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- Date: Mon, 8 Jun 92 08:29:58 -0400
- From: dmilne@KEAN.UCS.MUN.CA
- Subject: ELEM-IG Beginners' Lesson #3-B
- Sender: GAELIC Language Bulletin Board <GAELIC-L@irlearn.ucd.ie>
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- A chairde:
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- Along with the answers to #3-A which are given in this message, you
- will find five other comments about the contents of this lesson, each
- listed as #3-C.
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- They are:
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- Noun gender (June 7)
- Lenition of l, n, r (June 8) -- 3 different messages from
- Ciarán, Tom, and Andrew
- Si'oda mín (June 8) -- about a problem that puzzled some of us
- when translating questions #15, #16 and #23.
- English uses an indefinite article for general statements like
- "silk is smooth", where Irish uses the definite article.
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- Here are the answers I have for Lesson #3
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- 1. The cloth is strong. Tá an t-éadach láidir.
- 2. The floor is hard. Tá an t-urlár crua.
- 3. The lamb is weak. Tá an t-uan lag.
- 4. Mary is careful. Tá Máire cúramach.
- 5. The place is empty. Tá an áit folamh.
- 6. The wool is red. Tá an olann dearg.
- 7. The woman is young. Tá an bhean óg.
- 8. The farm is cheap. Tá an fheirm saor.
- 9. The field is green. Tá an pháirc glas.
- 10. The letter is short. Tá an litir gearr.
- 11. The butter is soft. Tá an t-im bog.
- 12. The chocolate is sweet. Tá an tseacláid milis.
- 13. The man is dead. Tá an fear marbh.
- 14. The grass is tall. Tá an féar ard.
- 15. Silk is smooth. Tá an síoda mín.
- 16. Wool is rough. Tá an olann garbh.
- 17. The question is difficult. Tá an cheist deacair.
- 18. The apple is ripe. Tá an t-úll aibi.
- 19. The window is dirty. Tá an fhuinneog salach.
- 20. The bread is fresh. Tá an t-arán úr.
- 21. The table is wet. Tá an bord fliuch.
- 22. The cat is fat. Tá an cat ramhar.
- 23. Fish is nice. Tá an t-iasc deas. (or, go deas)
- 24. The stream is narrow. Tá an sruth caol.
- 25. The night is dark. Tá an oíche dorcha.
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