{"id":9888,"date":"2017-11-28T02:09:37","date_gmt":"2017-11-28T02:09:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/?p=9888"},"modified":"2017-12-05T21:35:31","modified_gmt":"2017-12-05T21:35:31","slug":"cen-toilean-e-seo-what-island-is-this","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/cen-toilean-e-seo-what-island-is-this\/","title":{"rendered":"C\u00e9n tOile\u00e1n \u00c9 Seo?\u00a0 What Island Is This?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

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https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/a\/a1\/EiggLandsat.jpg<\/a>; By NASA (WorldWind Screenshot) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons; t\u00e9acs Gaeilge le R\u00f3isl\u00edn, 2017<\/p><\/div>I recently noticed an interesting article about an island (nasc th\u00edos<\/strong>), not Irish, but let’s just say, near Ireland (relatively speaking).\u00a0 It was on the November 26th episode of 60 Minutes<\/em>, on CBS.\u00a0 Although the article and video are in English, it’s interesting reading, and it occurred to me that some of the vocabulary used could be quite useful to practice in Irish, as a matching game.\u00a0 Also, the combined words give a sort of linguistic portrait of the island.<\/p>\n

A link to the article is given below but I’m refraining from naming the island here, since I hope doing this exercise and looking at the map in the graphic may lead you to figure it out, or at least figure out the general region.\u00a0 The answer is below, beneath the first chart.<\/p>\n

Before we start, two quick spelling points based on the text for the graphic:<\/p>\n

1) Why “t” before “oile\u00e1n<\/strong>“?\u00a0 Because “c\u00e9n<\/strong>” is really “c\u00e9<\/strong>” (which\/what) + “an<\/strong>” (the).\u00a0 “Oile\u00e1n”<\/strong> is masculine, so a “t” gets prefixed, as it would for “C\u00e9n t-\u00fall?<\/strong>” or “C\u00e9n t-or\u00e1iste?<\/strong>”\u00a0 So “What island is this?” becomes “C\u00e9n t-oile\u00e1n \u00e9 seo?<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

2) Why is there a hyphen (fleisc\u00edn<\/strong>) in pt. 1 above \u00a0and in the graphic but not in the title of the blogpost?\u00a0 Because the title uses capital letters for the main words and the fleisc\u00edn<\/strong> is dropped when the lower-case “t” is followed by an upper-case letter.<\/p>\n

Na Focail<\/strong>: In this section, each column is alphabetized but they don’t match up with each other.\u00a0 \u00a0The answers, matched up, are given below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\u00a01<\/td>\namateur philosopher<\/td>\n\u00a0ba<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a02<\/td>\ncamper (vehicle)<\/td>\n\u00a0boc m\u00f3r<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a03<\/td>\ncommunity<\/td>\n\u00a0caora, caoirigh<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a04<\/td>\ncottage (rural)<\/td>\n\u00a0c\u00e9<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a05<\/td>\ncows<\/td>\ncreagach<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a06<\/td>\ncraggy<\/td>\n\u00a0daon-phoblacht<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a07<\/td>\ndolphin<\/td>\ndeilf<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a08<\/td>\ndriver<\/td>\neangach<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a09<\/td>\nfiefdom<\/td>\nfeals\u00fana\u00ed amait\u00e9arach<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a010<\/td>\nhydroelectric<\/td>\n\u00a0f\u00edofa<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a011<\/td>\nislander<\/td>\n\u00a0hidrileictreach<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a012<\/td>\nmain artery<\/td>\n\u00a0m\u00edshlachtmhar<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a013<\/td>\npeople’s republic<\/td>\n\u00a0oile\u00e1nach<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a014<\/td>\npod (re: dolphins)<\/td>\n\u00a0pobal<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a015<\/td>\ngrid (power, etc.)<\/td>\n\u00a0pr\u00edobh\u00e1ideach<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a016<\/td>\nprivate<\/td>\npr\u00edomhbhealach<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a017<\/td>\nsecret<\/td>\nr\u00e1th<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a018<\/td>\nsecretary<\/td>\nr\u00fan<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a019<\/td>\nsheep (sg.\/pl.)<\/td>\nr\u00fana\u00ed<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a020<\/td>\nsheepdog<\/td>\ns\u00edp\u00e9ir<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a021<\/td>\nspontaneous combustion<\/td>\nteach\u00edn tuaithe<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a022<\/td>\ntoff<\/td>\n\u00a0tiom\u00e1na\u00ed<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a023<\/td>\nungroomed<\/td>\nuathdh\u00f3<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a024<\/td>\nwharf<\/td>\nveain champ\u00e1la<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

T\u00e1 na freagra\u00ed th\u00edos, in ord na haib\u00edtre.\u00a0 \u00a0T\u00e1 s\u00fail agam gur bhain t\u00fa sult as seo agus gur l\u00e9igh t\u00fa an t-alt.\u00a0 \u00a0SGF – R\u00f3isl\u00edn<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ainmneacha na n-oile\u00e1n: an t-oile\u00e1n m\u00f3r,<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0i mB\u00e9arla<\/strong>:\u00a0Eigg,<\/em> i nGaeilge na hAlban:<\/strong> Eige<\/em>;\u00a0 an t-oile\u00e1n beag b\u00eddeach:<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Eilean Chathastail<\/em><\/p>\n

Freagra\u00ed na Meaitse\u00e1la<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\u00a01<\/td>\namateur philosopher<\/td>\nfeals\u00fana\u00ed amait\u00e9arach<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a02<\/td>\ncamper (vehicle)<\/td>\n\u00a0veain champ\u00e1la (veain + “camp\u00e1il” in the genitive case)<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a03<\/td>\ncommunity<\/td>\n\u00a0pobal<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a04<\/td>\ncottage<\/td>\nteach\u00edn tuaithe. lit. little house of the country<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a05<\/td>\ncows<\/td>\nba, pl. of “b\u00f3”<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a06<\/td>\ncraggy<\/td>\n\u00a0creagach<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a07<\/td>\ndolphin<\/td>\ndeilf<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a08<\/td>\ndriver<\/td>\ntiom\u00e1na\u00ed<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a09<\/td>\nfiefdom<\/td>\n\u00a0f\u00edofa<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a010<\/td>\nhydroelectric<\/td>\nhidrileictreach<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a011<\/td>\nislander<\/td>\noile\u00e1nach<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a012<\/td>\nmain artery<\/td>\npr\u00edomhbhealach<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a013<\/td>\npeople’s republic<\/td>\ndaon-phoblacht<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a014<\/td>\npod (for dolphins, whales)<\/td>\nr\u00e1th, can also be translated as “shoal” for fish<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a015<\/td>\ngrid (power, etc.)<\/td>\n\u00a0eangach<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a016<\/td>\nprivate<\/td>\npr\u00edobh\u00e1ideach<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a017<\/td>\nsecret<\/td>\nr\u00fan<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a018<\/td>\nsecretary<\/td>\nr\u00fana\u00ed<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a019<\/td>\nsheep (singular and plural – English makes no distinction)<\/td>\ncaora, caoirigh – Irish has a separate plural form, unlike English<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a020<\/td>\nsheepdog<\/td>\ns\u00edp\u00e9ir<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a021<\/td>\nspontaneous combustion<\/td>\nuathdh\u00f3 (uath, self\u00a0 + d\u00f3, burning)<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a022<\/td>\ntoff<\/td>\n\u00a0boc m\u00f3r<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a023<\/td>\nungroomed<\/td>\nm\u00edshlachtmhar<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a024<\/td>\nwharf, pier, quay<\/td>\nc\u00e9<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Nasc:\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/the-isle-of-eigg\/<\/a> 60 Minutes;\u00a0<\/strong><\/a>The Isle of Eigg \/ Just off Scotland, a tiny island with one main road is a testament to human independence\u00a0 <\/em>2017Nov 26 CORRESPONDENTSteve Kroft<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

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