Tag Archives: :Urú
Review: A charming retelling of Goldilocks in Irish with animated video (Cinnín Óir agus na Trí Bhéar) Posted by róislín on Sep 30, 2018
(le Róislín) A charming retelling of a classic tale, with an animated video, to boot. While I have enjoyed many Irish videos, animations, and cartoons, going back at least as far as “Bouli” (early 1990s), many of them have very rapid-paced dialogue and sometimes I’m a bit reluctant to recommend them to elementary learners because…
Irish ‘Fill in the Blanks’ for ‘The Twelve Days of Christmas’ (Dhá Lá Dhéag na Nollag) (cuid/part 1 of 2) Posted by róislín on Dec 28, 2017
(le Róislín) What kind of bird (cén sórt éin) is that in the tree? And what kind of tree (cén sórt crainn) is it? How would you fill in the phrase “sé __ __ __ ag breith“? And what are those píobairí and drumadóirí doing ar an 11ú lá agus an 12ú lá den Nollaig? …
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…
Discussing The Moon and Eclipses in Irish: Foirmeacha an Fhocail ‘Gealach’ agus Lánuruithe i 2018 agus i 2019 Posted by róislín on Aug 8, 2017
(le Róislín) Our last blogpost was on the following topic: lánurú na gréine le feiceáil i Meiriceá ar 21 Lúnasa 2017 (nasc thíos). Today we’ll talk about the moon and two upcoming eclipses that will be visible in Ireland (de réir timeanddate.com, nasc thíos). Not that we’ll really be waxing astronomical (ní réalteolaí mé!) but…
Lánurú na Gréine: Some Irish Words for Discussing Eclipses Posted by róislín on Jul 31, 2017
(le Róislín) Finally, a good chance to use the word “urú” (eclipse, eclipsis) aside from the context of Irish spelling! August 21, 2017 is the date of the first total solar eclipse to stretch from coast to coast in the United States since 1918. And a sort of eclipse-mania has set in. But we’ll just…
Christmas Movie Titles — Aistrithe go Gaeilge (Irish) le Bearnaí le Líonadh Posted by róislín on Jan 6, 2016
(le Róislín) One last Christmas blog before the season really wraps up. For any teachers out there, especially of adult ed/night school courses in the Irish language, this one could be a ready-made class activity. For some lesson objectives, please see Nóta a Dó (thíos). We’re building here on a previous blog (nasc thíos)…
Mutating Turkeys, With ‘Séimhiú’ and ‘Urú’ That Is Posted by róislín on Nov 17, 2015
(le Róislín) ‘Tis the season to “talk turkey,” so let’s go for it. And by the way, “mutating” here (as in the title of this blog) doesn’t refer to “sócháin” (mutations in genetics: A thiarcais, sin turcaí a bhfuil trí shnúda air!) but rather to “athruithe gramadaí,” that is, the use of “séimhiú” and “urú”…