(GC) "mo lá" - my day

LapaSaiza · **Posted:** Sun 05 Jan 2014 2:39 pm

Hello dear folks...

As a homework for my university study of Irish I had to write a small monologue about my day. It was quite hard, as I am a very beginner, so I wanted to ask, if you could kindly proofread the few lines.
I really do appreciate every tipp and correction.

Quote:

"Ar maidin ag hocht a chlog éirím. Ceathrú tar éis a hocht chun bricfeasta ithim arbhair le torthaí agus ól cupán caife. I ndiaidh sin, ag ceathrú chun a hocht a chlog, Ag ceathrú chun a déag a chlog, téim faoin gcithfholcadh agus cuirim mo chuid éadai orm. Ansin, foghlaim teangacha ag leabharlann idir a naoi agus leath i ndiaidh a déag. I ndiaidh sin, ithim lón le mo chairde. Chéile labhraímid faoi ár an lá agus beartaimid ár n-deireadh seachtaine. Ar a trí déag go dtí a seacht déag a chlog, téim don ollscoil don mo léachtanna agus mo cúrsaí. Ithim dinnéar a seacht déag a chlog. Ansin arís foghlaim, ach an am seo stair. Ar tráthnóna Dé Máirt téim ag snamh ag an am seo. Ó fiche a chlog tosaítear am saor. Léim Leabhair , nó imriónn mé le cluichí físeáin. Idir 23 agus 24 a chlog a théim a chodladh."

Mick · **Joined:** Fri 18 Nov 2011 2:27 pm **Posts:** 622

LapaSaiza wrote:

Ar maidin ag hocht a chlog éirím. Ceathrú tar éis a hocht chun bricfeasta ithim arbhair le torthaí agus ól cupán caife.

Éirím ar maidin ag a hocht a chlog. Ag ceathrú tar éis a hocht, ithim arbhair le torthaí ag mo bhricfeasta agus ólaim cupán caife.

In Irish, the verb comes at the beginning of the phrase. This is the opposite to German, where the verb comes at the end, so this is something you need to be careful of.

Unfortunately, this is as far as I got because the times you wrote are very confusing. I can't understand what time you have a shower at, for example. Maybe you need to review the section of your textbook that covers time and clocks, and then re-write this piece.

Saoirse · **Posted:** Sun 05 Jan 2014 3:32 pm

LapaSaiza wrote:

Ag ceathrú chun a déag a chlog

As Mick said, you need to review the times in the piece. 'Ceathrú chun' means 'a quarter to'. This should be followed by a number e.g. a naoi (nine) i.e. 'ceathrú chun a naoi', but 'déag' isn't a number. It is the equivalent of 'teen' in English (kind of, but it starts earlier) so it cannot be used on its own. 'ceathrú chun a haon déag' means a quarter to eleven.

LapaSaiza · **Posted:** Sun 05 Jan 2014 3:43 pm

It would be much easier, if I had a textbook to look at. I am really appreciating your help. Maybe I could provide the english text.

Quote:

8 o' Clock in the morning I get up. I eat breakfast and drink a cup of coffee at 8:15. Then, around 8:40 I take a shower and dress up. Between 9 o' Clock and 11:30 I usually learn "Languages" in the library. Around 11:30 till 13Uhr will be lunch together with friends. We talk about our day and plan our weekend. After that I go to lectures and courses at my university. 17 o' Clock it is time for dinner. Between 18 and 20 o' Clock I learn "History" (for my history courses). At thursdays I go swimming at this time. At 20 o' Clock my free time begins. I read books or play games. I go to bed between 23 and 24 o' Clock.

=/ Our teacher said, if we won't understand a thing, whe should firstly look up grammar and anything in the internet. Then ask him. So I tried to look up times at different websites. Seems like it didn't work very well.

Sorry for the inconvenience

Dáithí Mac Giolla. · **Joined:** Sat 01 Jun 2013 8:46 pm **Posts:** 466

I downloaded, this book for free.
Later I printed it and bound it as I was tired of always looking at it on my screen

From Cork Irish http://corkirish.wordpress.com/why-cork-irish/

To get Dillon, and the recordings,here is what you need to do:
1/ Download from Box.net the following zip files:
Teach_Yourself_Irish.zip
http://www.box.net/shared/h4rl7s5puh
bMp3.zip
http://www.box.net/shared/kgyasg58ry
cMp3.zip
http://www.box.net/shared/3qiuqr9vt4
dMp3.zip
http://www.box.net/shared/mlfdc9ha86
In a clean directory/folder, expand Teach_Yourself_Irish.zip.
This will produce a pair of nested folders.
The outer folder, Teach_Yourself_Irish, contains the pdf file, Irish.pdf, and the inner folder, Mp3, contains some mp3 files.
2/ In the same clean directory/folder, expand bMp3.zip.
This will produce a folder, bMp3, which contains some mp3 files.
Move All of these files into the inner folder, Mp3, and delete the empty folder.
3/ Likewise, cMp3.
4/ Likewise, dMp3.

franc 91 · **Posted:** Sun 05 Jan 2014 3:57 pm

LapaSaiza · **Posted:** Sun 05 Jan 2014 4:06 pm

Puhhh

Thank you very much. C: I will look it up and correct it as soon as possible. This is helping me very much.

Saoirse · **Posted:** Sun 05 Jan 2014 4:16 pm

This might be fun for someone learning to tell the time.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/irish/fios/cluichi ... lock.shtml

LapaSaiza · **Posted:** Mon 06 Jan 2014 12:03 pm

Thank you all so very much.
I tried to correct the text I had written so far and hopefully it might be a little better. =( I didn't thought it would be so hard. But yeah... =(

"Éirim ar maidin ag a hocht a chlog. Ag ceathrú tar éis a hocht a chlog, ithim arbhair le torthai ag mo bhricfeasta agus ólaim cupáin caife. I ndiaidh sin, ag ceathrú chun a haoi a chlog, téim faoin gcithfholcadh agus cuirim mo chuid éadai orm. Ansin, foghlaim teangacha ag leabharlann idir a naoi agus leath-uair tar éis a aondéag. I ndiaidh sin, ithim lón le mo chairde. Chéile labhraimid faoi ár an lá agus beartaimid ár n-deireadh seachtaine.
Ar a trídéag go dtí a seachtdéag a chlog, téim don ollscoil don mo léachtanna agus mo cúrsaí. Ithim dinnéar ag a seachtdéag a chlog. Ansin aris foghlaim, ach an am seo stair. Ar tráthóna Dé Máirt, téim ag snamh ag an am seo. Ó fiche a chlog tosaitear am saor. Léim leabhair, nó imriónn mé chluichi fiseáin. Idir trí is fiche agus ceathair is fiche a chlog, téim a chodladh."

Hopefully the numbers are correct now.

Mick · **Joined:** Fri 18 Nov 2011 2:27 pm **Posts:** 622

The 24 hour clock is rarely used in Irish so I think it is better to use the 12 hour clock. For example: a haon déag a chlog (1:00) instead of a trí déag a chlog (13:00).

Anyway, here is my re-write. If you have any questions about the changes I made, please ask. Also, I may have made a few mistakes, so check back to see if anyone corrects me.

Éirím ar maidin ag a hocht a chlog. Ag ceathrú tar éis a hocht, ithim arbhair le torthaí ag mo bhricfeasta agus ólaim cupán caife. I ndhiadh sin, ag ceathrú chun a naoi, téim faoin gcithfholcadán agus cuirim mo chuid eadaí orm. Ansin, déanaim staidéir ar teangacha sa leabharlann ó a naoi a chlog go dtí leathuair tar éis a haon déag. I ndiadh sin, ithim lón le mo chairde. Bímid ag caint le chéile faoi ár la agus ag déanamh pleananna. (What's the best way to say "plans for the weekend"?)

Ó a haon a chlog go dtí a cúig a chlog, téim ar léáchtanna agus cursaí san ollscoil. Ithim dinnéar ag a cúig a chlog. Tar éis an dinnéar, déanaim staidéir ar stair, ach téim ag snámh ag an am seo Dé Máirt. Bíonn am saor agam tar éis a hocht a chlog. Léim leabhair nó imrím cluichí ríomaireachta. Téim i mo choldadh ag a haon déag nó a dó dhéag a chlog.

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