{"id":2947,"date":"2012-08-05T14:59:53","date_gmt":"2012-08-05T14:59:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/?p=2947"},"modified":"2016-08-20T20:57:16","modified_gmt":"2016-08-20T20:57:16","slug":"an-chead-amhran-oilimpeach-as-gaeilge-croilar-na-feile-katie-taylor-aka-kt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/an-chead-amhran-oilimpeach-as-gaeilge-croilar-na-feile-katie-taylor-aka-kt\/","title":{"rendered":"An Ch\u00e9ad Amhr\u00e1n Oilimpeach as Gaeilge: “Cro\u00edl\u00e1r na F\u00e9ile” faoi Katie Taylor (aka KT)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Katie Taylor, dorn\u00e1la\u00ed<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

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

Fad m’eolais<\/strong>, “Cro\u00edl\u00e1r na F\u00e9ile”<\/strong>\u00a0is the first Olympic-themed song in Irish: http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kXZ0Z2CjogQ<\/a>, uasl\u00f3d\u00e1ilte ar an 28\u00fa l\u00e1 de mh\u00ed I\u00fail, 2012<\/strong>.\u00a0 It celebrates 26-year-old Katie Taylor, as Br\u00e9, Co. Chill Mhant\u00e1in<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

If you haven’t heard an t-amhr\u00e1n “Cro\u00edl\u00e1r na F\u00e9ile”<\/strong> yet, I won’t trouble you with a bac\u00f3ir<\/strong> (spoiler), but the familiar melody might well surprise you.\u00a0\u00a0 Leid bheag<\/strong>: the melody with the original words was first released in 1982.<\/p>\n

The video shows shots of Katie and also of the 500 scolair\u00ed ag Col\u00e1iste Lurgan<\/strong> who came together to make this song.\u00a0\u00a0 At one point in the video, Katie says “N\u00edl m\u00e9 l\u00edofa, ach t\u00e1 m\u00e9 ag feabhs\u00fa, ceapaim<\/strong>.”\u00a0 (I’m not fluent, but I’m improving, I think.)\u00a0 D\u00e1 l\u00edofacht a cuid Gaeilge<\/strong>, way to go, a Ch\u00e1it<\/strong>!<\/p>\n

Here are the lyrics that are included with the YouTube posting, and a short glossary (d’fhoghlaimeoir\u00ed)<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

Breacadh an lae<\/strong>
\n ‘S \u00ed f\u00e1il faoi r\u00e9ir<\/strong>
\n D\u00edr\u00ed ioml\u00e1n ar a d\u00fashl\u00e1n<\/strong>
\n L\u00e1n de dh\u00edocas<\/strong>
\n T\u00e9ann s\u00ed sa gcoimhlint<\/strong>
\n Lena cr\u00f3gacht neart ‘s a cro\u00ed<\/strong><\/p>\n

Is \u00ed cro\u00edl\u00e1r na f\u00e9ile<\/strong>
\n Miongh\u00e1ir ar a haghaidh<\/strong>
\n ‘S \u00ed ag troid ar son a t\u00edre is a teanga<\/strong>
\n Lena misneach ‘s a cr\u00f3gacht<\/strong>
\n Tabhar’ s\u00ed l\u00e9i an bonn \u00f3ir<\/strong>
\n ‘ S n\u00edl duine a stopas riamh \u00ed<\/strong>
\n Sin Katie Taylor<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nice to see the reference to both “a t\u00edr<\/strong>” (her country) and “a teanga<\/strong>” (her language).\u00a0 After “ar son<\/strong>” (for, for the sake of), “t\u00edr<\/strong>” changes to “t\u00edre<\/strong>.”<\/p>\n

At the end of the video, an announcer refers to her as “an dorn\u00e1la\u00ed punt ar phunt is scili\u00fala ar domhan<\/strong>” (lit. the boxer pound for pound most skilled in the world; NB: \u00a0just “on world,” no “the” in Irish, btw, for that last bit).\u00a0 So there we have, in the height of Olympic frenzy, a nice grammatical example a second-declension adjective in the superlative form. \u00a0\u00a0\u00c1, an fi\u00fa bacadh le “foirm sh\u00e1rch\u00e9imeach” na gramada\u00ed?\u00a0 “Foirm sh\u00e1rch\u00e9imeach” Katie Taylor at\u00e1 i gceist sna Cluich\u00ed Oilimpeacha.\u00a0 An mbeidh t\u00fa ag breathn\u00fa ar a babhta<\/strong> (9 L\u00fanasa<\/strong> 2012, 4:45 pm GMT, .i. 11:45 am ET, 10:45 am CT, srl<\/strong>.).<\/p>\n

Seo nasc eile le hagallamh le Katie a rinne Miriam O’Callaghan <\/strong>(“Miriam Meets”) le d\u00e9ana\u00ed. \u00a0Chomh maith le Katie an lae inniu (sa bhliain 2012) t\u00e1 agallamh ann le Katie nuair a bhi si aon\u00a0bhliain d\u00e9ag <\/strong>(11) d’aois <\/strong>(ca. 1997)! \u00a0She also talks about learning Irish (another challenge) and how she hopes that some day she’ll be able to be interviewed as Gaeilge<\/strong>.\u00a0\u00a0http:\/\/www.rte.ie\/radio1\/miriammeets\/110710.html<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Gluais: a haghaidh<\/strong> [uh hai, like “Hi!” or “high,” silent “g” and “d”], her face; bonn<\/strong>, medal; breacadh an lae<\/strong>, dawning (lit. “speckling”) of the day; coimhlint<\/strong> [KIV-lintch], contest, competition; cr\u00f3gacht<\/strong>, bravery; a cro\u00ed<\/strong> [uh kree], her heart; cro\u00edl\u00e1r<\/strong>, lit. “heart-center;” d\u00edocas,<\/strong> eagerness; a d\u00fashl\u00e1n<\/strong> [uh DOO-hlawn, silent “s”], her challenge (this is a compound word, with the intensifier “dubh<\/strong>” (black) and “sl\u00e1n<\/strong>,” which normally means “health,” as in “Sl\u00e1n agat<\/strong>,” but which can also mean “challenge” or “defiance”); f\u00e1il<\/strong>, getting; f\u00e9ile<\/strong>, festival; lena<\/strong>, with her, in the possessive sense (can also mean “with his” or “with their” but here it’s “with her”); misneach<\/strong>, courage; neart<\/strong>, strength; (a) stopas<\/strong>, (who\/that) will stop; s\u00fail<\/strong>, eye; tabhar’<\/strong> (short for “tabharfaidh<\/strong>“), will get; t\u00edogar<\/strong>, tiger (t\u00edogair<\/strong>, of tiger); troid<\/strong>, fighting<\/p>\n

Bhuel<\/strong>, what do you know, somehow the Irish words for the title of the original 1982 song crept into that gluais<\/strong>.\u00a0 Did you spot them?<\/p>\n

N\u00f3ta breise<\/strong>:\u00a0the phrase ” ‘s \u00ed ”\u00a0<\/strong> is short for “agus \u00ed<\/strong>” (and she\/her); the contraction ”\u00a0‘s<\/strong> ” on its own, at least in this text, is simply “agus<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

N\u00f3ta gramada\u00ed<\/strong>: second-declension adjectives typically end in “-i\u00fail<\/strong>” as in “scili\u00fail<\/strong>,” “nimhni\u00fail<\/strong>,” or “misni\u00fail<\/strong>.”\u00a0 For the comparative, they change to “n\u00edos scili\u00fala<\/strong>,” “n\u00edos nimhni\u00fala<\/strong>,” “n\u00edos misni\u00fala<\/strong>,” etc. (more skilled, more poisonous, more courageous).\u00a0 For the superlative, the preceding word, instead of “n\u00edos<\/strong>” is “is<\/strong>” [remember, “hard s” pronunciation, as in English “miss” or “kiss,” not the “z” sound one sometimes finds for English “s”].\u00a0 \u00a0So that would give us “is scili\u00fala<\/strong>,” “is nimhni\u00fala<\/strong>,” and “is misni\u00fala<\/strong>” (most skillful, most poisonous, most courageous).\u00a0 Notice that the endings for comparative\u00a0 (more) and superlative (most) are the same; only the preceding word changes.\u00a0 And yes, for an lucht l\u00edofa<\/strong>, the word “is<\/strong>” can also be used for comparative purposes, amanna<\/strong>, but let’s save that for blag \u00e9igin eile<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

(le R\u00f3isl\u00edn) Fad m’eolais, “Cro\u00edl\u00e1r na F\u00e9ile”\u00a0is the first Olympic-themed song in Irish: http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kXZ0Z2CjogQ, uasl\u00f3d\u00e1ilte ar an 28\u00fa l\u00e1 de mh\u00ed I\u00fail, 2012.\u00a0 It celebrates 26-year-old Katie Taylor, as Br\u00e9, Co. Chill Mhant\u00e1in. If you haven’t heard an t-amhr\u00e1n “Cro\u00edl\u00e1r na F\u00e9ile” yet, I won’t trouble you with a bac\u00f3ir (spoiler), but the familiar melody…<\/p>\n

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