{"id":5613,"date":"2014-08-14T20:11:53","date_gmt":"2014-08-14T20:11:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/?p=5613"},"modified":"2014-12-12T22:55:25","modified_gmt":"2014-12-12T22:55:25","slug":"cen-post-ata-agat-how-to-say-what-your-job-is-in-irish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/cen-post-ata-agat-how-to-say-what-your-job-is-in-irish\/","title":{"rendered":"C\u00e9n post at\u00e1 agat? (How to say what your job is in Irish)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

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Cad iad na poist at\u00e1 ag an tri\u00far fear seo? Na t\u00e9arma\u00ed i nGaeilge? (http:\/\/pdsh.wikia.com\/wiki\/File:Rub-a-dub.jpg, public domain super heroes)<\/p><\/div>\n

From “agraimeit\u00e9areola\u00ed<\/a><\/strong>” to “z\u00f3-eola\u00ed<\/strong>” (m\u00edoleola\u00ed<\/strong>), we recently looked at a lot of “-ologist” occupations (Naisc th\u00edos<\/strong>).<\/p>\n

But there are many other occupational terms in Irish that don’t have the “-eola\u00ed<\/strong>” ending, which, after all, implies some kind of a scientist.\u00a0 Some of the other typical endings include:<\/p>\n

“-\u00f3ir” and its slender variant “-eoir,” (sti\u00farth\u00f3ir, m\u00fainteoir<\/strong>),<\/p>\n

“-aire” (iascaire<\/strong>), and<\/p>\n

”-\u00e9ir” (b\u00faist\u00e9ir<\/strong>), which is undergoing change in Conamara Irish to become “b\u00faist\u00e9ara<\/strong>,” for the common form, at least for some speakers.<\/p>\n

Other occupations may have no discernible ending as such, especially with shorter words, such as “file<\/strong>” [FILL-uh], “oide<\/strong>” [IDJ-uh}, and “\u00fadar<\/strong>.”<\/p>\n

So we’ll look at those and add a few more.\u00a0 Maybe your job is among them.\u00a0 If so, please let us know.\u00a0 We can practice sentences like “Is docht\u00fair m\u00e9<\/strong>” or “Is m\u00fainteoir m\u00e9<\/strong>.”\u00a0 If you write in, letting us know your job, we can work up a few phrases and sentences that could go with it, like “Is docht\u00fair m\u00e9.\u00a0 B\u00edm ag obair in ospid\u00e9al agus amanna i gclinic.\u00a0 Bainim \u00fas\u00e1id as steiteasc\u00f3p agus lansa, i measc uirlis\u00ed eile.<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

You might remember some of these from some blogs from April 2010 (naisc th\u00edos<\/strong>), which also dealt with “jabanna<\/strong>,” “poist<\/strong>,” agus<\/strong> “slite beatha<\/strong>.”<\/p>\n

So let’s look at some examples with the structure, “I am a _______.”\u00a0 Can you translate these?\u00a0 Freagra\u00ed th\u00edos<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

1) Is m\u00fainteoir m\u00e9<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

2) Is sti\u00farth\u00f3ir m\u00e9<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

3) Is aisteoir m\u00e9.<\/strong><\/p>\n

4) Is iascaire m\u00e9.<\/strong><\/p>\n

5) Is gruagaire m\u00e9.<\/strong><\/p>\n

6) Is gr\u00fadaire m\u00e9<\/strong><\/p>\n

7) Is gr\u00f3saeir glasra\u00ed m\u00e9 (n\u00f3: Is siopad\u00f3ir glasra\u00ed m\u00e9)<\/strong><\/p>\n

8) Is b\u00faist\u00e9ir m\u00e9.<\/strong><\/p>\n

9) Is file m\u00e9.<\/strong><\/p>\n

10) Is oide m\u00e9<\/strong><\/p>\n

11) Is \u00fadar m\u00e9.<\/strong><\/p>\n

12) Is altra m\u00e9.<\/strong> (another occupation with no distinct suffix, although the whole word used to be the ending of “banaltra<\/strong>,” another term for the same occupation.\u00a0 “Banaltra<\/strong>” is now considered dated because it appears to limit the profession to woman, with the prefixed element, “ban-<\/strong>,” which is based on “bean<\/strong>” (woman).<\/p>\n

13) And one more for good measure, with the hint that by giving thirteen examples instead of an even dozen, we’re invoking this occupation: Is b\u00e1ic\u00e9ir m\u00e9.<\/strong><\/p>\n

An bhfaca t\u00fa do phost i measc na dt\u00e9arma\u00ed sin?<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 Hope so, but if not, why not write it in?\u00a0 SGF – R\u00f3isl\u00edn<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

1) Is m\u00fainteoir m\u00e9<\/strong>.\u00a0 I’m a teacher.<\/p>\n

2) Is sti\u00farth\u00f3ir m\u00e9<\/strong>.\u00a0 … director. \u00a0OK, maybe we don’t ordinarily just say, “I’m a director,” but we’re just trying to practice the basics here.\u00a0 Actually, I do seem to remember a Newfoundland version of “Casey Taking the Census” in which the husband’s job is simply “director.”\u00a0 When asked for more detail, what does he direct, the answer is simply “envelopes.”\u00a0 I’ll have to see if I can track down that reference, or perhaps a reader knows it?<\/p>\n

3) Is aisteoir m\u00e9<\/strong>. … actor<\/p>\n

4) Is iascaire m\u00e9<\/strong>. … fisherman (or, these days, just “fisher”)<\/p>\n

5) Is gruagaire m\u00e9<\/strong>. \u00a0… hairdresser<\/p>\n

6) Is gr\u00fadaire m\u00e9<\/strong>. … brewer<\/p>\n

7) Is gr\u00f3saeir glasra\u00ed m\u00e9 (n\u00f3: Is siopad\u00f3ir glasra\u00ed m\u00e9)<\/strong>.\u00a0 … greengrocer<\/p>\n

8) Is b\u00faist\u00e9ir m\u00e9<\/strong>. … butcher<\/p>\n

9) Is file m\u00e9<\/strong>. \u00a0… poet<\/p>\n

10) Is oide m\u00e9<\/strong>. … tutor.\u00a0 Can also mean “teacher,” although that is usually “m\u00fainteoir<\/strong>,” and historically meant “foster-father,” in the aristocratic system of fosterage.\u00a0 Today’s concept of a “foster-father” is “athair altrama<\/strong>.”<\/p>\n

11) Is \u00fadar m\u00e9<\/strong>. \u00a0… author<\/p>\n

12) Is altra m\u00e9<\/strong>. \u00a0… nurse.<\/p>\n

13) Is b\u00e1ic\u00e9ir m\u00e9<\/strong>. … baker<\/p>\n

With “butcher” and “baker” in tow, I now feel I should add one more.\u00a0 C\u00e9n post \u00e9 seo:<\/strong><\/p>\n

d\u00e9ant\u00f3ir coinnleoir\u00ed<\/strong><\/p>\n

NB: it’s not quite the same as a “coinneal\u00f3ir<\/strong>,” although they are related.<\/p>\n

Naisc:<\/strong>
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Eolaithe Eile (agus Eola\u00edochta\u00ed Eile)<\/a> Posted on 05. Aug, 2014 by\u00a0r\u00f3isl\u00edn<\/a>\u00a0in\u00a0Irish Language<\/a><\/p>\n

Poist: \u00d3 \u2018A\u2019 go \u2018V,\u2019 Cuid a hAon: \u2018A\u2019 go \u2018I\u2019<\/a> Posted on 27. Apr, 2010 by\u00a0r\u00f3isl\u00edn<\/a>\u00a0in\u00a0Irish Language<\/a><\/p>\n

Poist: \u00d3 \u201cA\u201d go \u201cV,\u201d Cuid a D\u00f3: \u201cJ\u201d go \u201cV\u201d<\/a> Posted on 28. Apr, 2010 by\u00a0r\u00f3isl\u00edn<\/a>\u00a0in\u00a0Irish Language<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

(le R\u00f3isl\u00edn) From “agraimeit\u00e9areola\u00ed” to “z\u00f3-eola\u00ed” (m\u00edoleola\u00ed), we recently looked at a lot of “-ologist” occupations (Naisc th\u00edos). But there are many other occupational terms in Irish that don’t have the “-eola\u00ed” ending, which, after all, implies some kind of a scientist.\u00a0 Some of the other typical endings include: “-\u00f3ir” and its slender variant “-eoir,”…<\/p>\n

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