{"id":10403,"date":"2018-04-07T16:23:39","date_gmt":"2018-04-07T16:23:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/?p=10403"},"modified":"2018-04-18T14:52:10","modified_gmt":"2018-04-18T14:52:10","slug":"uirlisi-ceoil-musical-instruments-18-irish-words-or-phrases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/uirlisi-ceoil-musical-instruments-18-irish-words-or-phrases\/","title":{"rendered":"Uirlis\u00ed Ceoil: Musical Instruments (18 Irish Words or Phrases)"},"content":{"rendered":"

(le R\u00f3isl\u00edn)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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N\u00e9al focal le R\u00f3isl\u00edn do Transparent Language, 2018<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

Recently we’ve been looking at the Irish words for various musical instruments, particularly those used for playing ceol traidisi\u00fanta<\/strong> (naisc th\u00edos).\u00a0Today we’ll review the ten terms previously introduced and add eight more.\u00a0 Additional suggestions are welcome, especially if anyone can think of some non-traditional instruments (uirlis\u00ed neamhthraidisi\u00fanta<\/strong>) for playing ceol traidisi\u00fanta<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Today, we’ll just practice using the word “the” with these words, instead of practicing with phrases like “ag seinm<\/strong>” (playing), ag bualadh<\/strong>” (playing, beating, hitting), or “ag casadh<\/strong>” (playing, but also means turning, twisting, etc. — so that would be perfect for the hurda\u00ed-gurda\u00ed<\/strong>, which I guess I’ll have to introduce next time.\u00a0 That and the org\u00e1n bairille!<\/strong>).\u00a0\u00a0 From an English language perspective, adding “the” might seem like a, well, a cakewalk, but in Irish it is more challenging.<\/p>\n

If you already know a language like Spanish or French, you know that grammatical gender is a major feature of the language, and that you always have to decide (or just intuitively know) whether to say “el<\/em>” or “la<\/em>” or “le<\/em>” or “la<\/em>.”\u00a0 Spanish also has specific feminine plural and masculine plural forms.\u00a0 German goes even further, with three genders (marked by “der<\/em>,” “die,”<\/em> and “das<\/em>“), plus specific rules for plurals.<\/p>\n

With Irish, the situation is almost in reverse, but grammatical gender is still very important.\u00a0 In Irish, the definite article is either “an<\/strong>” or “na<\/strong>,” but unlike those other languages, “an<\/strong>” is used for both masculine and feminine nouns (an fear<\/strong>, the man; an bhean<\/strong>, the woman).\u00a0 “Na<\/strong>” (the plural form) is also used for both masculine and feminine nouns (na fir<\/strong>, the men; na mn\u00e1<\/strong>, the women).\u00a0 For today’s purposes, we won’t be dealing with the word “the” in possessive phrases, like “hata an fhir<\/strong>” (the hat of the man), “hata\u00ed na bhfear<\/strong>” (the hats of the men), “hata na mn\u00e1<\/strong>” (the hat of the woman), and “hata\u00ed na mban<\/strong>” (the hats of the women), except to note that yes, there is that distinction and we’ll talk about it more another time.<\/p>\n

So how do we see grammatical gender in action in Irish?\u00a0 By what happens after<\/em> the definite article is applied!\u00a0 \u00a0Remember: bean<\/strong>, a woman, but an bhean<\/strong>, the woman.\u00a0 That change is called lenition (s\u00e9imhi\u00fa<\/strong>) and we have to remember to use it for words starting with b, c, f, g, m, p, if the word is feminine and singular (“the woman” but not “the women”).\u00a0 This process, lenition, is part of the practice of “initial consonant mutation,” which applies in various ways to all Celtic languages, and in very very few other languages of the world.\u00a0 So for today, we’ll practice applying “the” to the instruments named in the n\u00e9al focal<\/strong> (word cloud) above.<\/p>\n

The first 10 have been practiced in recent blogposts, so this should be just a quick review.\u00a0 Then we’ll add the other eight.\u00a0 The answers and translations will appear below (th\u00edos<\/strong>).<\/p>\n

1..bainse\u00f3 — an _____<\/strong><\/p>\n

2..bas\u00faca\u00ed — an _____<\/strong><\/p>\n

3..bodhr\u00e1n — an _____<\/strong><\/p>\n

4..cl\u00e1irseach — an _____<\/strong><\/p>\n

5..fead\u00f3g st\u00e1in — an _____<\/strong><\/p>\n

6..fidil — an _____<\/strong><\/p>\n

7..fli\u00fait — an _____<\/strong><\/p>\n

8..giot\u00e1r — an _____<\/strong><\/p>\n

9..maindil\u00edn — an _____<\/strong><\/p>\n

10..p\u00edb uilleann — an _____<\/strong><\/p>\n

And now the new ones:<\/p>\n

11..bosca ceoil — an _____<\/strong><\/p>\n

12..caird\u00edn — an _____<\/strong><\/p>\n

13..consairt\u00edn — an _____<\/strong><\/p>\n

14..cruit — an _____<\/strong><\/p>\n

15..org\u00e1n b\u00e9il — an _____<\/strong><\/p>\n

16..pian\u00f3 — an _____<\/strong><\/p>\n

Finally, we have two that must be plural, since just like the “sound of one hand clapping,” we need at least two of these to make a sound (unless, of course we bang them on a hard surface, like a table, but I doubt that that would be considered very “ceolmhar<\/strong>” (musical).\u00a0\u00a0 So, here we have the plural form “na<\/strong>” (“the” before plural nouns):<\/p>\n

17..cn\u00e1mha — na _____<\/strong><\/p>\n

18.. sp\u00fan\u00f3ga — na _____<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hope that was fun and useful.\u00a0 A good classroom exercise, I imagine.\u00a0 \u00a0SGF\u00a0 — R\u00f3isl\u00edn<\/strong><\/p>\n

Freagra\u00ed<\/strong><\/p>\n

1..bainse\u00f3, an bainse\u00f3, the banjo<\/p>\n

2..bas\u00faca\u00ed, an bas\u00faca\u00ed, the bouzouki<\/p>\n

3..bodhr\u00e1n, an bodhr\u00e1n, the bodhr\u00e1n<\/p>\n

4..cl\u00e1irseach, an chl\u00e1irseach, the harp (lenition)<\/p>\n

5..fead\u00f3g st\u00e1in, an fhead\u00f3g st\u00e1in, the tin whistle (lenition)<\/p>\n

6..fidil, an fhidil, the fiddle (lenition)<\/p>\n

7..fli\u00fait, an fhli\u00fait (lenition), the flute (lenition)<\/p>\n

Now that’s intriguing — three musical instruments starting with “f,” and all f<\/em><\/strong>eminine\u00a0 — any mnemonic is good enough for me!<\/p>\n

8..giot\u00e1r. an giot\u00e1r, the guitar,<\/p>\n

9..maindil\u00edn, an maindil\u00edn, the mandolin<\/p>\n

10..p\u00edb uilleann, an ph\u00edb uilleann, the uilleann pipes (lenition)<\/p>\n

And now the new ones:<\/p>\n

11..bosca ceoil, an bosca ceoil, the melodeon<\/p>\n

12..caird\u00edn, an caird\u00edn, the accordion<\/p>\n

13..consairt\u00edn, an consairt\u00edn, the concertina<\/p>\n

14..cruit, an chruit, the harp (a second word for harp) (lenition)<\/p>\n

15..org\u00e1n \u00a0b\u00e9il, an t-org\u00e1n b\u00e9il, the harmonica (our only example today of the t-prefixing which happens before masculine singular nouns beginning with a vowel, as you’ve probably seen with phrases like “an t-uisce” and “an t-im”)<\/p>\n

16..pian\u00f3, an pian\u00f3, the piano (as if I really needed to say so)<\/p>\n

17..cn\u00e1mha, na cn\u00e1mha, the bones<\/p>\n

18.. sp\u00fan\u00f3ga, na sp\u00fan\u00f3ga, the spoons<\/p>\n

Naisc d’iarmh\u00edreanna faoi uirlis\u00ed ceoil sa bhlag seo<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Irish musical instrument series, 2018:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Eleven Pipers Piping, but not for Christmas per se, or, \u00d3 Mh\u00e1lta go Mars ag p\u00edobaireacht linn<\/a>\u00a0Posted by\u00a0r\u00f3isl\u00edn<\/a>\u00a0on Mar 31, 2018 in\u00a0Irish Language<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

4-part series (Alpchorn go Xileaf\u00f3n), 2015<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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