{"id":93,"date":"2009-10-31T00:00:09","date_gmt":"2009-10-31T04:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/?p=93"},"modified":"2016-11-02T23:41:24","modified_gmt":"2016-11-02T23:41:24","slug":"tuilleadh-tearmai-oiche-shamhna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/tuilleadh-tearmai-oiche-shamhna\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuilleadh T\u00e9arma\u00ed O\u00edche Shamhna (More Halloween Terms)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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An bhfuil culaith O\u00edche Shamhna agat?<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0Do you have a Halloween costume?<\/div>\n

M\u00e1 t\u00e1, c\u00e9n s\u00f3rt culaithe at\u00e1 ann?<\/strong><\/p>\n

An mbeidh t\u00fa i do vaimp\u00edr?<\/strong>\u00a0 [un may too ih duh VAM-peerzh?]\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

Beidh<\/strong> [bay] \/ N\u00ed bheidh<\/strong> [nee vay]<\/span><\/p>\n

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For these questions, note that you\u2019re literally saying something like, \u201cWill you be in your vampire?\u201d and the answer is either \u201cwill be\u201d or \u201cwon\u2019t be.\u201d\u00a0 It doesn\u2019t mean inside your own \u201cvampireness,\u201d but is simply a way to link a noun or pronoun (in this case \u201ct\u00fa<\/strong>\u201d) with another noun (in this case, \u201cvaimp\u00edr<\/strong>\u201d). \u00a0It\u2019s very important to include the phrase \u201ci do<\/strong>\u201d (“in your\u201d for sentences like this); normally one can\u2019t use the verb \u201ct\u00e1<\/strong>\u201d to link two nouns.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

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The full answer to a question like this is:<\/span><\/p>\n

Beidh m\u00e9 i mo vaimp\u00edr<\/strong> (I will be a vampire, using \u201ci mo<\/strong>\u201d for \u201cin my\u201d)<\/p>\n

or for the negative, N\u00ed bheidh m\u00e9 i mo vaimp\u00edr<\/strong>.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

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But one might simply answer \u201cbeidh<\/strong>\u201d or \u201cN\u00ed bheidh<\/strong>\u201d and then say what you\u2019ll actually be, like \u201cN\u00ed bheidh, beidh m\u00e9 i mo chonriocht<\/strong>.\u201d\u00a0 (No, I\u2019ll be a werewolf). \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Hmm, that would actually be a tricky (\u00fa\u00faps!<\/strong>) costume to create, wouldn\u2019t it?\u00a0 How would people know you were a werewolf and not just a regular wolf?\u00a0 Maybe a costume that was \u201cleathchonriocht<\/strong>\u201d agus \u201cleathdhuine<\/strong>\u201d (half werewolf, half human), a sort of \u201cfr\u00e1ma reoite beo\u201d<\/strong> (living freeze frame) in the act of \u201ctrasdul<\/strong>\u201d (transition)?\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Seo c\u00fapla ceann eile:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

An mbeidh t\u00fa i do thaibhse?<\/strong> [\u2026 ih duh HAIV-shuh, silent \u201ct\u201d and \u201cb\u201d]\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

An mbeidh t\u00fa i do dhiabhal?<\/strong> [\u2026 ih duh YEE-uh-wul?<\/span><\/p>\n

An mbeidh t\u00fa i do chat dubh?<\/strong> [\u2026 ih duh khaht duv?]<\/span><\/p>\n

An mbeidh t\u00fa i do bhuachaill b\u00f3?<\/strong> [\u2026 ih duh WOO-ukh-il boh?]<\/span><\/p>\n

An mbeidh t\u00fa i do ph\u00edor\u00e1id?<\/strong> [\u2026 ih duh FEE-ur-awdj?[<\/span><\/p>\n

And of course, now that Halloween costumes for pets have become popular, we could have a series of questions like:<\/span><\/p>\n

An mbeidh do mhadra ina chat dubh?<\/strong>\u00a0 Will your dog [male] be a black cat? <\/span><\/p>\n

An mbeidh do mhadra ina cat dubh?<\/strong>\u00a0 Will your dog [female] be a black cat?<\/p>\n

Or, thinking of an adorable costume I saw on a \u201csmutmhadra<\/strong>\u201d (pug dog) the other day:<\/span><\/p>\n

T\u00e1 an smutmhadra ina phuimc\u00edn<\/strong> \u00a0(if the dog is male) or T\u00e1 an smutmhadra ina puimc\u00edn<\/strong> (if the dog is female).<\/p>\n

Please do note the pronunciation of the first part of the compound word for \u201cpug.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 The \u201cu\u201d is like the sound in English \u201cput\u201d or \u201cbook,\u201d not as in \u201cputt\u201d (in golf) or \u201cbuck.\u201d\u00a0 And please keep in mind that the compound \u201csmutmhadra<\/strong>\u201d literally means \u201cstump-dog\u201d or \u201csnout-dog\u201d\u00a0 The first element may look like English, but that is, in this case, sheer coincidence.<\/span><\/p>\n

If you\u2019re trying to put a culaith<\/strong> on your cat, I\u2019d say, \u201c\u00c1dh m\u00f3r!\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0 I\u2019ve also seen costumes for pear\u00f3id\u00ed<\/strong>, but have never actually seen a parrot wearing one.\u00a0 Tusa?<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

And \u201cmar fhocal scoir<\/strong>\u201d for this topic, all of these questions imply a temporary state.\u00a0 That is, you\u2019re not permanently a devil, even though you\u2019re wearing a devil costume.<\/span><\/p>\n

If you\u2019re truly and inherently a vampire or if your pug is truly and inherently a pumpkin, you\u2019d use the linking verb and say \u201cIs vaimp\u00edr m\u00e9<\/strong>\u201d (I\u2019m a vampire) or \u201cIs puimc\u00edn \u00e9 an smutmhadra sin<\/strong>\u201d (That pug is a pumpkin).\u00a0 The first of those sentences might be reasonably useful, depending on what kind of company you hang out with.\u00a0 The second one is a stretch, at least as I understand eiseadh <\/strong>(existence).\u00a0 Perhaps we should say, \u201cIs smutmadra \u00e9 an puimc\u00edn sin\u201d <\/strong>[That pumpkin is (actually) a pug].\u00a0 To me, that would suggest that some wizard had transformed a pug into a pumpkin and you were pointing this out, since most people would think the pumpkin was simply a pumpkin.\u00a0 But if you wanted to imply that the pumpkin could be transformed back into a pug, you could say, \u201cT\u00e1 an puimc\u00edn sin ina <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

smutmhadra<\/strong>\u201d (That pumpkin is a pug).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Of course, if your sense of identity with your costumed persona is really strong, you could use the \u201cis<\/strong>\u201d verb as well. \u00a0But if you wanted to say \u201cI\u2019m a vampire tonight, but if you want to know my job, I\u2019m a programmer,\u201d you\u2019d say:\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

T\u00e1 m\u00e9 i mo vaimp\u00edr anocht ach m\u00e1 t\u00e1 t\u00fa ag iarraidh a fh\u00e1il amach c\u00e9n post at\u00e1 agam, is cl\u00e1raitheoir m\u00e9.<\/strong>\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

Whatever you choose to say with the Irish verb \u201cis<\/strong>,\u201d remember that it is pronounced like \u201chiss\u201d or \u201cmiss,\u201d not like its English look-alike, \u201cis,\u201d which is pronounced \u201cizz.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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(le R\u00f3isl\u00edn) An bhfuil culaith O\u00edche Shamhna agat?\u00a0\u00a0Do you have a Halloween costume? M\u00e1 t\u00e1, c\u00e9n s\u00f3rt culaithe at\u00e1 ann? An mbeidh t\u00fa i do vaimp\u00edr?\u00a0 [un may too ih duh VAM-peerzh?]\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Beidh [bay] \/ N\u00ed bheidh [nee vay] For these questions, note that you\u2019re literally saying something like, \u201cWill you be in your vampire?\u201d…<\/p>\n

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