- Monday night Irish Class, July 23, 2018
gmcdavid- July 26th, 20:58
- Monday night Irish Class, July 9, 2018
- gmcdavid
- July 14th, 21:35
Rang Gaeilge, 9ú lá Mí na Iúil 2017
Seanfhocal
Thig came var p of tar Thig sé gan iarraidh mar a thig an do-aimsir. "He came/comes without asking, like bad weather came/comes."
Literally this is in the past tense, but can be used as presentTá snag an cheapire nár ith tú ort. You have a hiccup from a sandwich you did not eat."your meddling has created a problem that really wasn't there before you created it." sop in áit na scuaibe a wisp in place of a broom "a token effort" idir chraiceann agus chnámha both skin and boes "warts and all."
idir ="both" since both nouns are lenitedNa Déithe Luachmhara Deiridh
le Padraic Breathnach
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- Monday night Irish Class, June 18, 2018
- gmcdavid
- June 22nd, 20:09
Rang Gaeilge, 18ú lá Mí na Mheiteam 2018
Seanfhocal
Is minic a fuarthas comhairle ghlic ó amadán. Clever advice is often gotten from a fool. Tá níos mó ná a phaidreacha aige. He knows more than is prayers. (He is not stupid) Dhá dtreabhfadh sé an tír, chaithfeadh sé an ríocht. If he'd plow the whole country, he would spend the kingdom. (he's a very hard worker, but he never gets ahead because he is a spendthrift.)
Súil le Breith
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- Monday night Irish Class, June 4, 2018
- gmcdavid
- June 8th, 21:25
Rang Gaeilge, 4ú lá Mí na Mheiteam 2018
Seanfhocal
gráinne grain, single grain m pónaire bean f Tá fhios aige cé mhéad gráinne pónaire a dhéanann cuig He knows how many beans makes five. "He knows what is what" Tabhartas Uí Néill agus a dhá shúil ina dhiaidh. O'Neil's gift (or favor), and his two eyes after it. "Someone who gives you something and then draws attention to it, reminding you what a nice thing they did for you!"
Lá Bealtaine
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- Monday night Irish Class, May 21, 2018
- gmcdavid
- May 30th, 14:49
Rang Gaeilge, 21ú lá mí na Bealtaine 2018
Seanfhocail
( Léigh tuilleadhCollapse )Is cuid den mhuc a drioball. the tail is part of the pig Chip off the old block, Apple doesn't fall far from the tree, etc. domhain deep éa- [negative prefix Is é an t-uisce is éadoimhne is mó tormán. The shallowest water is the noisiest ní thing, something [sometimes] hence copula construct: ní+is→níos
No contraction in past tense: ba mhó
- Monday night Irish Class,May 7, 2018
- gmcdavid
- May 30th, 14:29
Rang Gaeilge, 7ú lá mí na Bealtaine 2018
Seanfhocail
( Léigh tuilleadhCollapse )An té a bhíonn síos, buailtear cloch air He who is down, is hit by a stone. agus an té bhíonn suas, óltar deoch air. and he who is yup, drink is drunk by him taod=taghd fit, impulse is iomaí taod a thig i lá earraigh Many an impulse comes on a spring day =
- Monday night Irish Class, April 30, 2018
- gmcdavid
- May 5th, 20:05
Rang Gaeilge, 30ú lá mí Aibreáin 2018
Seanfhocail
( Léigh tuilleadhCollapse )Seol do sheanmháthair lachain a bhleán. Send your grandmother to milk ducks! Tá níos mo ná míolta ina cheann. There is nore than insects in his head
- Monday night Irish Class, April 23, 2018
- gmcdavid
- May 5th, 19:55
Rang Gaeilge, 23ú lá mí Aibreáin 2018
Seanfhocail
( Léigh tuilleadhCollapse )Ní raibh sé go maith ó rinne slat cóta dó. "He hasn't been any good since a yard [of cloth] made a coat for him" Ní raibh sé ar fáil nuair a bhí a chiall á roinnt. He was not alive when they were handing out sense. "He was not available when his share of sense [was given]"
- Monday night Irish Class, April 9, 2018
- gmcdavid
- April 15th, 19:08
Rang Gaeilge, 9ú lá mí Aibreáin 2018
Seanfhocail
( Léigh tuilleadhCollapse )corr bird, e.g. crane, stork, heron. Suppose to be very vigilant Ghoidfeadh sé an ubh ón chorr agus an chorr féin faoi dheireadh. Someone who can steal an egg from one of these birds (and then get the bird itself) is stealthy indeed! Torann mór ar bheagan olla. Big noise for little wool. Bíonn duilliúr állainn agus toradh searbh ar chrann na scéimhe. Leaves are beautiful and fruit bitter on a tree of beauty
- Monday night Irish Class, March 19, 2017
- gmcdavid
- April 6th, 19:50
Rang Gaeilge, 19ú lá mí na Márta 2018
Haiku le Gabriel Rosenstock
( Léigh tuilleadhCollapse )fidléireacht Shligigh
ag teach as ball éigin -
Lá Fhéile PádraigSligo-style fiddling
coming from somewhere
St. Patricks DaySligigh (no lenition)? NÁ BEATHAIGH NA COLÚIR!
RÓPHÓRÚ A THIOCFAID AS -
IS SALACHARDO NOT FEED THE PIGEONS!
IT LEADS TO OVERBREEDING -
AND FILTH!sneachta síobtha i Nua-Eabhrac –
na francaigh féin
mothaíonn siad éNew York blizzard –
even the rats
feel itciúnas -
d'fhéadfadh bláth leis éag
de leamhthuirse gan léasstillness -
a flower too can die
of unrelieved boredombheith i d'iasc órga -
gan eire na cuimhne
is an mhiangais ortto be a goldfish
without the weight of memory
and desireasfalt fliuch -
an duine is an t-ainmhí
gafa dua aigewet asphalt -
how effortlessly it catches
man and beastlá eile
bríce os cionn bríce
sinn go léir faoi bhallaíanother day
brick upon brick
we wall ourselves inchloisfeadh páiste é -
blátha is a mbaile móinéir
á chaoineach acua child might hear it it
flowers weeping
for their meadow-land home
- Monday night Irish Class, March 12, 2017
- gmcdavid
- March 18th, 21:33
Rang Gaeilge, 12ú lá mí na Márta 2018
Seanfhocal
( Léigh tuilleadhCollapse )Ná bíodh do theanga faoi do chrios. Spit it out!/Speak your mind! "Don't let your tongue be under your belt" Ní dheachaigh sé ar scáth ann toir leis. He spoke bluntly/He didn't pussyfoot about. "He didn't go in the shadow of the bush with it." Níorbh iontaí liom an sneachta dearg ná é. "Red snow would not surprise me more than that." lá faoin tor an unexpected free day "a day under a bush"
- Monday night Irish Class, February 26, 2018
- gmcdavid
- March 2nd, 22:08
Rang Gaeilge, 26ú lá mí Feabhra 2018
Seanfhocal
breitheamh judge mall slow sliabh mountain lig let, allow, permit lena with his Is breitheamh mall Dia
Nach ndearna riamh ach an chóir;
Chuir sé Cormac amach sa tsliabh,
Agus lig sé an diabhal lena thóin."God may be slow to judge, but he catches up with evil-doers eventually. This little ditty would be said of someone who is always getting away with bad stuff, and who finally has their "come-uppance", as they say. Cormac is just a kind of placeholder in this saying, no particular significance." — Will
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- Monday night Irish Class, February 12, 2018
- gmcdavid
- February 21st, 21:42
Rang Gaeilge, 12ú lá mí Feabhra 2018
Seanfhocal
( Léigh tuilleadhCollapse )Mol a dheireadh. "Praise its end" [let's see how it turns out before we get all excited.] Is mall gach cos a chasán/chosán gan eolas "Every leg is slow on a path without knowledge" [Slow sailing in uncharted waters]
- Monday night Irish Class, February 5, 2018
- gmcdavid
- February 9th, 21:15
Rang Gaeilge, 5ú lá mí Feabhra 2018
Seanfhocal
( Léigh tuilleadhCollapse )aimhleas harm, evil aimhleasa, aimhlis I ndiaidh a aimhlis a fheictear a leas don Éireannach. The Irishman doesn't see what he should have done (his benefit) until after he has already done the wrong thing (his harm). ciall sense, meaning, reason Is fearr an chiall cheannaithe ná a fáil in aisce. "Purchased sense is better than that gotten for free." (Experience is the best teacher) Is an chiall cheannaithe is fearr. "Purchased sense is best." (Experience is the best teacher)
- Monday night Irish Class, January 29, 2018
- gmcdavid
- February 3rd, 20:08
Rang Gaeilge, 29ú lá mí Eanáir 2018
Seanfhocal
( Léigh tuilleadhCollapse )Fál um an ngort i ndiaidh na foghla. Closing the barn doors after the horse is gone. "A fence 'round the field after the damage is done. " Shílfeá ón iompar a bhí air go mba leis an áit. "You would think from the way that he carried himself that he owned the place." Neosfaidh an aimsir. Time will tell neos = inis
- Monday night Irish Class, January 8, 2018
- gmcdavid
- January 26th, 21:17
Rang Gaeilge, 8ú lá mí Eanáir 2018
Seanfhocal
( Léigh tuilleadhCollapse )Dearmad bhean an tí ag an gcat. The housewife's mistake/forgetfulness/neglect goes to the cat. [The cat gets that milk you forget to put away, etc.] Téann focal le gaoth, agus téann buille le cnámh Sticks and stones.... "A word goes with the wind, but a blow/strike goes to the bone."
- Monday night Irish Class, December 4, 2017
- gmcdavid
- December 5th, 2017
Rang Gaeilge, 4ú lá Mí na Nollag 2017
Seanfhocal
( Léigh tuilleadhCollapse )ní thing An iomarca d'aon ní, is ionnan agus gan aon ní. Too much of a good thing "An excess of a thing is the same as being wiout the thing" Lig do fuarú sa gcraiceann ar théigh sé ann. when someone is angry, let him/her cool down before you offer a reply or response. "Let him cool in the skin he heated up in."
- Monday night Irish Class, November 27, 2017
- gmcdavid
- November 29th, 2017
Rang Gaeilge, 27ú lá Mí na Samhna 2017
Seanfhocal
( Léigh tuilleadhCollapse )Ba mhaith an teachtaire le cur I gcoinne an bháis thú. You would be a good person to send for Death! Said of someone who dawdles, a slow-poke, just the kind of person you'd send on an errand you don't want to see completed. Ní bhíonn imirce gan chaill. No moving without loss.
- Monday night Irish Class, November 20, 2017
- gmcdavid
- November 24th, 2017
Rang Gaeilge, 20ú lá Mí na Samhna 2017
Seanfhocal
We continue to mine the proverbs collected by Robert Shipboy MacAdam, and first published in a series that ran from 1858 to 1862. For a little extra fun, I provided his original spelling:
( Léigh tuilleadhCollapse )Old Spelling Modern Spelling Meaning Notes séideadh blowing smug smuga mucus, snot m Is maith an sèideadh sròine do dhuine smug fhaiceal air duine eile. Is maith an séideadh sróine do dhuine smuga fheiceáil ar duine eile. It is a good nose blowing for a person to see snot on another person. Ma cheannaigheann tu droch-nidh, ceannochaidh tu a rìst go h-aithghearr. Má cheannaíonn tú drochní, ceannóidh tú arís go hathghearr. If you buy low quality, you will soon buy again. "If you buy a bad thing, you will soon buy again."
- Monday night Irish Class, November 13, 2017
- gmcdavid
- November 15th, 2017
Rang Gaeilge, 13ú lá Mí na Samhna 2017
Seanfhocal
( Léigh tuilleadhCollapse )gad withe A twisted bit of willow used when hemp rope was not available--used for horse harness,and to hang people! Gearr an gad is foisce don scornach. do the most urgent thing first. cut the gad nearest the throat, to save a person or perhaps a horse whose harness has gotten hung up. An té nach gcleachtann maríocht dearmadann na spoir. Practice! Who does not habitually practice riding forgets the spurs.
