{"id":9760,"date":"2017-10-24T22:42:53","date_gmt":"2017-10-24T22:42:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/?p=9760"},"modified":"2017-11-09T12:23:19","modified_gmt":"2017-11-09T12:23:19","slug":"glasra-oiche-shamhna-a-halloween-vegetable-but-whats-it-called-in-irish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/glasra-oiche-shamhna-a-halloween-vegetable-but-whats-it-called-in-irish\/","title":{"rendered":"Glasra O\u00edche Shamhna (a Halloween vegetable), but what’s it called in Irish?"},"content":{"rendered":"

(le R\u00f3isl\u00edn)\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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C\u00e9n glasra \u00e9 sin sa phicti\u00far?<\/strong>\u00a0 What vegetable is that in the picture?\u00a0 To answer the questions in the graphic above:<\/p>\n

An cair\u00e9ad \u00e9? \u00a0 N\u00ed hea, n\u00ed __________ \u00e9. <\/strong><\/p>\n

An pr\u00e1ta \u00e9? \u00a0\u00a0N\u00ed hea, n\u00ed __________ \u00e9.<\/strong><\/p>\n

An biatas \u00e9? \u00a0N\u00ed hea, n\u00ed __________ \u00e9.<\/strong><\/p>\n

An svaeid \u00e9? \u00a0N\u00ed hea, n\u00ed __________ \u00e9.\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

N\u00f3 an toradh \u00e9? \u00a0N\u00ed hea, n\u00ed __________ \u00e9.<\/strong><\/p>\n

An seanchn\u00f3 c\u00f3c\u00f3 \u00e9? \u00a0N\u00ed hea, n\u00ed __________ \u00e9.<\/strong><\/p>\n

T\u00e1 s\u00e9 an-triomaithe agus an-seargtha, p\u00e9 sc\u00e9al \u00e9.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong>(It’s very dried out and very withered, anyway).\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

And that was a good workout for the sentence structures “Is it a carrot?” “No, it’s not a carrot.”\u00a0\u00a0 Can you fill in the blanks?\u00a0 If not, t\u00e1 na freagra\u00ed th\u00edos.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

So how did I come to possess the withered, desiccated, dried-out, distorted, and ghoulish-looking turnip on the left?\u00a0 Well, last year, m’fhear c\u00e9ile<\/strong> (my husband) carved it, all round and fresh and fleshy, so I could show my Irish language class a typical turnip lantern, the predecessor of the North American carved pumpkin lantern.\u00a0 We used it to describe the features of a face (s\u00faile, sr\u00f3n, b\u00e9al, agus, ar bhealach, fiacla<\/strong>).\u00a0 After the class, my husband put it in a little box in the cuisneoir<\/strong> (fridge), not really knowing what to do with it next.\u00a0 A few days ago, that is about a year after carving it, my husband remembered it, and we opened the box.\u00a0 What a ghoulishly delightful visage met our eyes.<\/p>\n

He’s shellacked it now, and we hope it will keep forever, or at least until the original Jack (of the Lantern) can finally stop wandering the earth at night with his lantern, and take a long-awaited rest. \u00a0You know the story, right? \u00a0But meanwhile, his legend gives us great inspiration for humor, artistry, craftsmanship, and, well, lively competitions held all over the country to see whose carved “tornapa<\/strong>” or “puimc\u00edn<\/strong>” is the most “g\u00falach<\/strong>,” or to rephrase that in Irish, “C\u00e9 a rinne an tornapa n\u00f3 an puimc\u00edn is g\u00fala\u00ed<\/strong>.”\u00a0 “G\u00falach<\/strong>” may not be a word you use real often in Irish, but it’s certainly tr\u00e1th\u00fail<\/strong> (timely).\u00a0 Here are its forms, with sample phrases:<\/p>\n

an tornapa g\u00falach<\/strong><\/p>\n

T\u00e1 an tornapa seo n\u00edos g\u00fala\u00ed n\u00e1 an tornapa sin.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sin \u00e9 an tornapa is g\u00fala\u00ed ar domhan.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Aghaidh an tornapa gh\u00falaigh.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Aghaidheanna na dtornapa\u00ed g\u00falacha.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bain an barr de sin, a eala\u00edont\u00f3ir\u00ed mais\u00edochta amuigh ansin!<\/strong>\u00a0 Which is roughly equivalent to, “Eat your hearts out, you special effects artists out there!).\u00a0 Sl\u00e1n go f\u00f3ill — R\u00f3isl\u00edn <\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0Freagra\u00ed: <\/strong><\/p>\n

An cair\u00e9ad \u00e9? \u00a0 N\u00ed hea, n\u00ed _ cair\u00e9ad _ \u00e9. <\/strong>(Is it a carrot?\u00a0 No, it’s not a carrot.)<\/p>\n

An pr\u00e1ta \u00e9? \u00a0\u00a0N\u00ed hea, n\u00ed _ pr\u00e1ta _ \u00e9.\u00a0 <\/strong>(potato)<\/p>\n

An biatas \u00e9? \u00a0N\u00ed hea, n\u00ed _ biatas _ \u00e9. <\/strong>(beet)<\/p>\n

An svaeid \u00e9? \u00a0N\u00ed hea, n\u00ed _ svaeid _ \u00e9.<\/strong> (swede\/rutabaga)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

N\u00f3 an toradh \u00e9? \u00a0N\u00ed hea, n\u00ed _ toradh _ \u00e9. <\/strong>(fruit)<\/p>\n

An seanchn\u00f3 c\u00f3c\u00f3 \u00e9? \u00a0N\u00ed hea, n\u00ed _ seanchn\u00f3 c\u00f3c\u00f3 _ \u00e9. <\/strong>(old coconut)<\/p>\n

So what is it?\u00a0 As you probably have realized by now, “Is tornapa \u00e9<\/strong>.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

(le R\u00f3isl\u00edn)\u00a0 C\u00e9n glasra \u00e9 sin sa phicti\u00far?\u00a0 What vegetable is that in the picture?\u00a0 To answer the questions in the graphic above: An cair\u00e9ad \u00e9? \u00a0 N\u00ed hea, n\u00ed __________ \u00e9. An pr\u00e1ta \u00e9? \u00a0\u00a0N\u00ed hea, n\u00ed __________ \u00e9. An biatas \u00e9? \u00a0N\u00ed hea, n\u00ed __________ \u00e9. An svaeid \u00e9? \u00a0N\u00ed hea, n\u00ed __________…<\/p>\n

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