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More Phrases about Memory and Remembering (Cuimhne, Cuimhneamh, srl.), including Amnesia Posted by on Jun 5, 2010

Cuimhne [KWIV-neh]: Tá cuimhne agam air sin.  I remember that.  Tá cuimhne na seacht nduine [NIN-yeh] aici.  She has a wonderful memory, lit. the memory of (the) seven people. cuimhní cinn, reminiscences, memoirs cuimhneamh [KWIV-nyav or KWIV-nyoo or KWIV-neh] cuimhneamh míosa [KWIV-nyav MEE-uss-uh], month’s mind cuimhneamh ar bheart [erzh vyart, vy like the “v” in…

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Clásail Choibhneasta Neamhdhíreacha: Indirect Relative Clauses Posted by on Jan 26, 2010

This is probably the arena where most of the confusion with clásail choibhneasta starts to set in.  Remember how the “tá” form of the verb “to be” changes drastically (to “bhfuil”) for the question form?  You’ve probably seen this if you’ve done day one of almost any Irish language course.  Here’s an example, just for…

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Ag Meaitseáil na bhFocal leis na Seanfhocail Posted by on Nov 13, 2009

Hopefully this will prove an entertaining but useful review of the seanfhocail we just learned.  Below we’ll have a few more proverbs to fill in that will be new for this blog (old, of course, mar eolas traidisiúnta).  The choices are given first in a word bank, since columns may not work out in the…

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