{"id":9812,"date":"2017-11-06T12:44:07","date_gmt":"2017-11-06T12:44:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/?p=9812"},"modified":"2017-11-28T14:14:40","modified_gmt":"2017-11-28T14:14:40","slug":"dathanna-dhuilleoga-an-fhomhair-the-colors-of-the-autumn-leaves-in-irish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/dathanna-dhuilleoga-an-fhomhair-the-colors-of-the-autumn-leaves-in-irish\/","title":{"rendered":"Dathanna Dhuilleoga an Fh\u00f3mhair: The Colors of the Autumn Leaves (in Irish)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

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C\u00e9 mh\u00e9ad dath a fheiceann t\u00fa anseo?<\/strong> \u00a0\u00a0How many colors do you see here?\u00a0 Agus c\u00e9 na dathanna a fheiceann t\u00fa anseo?<\/strong>\u00a0 And what colors do you see here?<\/p>\n

As you can see from the graphic above, today’s topics will be dathanna<\/strong> agus duilleoga<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Let’s start with the word for “color” itself (dath<\/strong>):<\/p>\n

an dath<\/strong>, the color<\/p>\n

an datha, of the color<\/p>\n

na dathanna, the colors<\/p>\n

na ndathanna, the colors<\/p>\n

For pronunciation, remember the “t” is silent, so the vowel sound is similar to English “Ah!” or what the otairinealaraingeola\u00ed<\/strong> (ear, nose, and throat doctor) asks you to do so your throat naturally opens up.\u00a0 \u00a0Also, for “na ndathanna<\/strong>,” remember the “d” sound drops out, so we have, roughly, “nuh NAH-hunna.”<\/p>\n

A very typical question with this word is<\/p>\n

“C\u00e9n dath at\u00e1 air \/ uirthi \/ orthu (srl.)<\/strong>?, What color is it? \u00a0Lit. “What color is on it\/them?” \u00a0For this we typically use “air” for a male animal (like “madra”), or for a noun that’s grammatically masculine (like “bosca”).\u00a0 It also tends to be used if we don’t know the gender of a noun (which happens often enough as most of us are learning).<\/p>\n

C\u00e9n dath at\u00e1 uirthi?<\/strong> would be for a female animal (like “cearc”) or a noun that is grammatically feminine (like “cathaoir” or “leaba”).<\/p>\n

C\u00e9n dath at\u00e1 orthu?<\/strong> would be used for a plural object, male or female, masculine or feminine (mar shampla: \u00a0madra\u00ed, cearca, bosca\u00ed, cathaoireacha).<\/p>\n

If we put the actual noun in the sentence, then we just use the form “ar<\/strong>” (on):<\/p>\n

C\u00e9n dath at\u00e1 ar an madra \/ ar an mbosca \/ ar an gcearc \/ ar an leaba \/ ar na madra\u00ed \/ ar na cathaoireacha, srl. ?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The word for “leaf” is “duilleog<\/strong>,” and its forms\u00a0 are:<\/p>\n

an duilleog<\/strong>, the leaf\u00a0 (T\u00e1 an duilleog sin go h\u00e1lainn<\/strong>).<\/p>\n

na duilleoige, of the leaf (Is maith liom dath na duilleoige sin)<\/p>\n

na duilleoga, the leaves (B\u00edonn na duilleoga go h\u00e1lainn san Fh\u00f3mhair in \u00e1iteanna mar Vermont agus New Hampshire agus Massachusetts)<\/p>\n

na nduilleog, of the leaves (An maith leat dathanna na nduilleog sin?).\u00a0 Note that the plural ending “-a” drops off for this form, which is “an tuiseal ginideach.”<\/p>\n

And here some of the colors that we can see in the photograph above:<\/p>\n

bu\u00ed,<\/strong> yellow<\/p>\n

bu\u00eddhonn<\/strong>, yellowish brown<\/p>\n

dearg<\/strong>, red<\/p>\n

donn<\/strong>, brown<\/p>\n

donnrua<\/strong>, brownish red or reddish brown<\/p>\n

donnghlas,<\/strong> brownish green<\/p>\n

glas<\/strong>, green<\/p>\n

glasbhu\u00ed<\/strong>, greenish yellow<\/p>\n

flannbhu\u00ed<\/strong>, orange<\/p>\n

That makes nine colors (naoi ndath<\/strong>), to answer the other question in the graphic.<\/p>\n

Perhaps another interesting question for a future blog would be, “C\u00e9n s\u00f3rt crann a fh\u00e1sann i do cheantar?<\/strong>” (What kind of trees grow in your area?).\u00a0 That might also give us an eventual topic of talking about different shapes of leaves and saying phrases like “This is a leaf of an oak tree \/ of a maple tree, etc.” It could also let us compare varieties that are evergreen (s\u00edorghlas<\/strong>) with those that are deciduous (duillsilteach<\/strong>, lit. something like “leaf-shedding,” from “duill-<\/strong>” a prefix meaning “leaf” and “silteach<\/strong>,” hanging, flowing, dripping, running).\u00a0 The compound word can also be spelled “duilsilteach<\/strong>.”\u00a0 Never a … um … dare I say it \u00a0… “duille<\/strong>” moment, when it comes to learning Irish!\u00a0 T\u00e1 \u00e1bhair shuimi\u00fala go leor ann<\/strong>!\u00a0\u00a0 “Duille<\/strong>,” btw, is just another form of the word “leaf.”\u00a0 Go dt\u00ed an ch\u00e9ad uair eile, sl\u00e1n go f\u00f3ill — R\u00f3isl\u00edn<\/strong><\/p>\n

PS: To break down the title of the blog:<\/p>\n

“Dathanna<\/strong>” triggers lenition of “duilleoga<\/strong>” because we have a double genitive coming up.\u00a0 “Duilleog<\/strong>a” keeps the plural ending because it’s the first element in the double genitive phrase, and “F\u00f3mhar<\/strong>” goes completely into the genitive, becoming “an Fh\u00f3mhair<\/strong>,” with the “fh” silent and the “mh” like a “wuh” sound.\u00a0 A classic example of this structure is in \u00d3 Siadhail’s Learning Irish<\/em> (Chap. 25, point 2): “geata theach an bh\u00faisteara<\/strong>” (the gate of the house of the butcher).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

(le R\u00f3isl\u00edn) C\u00e9 mh\u00e9ad dath a fheiceann t\u00fa anseo? \u00a0\u00a0How many colors do you see here?\u00a0 Agus c\u00e9 na dathanna a fheiceann t\u00fa anseo?\u00a0 And what colors do you see here? As you can see from the graphic above, today’s topics will be dathanna agus duilleoga. Let’s start with the word for “color” itself (dath)…<\/p>\n

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