{"id":6537,"date":"2015-03-31T20:09:22","date_gmt":"2015-03-31T20:09:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/?p=6537"},"modified":"2015-04-03T20:13:39","modified_gmt":"2015-04-03T20:13:39","slug":"an-seinneann-tu-an-piano-an-giotar-uirlis-eile-musical-instruments-in-irish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/an-seinneann-tu-an-piano-an-giotar-uirlis-eile-musical-instruments-in-irish\/","title":{"rendered":"An seinneann t\u00fa an pian\u00f3? An giot\u00e1r? Uirlis eile? (musical instruments in Irish)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

In the last four blogs, we’ve practiced sentences like “I’m playing the fiddle” or “Mickey Hart is playing the drums.”\u00a0 Anois, cad f\u00fatsa?\u00a0 An seinneann tusa aon uirlis cheoil?\u00a0 An fhidil?\u00a0 An pian\u00f3?\u00a0 An giot\u00e1r?\u00a0 Na druma\u00ed?<\/strong><\/p>\n

In the previous four blogs, most of our sentences used the phrase “ag seinm<\/strong>,” which meant we had to adjust the ending of most of the words for the musical instruments (“fidle<\/strong>” in “ag seinm na fidle<\/strong>” instead of just “an fhidil<\/strong>” or “na ndruma\u00ed<\/strong>” [nuh NRUM-ee] instead of “na druma\u00ed<\/strong> [nuh DRUM-ee]”).<\/p>\n

In today’s blog, we’ll take a breather from an tuiseal ginideach<\/strong>, with all of those changes, and just deal with the basic noun.\u00a0 Why?\u00a0 We don’t need an tuiseal ginideach<\/strong> to simply say, “I play the fiddle.”\u00a0 Sentences with “ag seinm na fidle<\/strong>” are structured differently, literally saying, “I am at (i.e. in the act of) the fiddle’s playing.”\u00a0 That usage requires an tuiseal ginideach<\/strong> (the genitive case), comparable to saying “luach na fidle<\/strong>” (the price of the fiddle) or “dath na fidle<\/strong>” (which, in the case of Eileen Ivers’ fiddle, would be “gorm<\/strong>“).\u00a0 So, to beat that example to a pulp, I could ask, “Cad \u00e9 dath na fidle goirme at\u00e1 ag Eileen Ivers<\/strong>?” and the answer would be “gorm, a dh\u00faram\u00e1in<\/strong>” (blue, you numbskull).\u00a0 Kind of like asking, “What color was George Washington’s white horse?” Bhuel<\/strong>, actually, though, in that case, the horse isn’t really white, but it looks white.\u00a0 Ach ceist na gceisteanna f\u00e9inl\u00e9ire, sin \u00e1bhar blag eile<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

So let’s see if we can do a poll of readers here, and see what instruments, if any, you play.<\/p>\n

Here are the instruments we’ve focused on in this mionsraith,<\/strong> with the question and yes and no answers:<\/p>\n

An seinneann t\u00fa an t-alpchorn<\/strong> [un TAHLP-khorn]?\u00a0 Seinnim<\/strong> [SHEN-yim] \/ N\u00ed sheinnim<\/strong> [NEE HEN-yim]<\/p>\n

An seinneann t\u00fa an bas\u00fan?\u00a0 Seinnim \/ N\u00ed sheinnim<\/strong><\/p>\n

An seinneann t\u00fa an consairt\u00edn?\u00a0 Seinnim \/ N\u00ed sheinnim<\/strong><\/p>\n

An seinneann t\u00fa na druma\u00ed?\u00a0 Seinnim \/ N\u00ed sheinnim<\/strong><\/p>\n

An seinneann t\u00fa an t-eof\u00f3n?\u00a0 Seinnim \/ N\u00ed sheinnim<\/strong><\/p>\n

An seinneann t\u00fa an fhidil <\/strong>[un IDJ-il]?\u00a0 Seinnim \/ N\u00ed sheinnim<\/strong><\/p>\n

An seinneann t\u00fa an ghlocainsp\u00edl?\u00a0 Seinnim \/ N\u00ed sheinnim<\/strong><\/p>\n

An seinneann t\u00fa an giot\u00e1r?\u00a0 Seinnim \/ N\u00ed sheinnim<\/strong><\/p>\n

An seinneann t\u00fa an heicealf\u00f3n?\u00a0 Seinnim \/ N\u00ed sheinnim<\/strong><\/p>\n

An seinneann t\u00fa na hideaf\u00f3in?\u00a0 Seinnim \/ N\u00ed sheinnim<\/strong><\/p>\n

An seinneann t\u00fa an li\u00fait?\u00a0 Seinnim \/ N\u00ed sheinnim<\/strong><\/p>\n

An seinneann t\u00fa an m\u00f3rorg\u00e1n?\u00a0 Seinnim \/ N\u00ed sheinnim<\/strong><\/p>\n

An seinneann t\u00fa an n\u00f3vachorda?\u00a0 Seinnim \/ N\u00ed sheinnim<\/strong><\/p>\n

An seinneann t\u00fa an t-\u00f3cair\u00edn?\u00a0 Seinnim \/ N\u00ed sheinnim<\/strong><\/p>\n

An seinneann t\u00fa an pian\u00f3?\u00a0 Seinnim \/ N\u00ed sheinnim<\/strong><\/p>\n

An seinneann t\u00fa an reabab?\u00a0 Seinnim \/ N\u00ed sheinnim<\/strong><\/p>\n

An seinneann t\u00fa an siotar?\u00a0 Seinnim \/ N\u00ed sheinnim<\/strong><\/p>\n

An seinneann t\u00fa an siot\u00e1r?\u00a0 Seinnim \/ N\u00ed sheinnim<\/strong><\/p>\n

An seinneann t\u00fa an triant\u00e1n?\u00a0 Seinnim \/ N\u00ed sheinnim<\/strong><\/p>\n

An seinneann t\u00fa an uathchl\u00e1irseach?\u00a0 Seinnim \/ N\u00ed sheinnim<\/strong><\/p>\n

An seinneann t\u00fa an ucail\u00e9ile?\u00a0 Seinnim \/ N\u00ed sheinnim<\/strong><\/p>\n

An seinneann t\u00fa an v\u00edol?\u00a0 Seinnim \/ N\u00ed sheinnim<\/strong><\/p>\n

An seinneann t\u00fa an an vi\u00f3la?\u00a0 Seinnim \/ N\u00ed sheinnim<\/strong><\/p>\n

An seinneann t\u00fa an troithe\u00e1n wah-wah?\u00a0 Seinnim \/ N\u00ed sheinnim<\/strong><\/p>\n

An seinneann t\u00fa an xileaf\u00f3n?\u00a0 Seinnim \/ N\u00ed sheinnim<\/strong><\/p>\n

And a few others that we didn’t focus on previously:<\/p>\n

An seinneann t\u00fa an bas\u00faca\u00ed?\u00a0 Seinnim \/ N\u00ed sheinnim<\/strong><\/p>\n

An seinneann t\u00fa an chl\u00e1irseach?\u00a0 Seinnim \/ N\u00ed sheinnim<\/strong><\/p>\n

An seinneann t\u00fa na castain\u00e9id?\u00a0 Seinnim \/ N\u00ed sheinnim<\/strong><\/p>\n

An seinneann t\u00fa an giot\u00e1r?\u00a0 Seinnim \/ N\u00ed sheinnim<\/strong><\/p>\n

An seinneann t\u00fa an hang?\u00a0 Seinnim \/ N\u00ed sheinnim<\/strong><\/p>\n

An seinneann t\u00fa an sint\u00e9ireoir Moog?\u00a0 Seinnim \/ N\u00ed sheinnim<\/strong><\/p>\n

For any readers who are also teaching, this could be a fun “round-robin” exercise for a class or a ciorcal comhr\u00e1.<\/strong><\/p>\n

M\u00e1 sheinneann t\u00fa, scr\u00edobh isteach!\u00a0 Agus seinn leat!\u00a0 SGF – R\u00f3isl\u00edn <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(le R\u00f3isl\u00edn) In the last four blogs, we’ve practiced sentences like “I’m playing the fiddle” or “Mickey Hart is playing the drums.”\u00a0 Anois, cad f\u00fatsa?\u00a0 An seinneann tusa aon uirlis cheoil?\u00a0 An fhidil?\u00a0 An pian\u00f3?\u00a0 An giot\u00e1r?\u00a0 Na druma\u00ed? In the previous four blogs, most of our sentences used the phrase “ag seinm,” which meant…<\/p>\n

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