movie Muiscít ar an Deichiú hUrlár (bunteideal i Seapáinis: Jukkai no mosukîto, 1983) was one of the most unusual, offering a workout with the orduimhir, the…
More Irish Numbers Practice: Orduimhreacha i dTeidil Scannán — Aistrithe go Gaeilge Posted by róislín on Aug 16, 2017
(le Róislín) Since we’ve been on an “orduimhreacha” roll recently (nasc thíos), I thought it would be fun to try some more examples, this time embedded in Irish versions of famous (or not-so-famous) film titles. So I’ll provide the Irish phrase for context, and see if you can fill in the blank, using the ordinal…
Seamus Heaney and the Irish Language (Cuid a hAon as ‘N’Fheadar’) Posted by róislín on Sep 15, 2013
(le Róislín) Continuing a bit longer writing about the late and lamented Seamus Heaney, it occurred to me that it would be interesting and beneficial to learners to write on how he uses the Irish language, given that his medium is, basically, English. Sometimes Heaney uses an Irish word, in its original spelling, either as…