Irish Word a Day - Clúdach Litreach - Envelope

re: Irish Word a Day - Clúdach Litreach - Envelope

Gearoid — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 08:22:52 GMT

A Laura,

Cad é mar atá an saol agat - i can't think of an exact translation for getting feet wet although you could say,

'Tá mé ag dul i dtaithí ar...' = 'I am becoming accustomed to...'

I can't think of any sayings as such at the moment unfortunately :)

Gerard

re: Irish Word a Day - Clúdach Litreach - Envelope

uvagirl — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 07:44:42 GMT

Dia Duit a Gerard!

I'm ever so grateful for your help! You + this site are helping me get my feet wet (I wonder if there's a similar saying in Irish?) and I am really looking forward to continuing to learn. I look forward to my Focal an Lae e-mail each morning :) GRMA, as usual, for your help!

Best,

Laura

re: Irish Word a Day - Clúdach Litreach - Envelope

Gearoid — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 10:37:52 GMT

Dia Duit a Laura!

I hope you don't think i am trying to correct you, i dont like to come across like that. Just trying to help you more than anything :) hope thats ok

Gerard

re: Irish Word a Day - Clúdach Litreach - Envelope

uvagirl — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 00:18:26 GMT

A Gerard, a chara

Tá mé go maith! Cad e mar ata tú?

Thanks for the lesson on masculine/feminine, and the response to my other question, about pink shirts. I studied up, and I've learned a little, but didn't see anything about the preposition/aspiration connection in the beginner texts I looked over. I hope I won't repeat this mistake, but if/when I do, I hope you'll catch me!

GRMA!

ps: Laura is ainm dom.

re: Irish Word a Day - Clúdach Litreach - Envelope

Gearoid — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 14:02:24 GMT

Hi uvagirl,

Cad e mar ata tú? Tá súil agam go bhfuil tú go maith!

Clúdach stays as 'an clúdach' because it is a masculine noun.

Masculine nouns don't aspirate after 'an' on its own, just the femine nouns do.

Fear = an fear

Bean = an bhean

but if 'an' and a preposition ('leis' for example) come together nouns of both gender are aspirated if the consonant can be aspirated.

for example

fear - an fear - leis an fhear

bean - an bhean - leis an bhean

I hope this helps

Gerard

leis an

re: Irish Word a Day - Clúdach Litreach - Envelope

uvagirl — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 09:52:44 GMT

I would have guessed that 'clúdach' would become 'an chlúdach'. Can anyone explain why it's not?

Go raibh maith agat - ta me ag foghlaim

re: Irish Word a Day - Clúdach Litreach - Envelope

jaicmac — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 09:10:49 GMT

Scríobh mé do mo ghrá ach níor clúdach litreach agam.