{"id":10709,"date":"2018-07-25T21:30:06","date_gmt":"2018-07-25T21:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/?p=10709"},"modified":"2018-07-29T22:25:16","modified_gmt":"2018-07-29T22:25:16","slug":"car-rugadh-thu-rugadh-i-in-me-the-irish-for-where-were-you-born-i-was-born-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/car-rugadh-thu-rugadh-i-in-me-the-irish-for-where-were-you-born-i-was-born-in\/","title":{"rendered":"C\u00e1r rugadh th\u00fa?\u00a0Rugadh i \u2026 \/ in \u2026 m\u00e9.\u00a0(The Irish for ‘Where were you born?’\u00a0‘I was born in …’)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

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https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=33807462<\/a>, A crying newborn, a few days after birth, Evan-Amos-Own work, Public Domain, https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Infant#\/media\/File:Human-Male-White-Newborn-Baby-Crying.jpg. T\u00e9acs Gaeilge le R\u00f3isl\u00edn, 2018<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

Since we just looked at the topic of breech birth (breith t\u00f3na<\/strong>) in the most recent blog (nasc th\u00edos<\/strong>), I thought it might be good to look at a more general topic concerning birth \u2013 a question we often ask and answer:<\/p>\n

C\u00e1r rugadh th\u00fa?<\/strong> Where were you born?<\/p>\n

Now we\u2019ll look at five possible structures for the answers, depending on the place name.<\/p>\n

1.. Rugadh i ____ m\u00e9<\/strong>.\u00a0 I was born in _____.\u00a0 (probably the most common answer, especially if we\u2019re talking about places outside Ireland: i mBost\u00fan, i bhFilideilfia, i Nua-Eabhrac, i Londain, i bP\u00e1ras, i mB\u00e9ising, i bPeiri\u00fa, i gCeanada, srl<\/strong>.\u00a0 In Ireland, of course, there are many examples as well: i nGaillimh, i mB\u00e9al Feirste, i nDoire, i nD\u00fan na nGall, i gContae Dh\u00fan na nGall, i gCorcaigh, i mBaile \u00c1tha Cliath, srl.<\/strong>)<\/p>\n

2.. Depending on the place name, this could also be:<\/p>\n

\u00a0Rugadh in<\/em> _____ m\u00e9<\/strong>.\u00a0 I was born in ____ (if the place name starts with a vowel, like \u201cUachtar Ard<\/strong>.\u201d The phrase becomes \u201cin Uachtar Ard<\/strong>,\u201d almost like English, except, of course, the anglicized spelling of Uachtar Ard<\/strong> would be \u201cOughterard,\u201d Co. Galway)<\/p>\n

3.. Or the answer could also be:<\/p>\n

Rugadh sa<\/em> _____ m\u00e9<\/strong>.\u00a0 I was born in _____ (if the place name includes the definite article, \u201cthe,\u201d as in \u201cAn Cloch\u00e1n Liath<\/strong>,\u201d which becomes \u201csa Chloch\u00e1n Liath,<\/strong>\u201d or, depending on dialect, \u201csa gCloch\u00e1n Liath<\/strong>.\u201d\u00a0 “An Cloch\u00e1n Liath<\/strong>\u2019 is the Irish for \u201cDungloe,\u201d by the way (Co. Donegal)<\/p>\n

4.. Yet another possibility is:<\/p>\n

Rugadh san <\/em>_____ m\u00e9<\/strong>.\u00a0 I was born in _____ (if the place name includes the definite article, \u201cthe,\u201d AND starts with a vowel, for example, in many country names, like \u201cAn Astr\u00e1il<\/strong>\u201d or \u201cAn Ostair<\/strong>\u201d, which become \u201csan Astr\u00e1il<\/strong>\u201d or \u201csan Ostair<\/strong>.\u201d\u00a0 And those two place names are, respectively, Australia \u00a0(lit. in Irish, \u201cthe Australia\u201d) and Austria (and lit. in Irish, \u201cthe Austria\u201d).<\/p>\n

5.. And finally, possibility number 5, probably not real common, compared to the others, but nevertheless important:<\/p>\n

Rugadh sna<\/em> _____ m\u00e9<\/strong>, I was born in _____. (if the place name is plural AND includes the definite article.\u00a0 Examples could range from a specific town, whose name happens to be plural, like Na Cealla Beaga<\/strong>, giving us \u201csna Cealla Beaga<\/strong>\u201d, or country names which are inherently \u00a0plural, such as \u201cNa St\u00e1it Aontaithe<\/strong>,\u201d which gives us \u201csna St\u00e1it Aontaithe<\/strong>\u201d\u00a0 And those, in case you didn\u2019t recognize them, are Killybegs (Co. Donegal) and the United States.<\/p>\n

Now can you figure out how to say where you yourself were born?<\/p>\n

Rugadh i _____ m\u00e9.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rugadh in _____ m\u00e9.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rugadh sa _____ m\u00e9.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rugadh san _____ m\u00e9.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rugadh sna _____ m\u00e9.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Please write in and let us know, if you wish.\u00a0\u00a0 It\u2019s a good workout, figuring out which category your place name fits into.<\/p>\n

So you can see that we accomplished two goals with this blogpost.\u00a0 We practiced the verb \u201crugadh<\/strong>\u201d (was born) and we practiced five different ways to say \u201cin\u201d in Irish (i \/ in \/ sa \/ san \/ sna<\/strong>).\u00a0 Hope you enjoyed it.\u00a0 SGF — R\u00f3isl\u00edn<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nasc (an t-iarbhlag faoi bhreith t\u00f3na)<\/strong>:\u00a0The Irish phrase for \u201cbreech birth\u201d (yet another use of the Irish word \u2018t\u00f3in\u2019)<\/a>\u00a0Posted by\u00a0r\u00f3isl\u00edn<\/a>\u00a0on Jul 23, 2018 in\u00a0Irish Language<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Nasc le cleachtadh ar an bhfocal \u201crugadh\u201d agus a l\u00e1n stair shuimi\u00fail sa bhreis.\u00a0 D\u00e1ta\u00ed breathe daoine m\u00f3ra le r\u00e1 agus cad a bh\u00ed sa nuacht ar a l\u00e1 a rugadh iad:<\/strong> https:\/\/www.tg4.ie\/en\/programmes\/an-la-a-rugadh-me\/<\/a> (T\u00e1 an tsraith ar f\u00e1il ag am scr\u00edofa an bhlag seo; n\u00edl a fhios agam an mbeidh s\u00e9 ar f\u00e1il sa todhcha\u00ed<\/strong>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

(le R\u00f3isl\u00edn) Since we just looked at the topic of breech birth (breith t\u00f3na) in the most recent blog (nasc th\u00edos), I thought it might be good to look at a more general topic concerning birth \u2013 a question we often ask and answer: C\u00e1r rugadh th\u00fa? Where were you born? Now we\u2019ll look at…<\/p>\n

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