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| Colm | Wednesday 09th of August 2006 11:46:56 PM |
| Cluiche Focail | Word Game - This is a game to improve your vocab of Irish. You give a word that starts with the last letter of the word given before. The word will be: [b]focal[/b] which means \"word\". You should add a sentance if you can using the word. Níl ach cúpla focal Gaeilge aici. [i]She only has a few words of Irish.[/i] Next word should start with an \"l\". :) | |
| Villem | Wednesday 09th of August 2006 11:52:33 PM |
| - leiceann - cheek | |
| Colm | Thursday 10th of August 2006 02:46:56 AM |
| - Fáilte romhat a BunnyBilly! :) leiceann : Thaispeáin sí dúinn a chló leicinn. [i]She showed us her profile.[/i] [b]nós[/b] - habit Caiteoirí tobac: Éirígí as an nós! [i]Smokers: Kick the habit![/i] Words so far: [b]foca[u]l[/u][/b] - word [b][u]l[/u]eicean[u]n[/u][/b] - cheek [b][u]n[/u]ós[/b] - habit Good web-dictionary to find conjugations of verbs and nouns: http://www.csis.ul.ie/focloir/ [b]focal[/b] [ainmfhocal firinscneach den chéad díochlaonadh] [i]Masculine noun of the 1st declension.[/i] focal [ainmneach uatha] [i]nomitive singular[/i] focail [ginideach uatha] [i]genitive singular[/i] focail [ainmneach iolra] [i]nomitive plural[/i] focal [ginideach iolra] [i]genitive plural[/i] [b]leiceann[/b] [ainmfhocal firinscneach den chéad díochlaonadh] leiceann [ainmneach uatha] leicinn [ginideach uatha] leicne [ainmneach iolra] leicne [ginideach iolra] [b]nós[/b] [ainmfhocal firinscneach den chéad díochlaonadh] nós [ainmneach uatha] nóis [ginideach uatha] nósanna [ainmneach iolra] nósanna [ginideach iolra] | |
| cleomau | Monday 14th of August 2006 07:52:28 AM |
| - seó - drama | |
| caeireann | Monday 14th of August 2006 04:00:03 PM |
| - Sin seó an-mhaith. [i]That\'s a great show.[/i] [b]ólgach[/b] - volunteer Óglaigh na hÉireann [i]The Irish Defence Forces[/i] (lit. Volunteers of Ireland) | |
| cleomau | Monday 14th of August 2006 07:35:10 PM |
| - Sorry it ends in the same letter. It\'s the only word I could think of at the moment :) hiopnóisigh - hypnotize | |
| Colm | Monday 14th of August 2006 08:29:16 PM |
| - Hello cleomau and caeireann! :) Welcome to our game. Not many players yet though.... Is asarlaí m\'athair, agus hiopnóiseann sé. [i]My father is a magician, and he hypnotizes.[/i] [b]hata[/b] - hat Chuaigh mé go Hondúras ar mo laethanta saoire, agus rug mé mo hata liom. [i]I went to Honduras on my holidays and I brought my hat with me.[/i] | |
| cleomau | Tuesday 15th of August 2006 11:25:17 PM |
| - abair - say Sorry for not doing sentances but for the time being my knowledge of Gaeilge is purely in the vocab stage :) Hopefully I\'ll be able to write some sentance soon :D | |
| Colm | Wednesday 16th of August 2006 01:26:00 AM |
| - [quote][i]Originally posted by cleomau[/i] abair - say Sorry for not doing sentances but for the time being my knowledge of Gaeilge is purely in the vocab stage :) Hopefully I\'ll be able to write some sentance soon :D[/quote] No hassle :) Learn some vocab and some basic grammar and sentences will come in good time :) Ná habair é! [i]Reply to \"Thanks\": \"You\'re welcome\"! (lit.Don\'t mention it!)[/i] | |
| Danial | Wednesday 16th of August 2006 08:04:11 PM |
| - [b]réidh[/b] - ready Táim réidh. [lit: IsI ready] I am ready. :) Go raibh maith agat, [color=green]a Ch[/color]aer :) [color=green]Vocative case :-)[/color] | |
| cleomau | Friday 18th of August 2006 04:12:48 AM |
| - hoíche I\'m not exactly sure what this means but I\'ve seen it used quite a few times... :D I learned that i lár na hoíche meant the middle of the night but I was told by a friend that hoíche was not a word. I know I\'ve seen it used so... Anybody want to clarify? :) | |
| Tiger | Friday 18th of August 2006 12:09:25 PM |
| - eachtrannach - alien srry, I am in the same stage as cleomau, I can\'t make sentences... :( | |
| Colm | Friday 18th of August 2006 03:52:36 PM |
| - [quote][i]Originally posted by cleomau[/i] hoíche I\'m not exactly sure what this means but I\'ve seen it used quite a few times... :D I learned that i lár na hoíche meant the middle of the night but I was told by a friend that hoíche was not a word. I know I\'ve seen it used so... Anybody want to clarify? :) [/quote] [b]oíche[/b] means night and the reason it has a \"h\" before it is because you have \"na\", the definite article, here in the feminine genitive before it, and so \"a\" and \"o\" can\'t come together so you but a \"h\" between them :) The phrase was correct. :) | |
| cleomau | Saturday 19th of August 2006 08:19:02 AM |
| - [quote][i]Originally posted by Colm[/i] [b]oíche[/b] means night and the reason it has a \\\"h\\\" before it is because you have \\\"na\\\", the definite article, here in the feminine genitive before it, and so \\\"a\\\" and \\\"o\\\" can\'t come together so you but a \\\"h\\\" between them :) The phrase was correct. :)[/quote] Thank you for clarifying! :D I think I understand now... Ok, I couldn\'t think of yet another word that started with \'h\' so I\'ll use \'ch\'. chun - in order to ceart chun beo -- right to life (I\'ve heard my friend use this expression and I\'m pretty sure this is what it means) | |
| Tiger | Saturday 19th of August 2006 09:45:27 PM |
| - nó or else! | |
| Colm | Sunday 20th of August 2006 04:30:20 PM |
| - [b]oidhreacht[/b] - heritage Tá seachtain oidhreachta ón 26ú Lúnasa go dtí an 3ú Meán Fómhair 2006. [i]Heritage week is from the 26th of August to the 3rd of September 2006.[/i] | |
| cleomau | Sunday 20th of August 2006 09:44:39 PM |
| - triúr - a trio of people Tá triúr díobh ann. --> There\'s three of them. | |
| caeireann | Sunday 20th of August 2006 10:20:14 PM |
| - [b]Rí-Rá agus Ruaile Buaile[/b] A great Irish language TV show back in the day! The phrase roughly translates as: \"all sorts of noisy fun\". | |
| Tiger | Monday 21st of August 2006 03:24:00 AM |
| - eisc - to exempt | |
| Colm | Monday 21st of August 2006 04:37:27 PM |
| - [quote][i]Originally posted by deutsch_junge[/i] eisc - to exempt[/quote] To exempt as in eiscamláireach (exemplary). | |
| Tiger | Monday 21st of August 2006 11:36:35 PM |
| - Sure, if you say so, Colm! ;) I don\'t know enough Irish. | |
| Colm | Wednesday 23rd of August 2006 04:57:01 PM |
| - [b]cailín[/b]- girl \'S cailín álainn sí. [i]She\'s a beautiful girl.[/i] | |
| cleomau | Friday 25th of August 2006 06:04:41 AM |
| - nasc - connect, link | |
| Colm | Wednesday 06th of September 2006 05:20:30 PM |
| - [b]cogadh[/b] - war Feallmharaíodh Mícheál Ó Coileáin i mBéal na mBláth, sráidbhaile an bheag i gContae Chorcaí, i gCogadh Cathartha na hÉireann i 1922. [i]Michael Collins was assassinated in Béal na mBláth, a tiny village in County Cork, in the Irish Civil War in 1922.[/i] | |
| cleomau | Sunday 10th of September 2006 03:04:58 AM |
| - síocháin - peace | |
| Tiger | Sunday 08th of October 2006 02:31:13 PM |
| - @Cleomau, I think you\'re mixed up, I think that you were thinking about the Association Game and not the Word Game. ;) But, that\'s ok, I start off a word with an N. nó - or T[color=green]usa[/color] nó m[color=green]ise[/color]? You or me? [color=green]You need to use the emphatic form of the personal pronouns.[/color] :) | |
| cleomau | Sunday 08th of October 2006 11:44:41 PM |
| - [quote][i]Originally posted by Tiger[/i] @Cleomau, I think you\'re mixed up, I think that you were thinking about the Association Game and not the Word Game. ;) But, that\'s ok, I start off a word with an N. nó - or T[color=green]usa[/color] nó m[color=green]ise[/color]? You or me? [color=green]You need to use the emphatic form of the personal pronouns.[/color] :)[/quote] Oh, yes, I was! :( Gabh mo leithscéal! | |
| Tiger | Saturday 14th of October 2006 04:06:56 AM |
| - Hmm...what is the emphatic form? :p Sorry, I still don\'t know any Irish. Just wingin\' it. ór (noun) óir (adjective) Is maith liom ór. I like gold. | |
| Colm | Saturday 14th of October 2006 07:12:59 PM |
| - [b]rothar[/b] - bicycle Níl ach cúpla rian rothair sna cathracha in Éirinn. [i]There are only a couple of cycle lanes in the cities in Ireland.[/i] | |
| Tiger | Sunday 15th of October 2006 12:27:39 AM |
| - rúm - rum Éilím rúm! :p I demand rum! :p | |
| cleomau | Tuesday 17th of October 2006 07:39:52 AM |
| - Muir Chairib - the Caribbean ;) | |
| Tiger | Friday 27th of October 2006 06:23:01 PM |
| - bácús - bakery | |
| cleomau | Sunday 19th of November 2006 04:37:58 AM |
| - sean - old | |
| Villem | Tuesday 21st of November 2006 11:37:10 PM |
| - nuachtán - newspaper | |
| cleomau | Friday 24th of November 2006 01:51:42 AM |
| - Nílimid - we aren\'t | |
| Tiger | Monday 15th of January 2007 01:07:34 PM |
| - [b]dáta[/b] - date | |
| Gaeltacht | Sunday 04th of February 2007 06:21:25 AM |
| - Ríomhaire = Computer | |
| Tiger | Sunday 04th of February 2007 08:52:06 AM |
| - [b]eolaí[/b] - expert Tá mé eolaí. [i]I\'m an expert.[/i] ------------------------- [color=red]THIS IS A RED CARD MISTAKE!!![/color] I am an scientist/ expert = [b]Is eolaí mé[/b] [b]Tá mé tuirseach[/b] = I am tired Tá for pronouns + adjectives, Is for pronouns + nouns | |
| BCS | Saturday 28th of April 2007 07:24:29 PM |
| - Támé Ríomhaire - I am a computer ___________________________________ Faur - Cold | |
