{"id":9373,"date":"2017-06-23T19:48:52","date_gmt":"2017-06-23T19:48:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/?p=9373"},"modified":"2017-07-19T19:35:11","modified_gmt":"2017-07-19T19:35:11","slug":"comhra-le-cat-translation-pronunciation-and-glossary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/comhra-le-cat-translation-pronunciation-and-glossary\/","title":{"rendered":"Comhr\u00e1 le Cat: translation, pronunciation, and glossary"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

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As mentioned in “Comhr\u00e1 le Cat<\/strong>” (nasc th\u00edos<\/strong>), today’s post will include a translation of the cat conversation, plus some notes and a gluais<\/strong> (glossary).<\/p>\n

Remember that even though this conversation is ostensibly between a person and a cat, it could be between two cats (dh\u00e1 chat<\/strong>), or with some slight adaptations, between two people (beirt<\/strong>) with some typical small talk questions.\u00a0 If you do use it for a conversation between two people, just remember the slight adaptations you would need — no owners (\u00fain\u00e9ir\u00ed<\/strong>) and I don’t know any person who is named “Fluffy” or who likes catnip (i.e. cat mint)!<\/p>\n

Mise:\u00a0 Dia dhuit (Hello)<\/em><\/p>\n

Cat: Dia ‘s Muirrre dhuit (Hello, this is the typical response to “Dia dhuit,” here it is said with a purring sound, although normally this isn’t the case for people!).<\/em><\/p>\n

Mise: C\u00e9n t-ainm at\u00e1 ort? (What’s your name?)<\/em><\/p>\n

Cat: Mise Fluffy. (I’m Fluffy).<\/em><\/p>\n

Mise: Agus c\u00e9n t-ainm at\u00e1 ar d’\u00fain\u00e9ir? (And what’s your owner’s name?)<\/em><\/p>\n

Cat: Ise?\u00a0 ‘S \u00e9 M\u00e1irrr\u00edn an t-ainm at\u00e1 uirthi.\u00a0 T\u00e1 s\u00ed ina seasamh thall ansin.\u00a0 Agus c\u00e9n t-ainm at\u00e1 ortsa?\u00a0 (Herself?\u00a0 Her name is M\u00e1irrr\u00edn.\u00a0 She’s standing over there. \u00a0And what’s your name?)<\/em>\u00a0 NB: M\u00e1ir\u00edn is Maureen, here said purringly.\u00a0 For newcomers to Irish, remember: silent “t” in “uirthi” and “thall”<\/p>\n

Mise: Bhuel, iontas na n-iontas!\u00a0 Mise M\u00e1ir\u00edn freisin.\u00a0 (Well, how about that!\u00a0 I’m M\u00e1ir\u00edn also.)<\/em><\/p>\n

Cat: Tusa M\u00e1irrr\u00edn eile?\u00a0 (You’re another M\u00e1ir\u00edn?)<\/em><\/p>\n

Mise: Is m\u00e9.\u00a0 C\u00e9n f\u00e1th a deir t\u00fa, “M\u00e1irrr\u00edn” le tri “r”? (Yes.\u00a0 Why do you say “M\u00e1irrr\u00edn with three “r’s”?)<\/em><\/p>\n

Cat: Mar t\u00e1 m\u00e9 ag cr\u00f3n\u00e1n agus ag caint ag an am c\u00e9anna. (Because I’m purring and talking at the same time)<\/em><\/p>\n

Mise: \u00d3, tuigim.\u00a0 T\u00e1 \u00e1thas orm go bhfuil t\u00fa ag cr\u00f3n\u00e1n.\u00a0 Taispe\u00e1nann s\u00e9 sin go bhfuil t\u00fa sona s\u00e1sta. (Oh, I understand.\u00a0 I’m happy that you are purring.\u00a0 That shows that you are happy and satisfied.)<\/em>\u00a0 Pronunciation for newcomers: silent “t” in “\u00e1thas” and the “bhf” of “bhfuil” is a “w” sound, so “bhfuil” is like “wil.”<\/p>\n

Cat: T\u00e1 \u00e1thas “orrr-um.”\u00a0 (I am happy).<\/em>\u00a0 NB: Silent “t” in “\u00e1thas.”\u00a0 The “r” of “orm” (that’s the normal spelling” is naturally flapped, so here we’re just exaggerating it a bit more, to sound more like purring.<\/p>\n

Mise: T\u00e1 t\u00fa ag cr\u00f3n\u00e1n f\u00f3s.\u00a0 Go deas.\u00a0 Ar aon chaoi, ar ais go dt\u00ed \u00e1r spruschaint. \u00a0C\u00e1 as th\u00fa?\u00a0 (You’re still purring.\u00a0 Nice.\u00a0 Anyway, back to our small talk.\u00a0 Where are you from?)<\/em> Pronunciation: the “ch” of “chaoi” and “spruschaint” is like the “ch” of German “Buch” or Welsh “iechyd” and the “t” of “th\u00fa” is silent.<\/p>\n

Cat: Is as I\u00far Cinn Tr\u00e1 m\u00e9.\u00a0 (I’m from I\u00far Cinn Tr\u00e1).<\/em><\/p>\n

Mise: I\u00far Cinn Tr\u00e1?\u00a0 Cad \u00e9 sin i mB\u00e9arla?\u00a0 (I\u00far Cinn Tr\u00e1?\u00a0 What’s that in English?)\u00a0<\/em> Pronunciation: the “B” of “i mB\u00e9arla” is silent.<\/p>\n

Cat: Mewry! (Mewry!)<\/em><\/p>\n

Mise: “Mewry,” an ea?\u00a0 Si\u00far\u00e1ilte n\u00edl t\u00fa i nd\u00e1ir\u00edre!\u00a0 (“Mewry,” is it?\u00a0 Surely you’re not serious!)<\/em>\u00a0 Pronunciation: the “d” of “i nd\u00e1ir\u00edre” is silent.<\/p>\n

Cat: N\u00edl.\u00a0 N\u00edl m\u00e9 ach ag magadh chugat. “Newry” an t-ainm ceart at\u00e1 ar an \u00e1it i mB\u00e9arla.\u00a0 (No.\u00a0 I’m just pulling your leg.\u00a0 “Newry” is the correct name for the place in English.<\/em>)<\/p>\n

Mise: \u00d3, “Newry,” tuigim, anois.\u00a0 Tugtar “An I\u00fair” air freisin, nach dtugtar? \u00a0(Oh, “Newry,” I understand now.\u00a0 The place is called “An I\u00fair” also, isn’t it?)<\/em>\u00a0 Pronunciation: the first “t” of “dtugtar” is silent after the “d”.<\/p>\n

Cat: Tugtar.\u00a0 (Yes)<\/em><\/p>\n

Mise: Ar \u00e1bhar eile, c\u00e9n p\u00f3r cait th\u00fa?\u00a0 (On another subject, what breed of cat are you?)<\/em><\/p>\n

Cat: Is cat Siamach m\u00e9.\u00a0 Is d\u00f3cha go bhfuil s\u00e9 sin r\u00e9as\u00fanta soil\u00e9ir.\u00a0 (I’m a Siamese.\u00a0 I suppose that’s reasonably clear.)<\/em>\u00a0 Pronunciation: Siamach: this “s” is like English “sh” as in “shy” or “she”<\/p>\n

Mise: T\u00e1, ar nd\u00f3igh.\u00a0\u00a0Cad \u00e9 an bia is fearr leat?\u00a0 (Yes, it is, of course.\u00a0 What is your favorite food?)<\/em><\/p>\n

Cat: Brad\u00e1n.\u00a0 Is maith liom go m\u00f3r \u00e9.\u00a0 (Salmon.\u00a0 I like it a lot).<\/em><\/p>\n

Mise: An maith leat miontas cait?\u00a0 (Do you like catnip?)<\/em><\/p>\n

Cat: An nd\u00e9anann b\u00e9ir a m\u00fan sna coillte?\u00a0 (Do bears pee in the woods?)<\/em><\/p>\n

Mise: C\u00e9n s\u00f3rt freagra \u00e9 sin?\u00a0 (What sort of answer is that?)<\/em><\/p>\n

Cat: Freagra frithbhearta do cheist amaideach.\u00a0 (A retaliatory answer to a foolish question.)<\/em><\/p>\n

Mise: \u00d3, t\u00e1 br\u00f3n orm.\u00a0 N\u00ed raibh a fhios agam gur ceist amaideach a bh\u00ed ann.\u00a0 Leis an fh\u00edrinne a dh\u00e9anamh, bh\u00ed m\u00e9 ag iarraidh mo chuid Gaeilge a chleachtadh, leis an strucht\u00far sin “is + maith + le ..”\u00a0 (Oh, I’m sorry.\u00a0 I didn’t know it was a foolish question.\u00a0 To tell the truth, I was trying to practice my Irish with the structure “is” + “good” + “with” …<\/em>)<\/p>\n

Cat: \u00d3, bhuel, m\u00e1s ag iarraidh a bheith ag cleachtadh Gaeilge at\u00e1 t\u00fa, leanfaidh muid ar aghaidh. \u00a0D\u00fairt tusa, “An maith leat miontas cait?” sa modh ceisteach, le ‘an’ + ‘maith’ + ‘le’ + an forainm ‘t\u00fa,’\u00a0.i. leat.”\u00a0 Seo m’fhreagra: Is maith liom go m\u00f3r miontas cait.\u00a0 Agus ar nd\u00f3igh, m\u00fanann b\u00e9ir sna coillte.\u00a0 (Oh, well, since you are trying to practice Irish, we’ll continue.\u00a0 You said, “Do you like catnip?” in the interrogative mood, with ‘is’ + ‘good’ + ‘with’ + the pronoun ‘you,’ that is, ‘with you.’\u00a0 This is my answer.\u00a0 I like catnip a lot.\u00a0 And, of course, bears pee in the woods.)<\/em><\/p>\n

Mise: Maidir leis na b\u00e9ir, m\u00fanann. \u00a0Agus go raibh maith agat as an gcleachtadh Gaeilge.\u00a0 T\u00e1 m\u00e1la de mhiontas cait i mo charr.\u00a0 Gheobhaidh m\u00e9 duit \u00e9 tar \u00e9is \u00e1r gcomhr\u00e1. (Regarding the bears, they do.\u00a0 And thank you for the Irish practice.\u00a0 There is a bag of catnip in the car.\u00a0 I will get it after our conversation.)<\/em>\u00a0 Pronunciation: the first “c” of “gcleachtadh” is silent.<\/p>\n

Cat:\u00a0 \u00d3, nach t\u00fa an bhean l\u00e1ch fhlaithi\u00fail?\u00a0 T\u00e1 m\u00e9 ag tn\u00fath leis sin!\u00a0 (Oh, aren’t you the pleasant, generous woman?) <\/em>Pronunciation: the “f” and the “t” of “fhlaithi\u00fail” are silent.<\/p>\n

Mise: Cinnte, beidh s\u00e9 agat, ach ba mhaith liom ceist amh\u00e1in eile a chur ort roimh r\u00e9, mura mhiste leat.\u00a0 (Of course, you will have it, but I would like to ask you one more question before hand, if you don’t mind.)<\/em><\/p>\n

Cat: Fadhb ar bith, is cat stuama staid\u00e9arach m\u00e9.\u00a0 (No problem, I’m a reasonable level-headed \u00a0cat.)<\/em><\/p>\n

Mise:\u00a0 Seo mo cheist deiridh.\u00a0 An bhfuil seanfhocal ar bith ina luaitear cait?\u00a0 I nGaeilge, ar nd\u00f3igh.\u00a0 T\u00e1 c\u00fapla ceann ar eolas agam i mB\u00e9arla cheana f\u00e9in (mar shampla, “A cat may look at a king, you know,<\/em>” n\u00f3 an ceann mail\u00edseach faoi ligean an chait amach as an m\u00e1la — c\u00e9n f\u00e1th a raibh an cat sa m\u00e1la ar aon chuma?) (This is my final question. \u00a0Is there any proverb in which cats are mentioned?\u00a0 In Irish, of course.\u00a0 I know a few in English already (for example, …” or the malicious one about letting the cat out of the bag — why was the cat in the bag anyway?)<\/em><\/p>\n

Cat: T\u00e1 seanfhocail faoi chait ann. \u00a0Seo ceann: “Briseann an d\u00fachas tr\u00ed sh\u00faile an chait.” (There are proverbs about cats, certainly.\u00a0 Here’s one: “Briseann an d\u00fachas tr\u00ed sh\u00faile an chait.”)<\/em><\/p>\n

Mise: Cad is ciall leis sin?\u00a0 (What does that mean?, lit. What is the meaning of that?, lit. lit. “What is the meaning <\/em>with that”)<\/em><\/p>\n

Cat: Cialla\u00edonn s\u00e9 gur treise d\u00fachas n\u00e1 oili\u00faint.\u00a0 (NB: the translation appears in the original text a few lines later, but here it is for now: “It means that heritage is stronger than training.”)<\/em><\/p>\n

Mise: Agus cad a chialla\u00edonn sin?\u00a0 (And what does that mean?)<\/em><\/p>\n

Cat: Seo leagan traidisi\u00fanta B\u00e9arla: What’s bred in the bone will come out in the flesh. (Here’s a traditional English version: …)<\/em><\/p>\n

Mise: Agus cad a chialla\u00edonn an Ghaeilge focal ar fhocal?\u00a0 (And what does the Irish mean word for word?)<\/em><\/p>\n

Cat: An ch\u00e9ad leagan, “Heritage shows (lit. breaks) through the eyes of the cat<\/em>.”\u00a0 (The first version …)<\/em><\/p>\n

Mise: Agus an dara leagan?\u00a0 (And the second version?)<\/em><\/p>\n

Cat: “Heritage is stronger than training<\/em>.”\u00a0 Ach, ar nd\u00f3igh, n\u00ed luaitear cait sa dara leagan.\u00a0 (… But, of course, cats aren’t mentioned in the second version.)<\/em><\/p>\n

Mise: N\u00ed luaitear, agus t\u00e1 an bhunchiall ch\u00e9anna ann.\u00a0 Bhuel, bh\u00ed s\u00e9 go han-deas a bheith ag caint leat.\u00a0 (They’re not, but the basic meaning is the same.\u00a0 Well, it was very nice to be talking to you.)\u00a0<\/em> Pronunciation: the “bh” of “bhunchiall” can be pronounced “w” or “v,” according to dialect, but the “bh” of “bheith” is always a “v” sound.<\/p>\n

Cat: Bhain m\u00e9 f\u00e9in sult as \u00e1r gcomhr\u00e1 freisin. (I enjoyed our conversation also, lit. I myself struck enjoyment out of our conversation also.)<\/em><\/p>\n

Mise: Gheobhaidh m\u00e9 an miontas cait anois.\u00a0 Sl\u00e1n agat go dt\u00ed go dtagaim ar ais!\u00a0 (I will get the catnip now.\u00a0 Goodbye till I come back!)\u00a0<\/em> Pronunciation: the “gh” of “gheobhaidh” is like a “y” sound and the “dh” is completely silent.<\/p>\n

Cat: Sl\u00e1n leat ach tar ar ais go luath!\u00a0 (Goodbye but come back soon!)<\/em><\/p>\n

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Sin deireadh leis an gcomhr\u00e1 leagtha amach leis an aistri\u00fach\u00e1n. \u00a0T\u00e1 s\u00fail agam gur bhain t\u00fa sult as! \u00a0— RRR\u00f3isl\u00edn<\/strong><\/p>\n

Gluais: ag magadh chugat<\/strong>, pulling your leg (lit. at mocking “to you,”; bunchiall<\/strong>, basic sense; cr\u00f3n\u00e1n<\/strong>, purring; frithbhearta<\/strong>, retaliatory; gheobhaidh<\/strong>, will get; go bhfuil t\u00fa, that you are; iontas na n-iontas<\/strong>, lit. wonder of wonders; leagan<\/strong>, version; leagtha<\/strong> amach<\/strong>, laid out (as in a design, etc.); p\u00f3r<\/strong>, a breed; spruschaint<\/strong>, small talk; thall ansin<\/strong>, over there<\/p>\n

Nasc don bhlagmh\u00edr “Comhr\u00e1 le Cat”<\/strong>:\u00a0Comhr\u00e1 le Cat<\/a>\u00a0Posted by\u00a0r\u00f3isl\u00edn<\/a>\u00a0on Jun 21, 2017 in\u00a0Irish Language<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Nasc don bhlagmh\u00edr faoi phisc\u00edn\u00ed gleoite<\/strong>:\u00a0An bhfuil peata agat? \u00a0Talking about Pets in Irish: Pisc\u00edn\u00ed (Kittens)<\/a> Posted by\u00a0r\u00f3isl\u00edn<\/a>\u00a0on Jun 16, 2017 in\u00a0Irish Language<\/a><\/p>\n

For a follow-up to this topic, please see:\u00a0Aghaidheanna Cat (Faces of Cats) \u2014 Their Main Features in Irish\u00a0<\/a>Posted by\u00a0r\u00f3isl\u00edn<\/a>\u00a0on Jun 25, 2017 in\u00a0Irish Language<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

(le R\u00f3isl\u00edn) As mentioned in “Comhr\u00e1 le Cat” (nasc th\u00edos), today’s post will include a translation of the cat conversation, plus some notes and a gluais (glossary). Remember that even though this conversation is ostensibly between a person and a cat, it could be between two cats (dh\u00e1 chat), or with some slight adaptations, between…<\/p>\n

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