I guess that depends on what your pillows are made of! I finished 3, amid some tooth grinding. But the blackbird has me a wee bit scared about starting chapter 4.

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Táim ag foghlaim Gaelainn na Mumhan

Tá fáilte roim nach aon cheartú!
I am a learner. Any translations offered are practice and should not be used unless confirmed.

Aye, that Black Bird has got me a bit worried

Maybe the though chapter was chapter three for you guys and you've absorbed the style enough to progress swiftly through chapter four.
Regardless, you'll be able to do it.

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The dialect I use is Cork Irish.
Ar sgáth a chéile a mhairid na daoine, lag agus láidir, uasal is íseal

Well, I have survived the first few pages of Caibideal a ceathair. So far it is not as difficult as I imagined. But I will be slowing down my pace considerably. I simply cannot read Séadna to the exclusion of everything else. I’m having lesson withdrawal. It’s doing wonders for my vocabulary, but I need drills and exercises for grammar points to stick. I feel…unbalanced, doing nothing but reading. It is definitely the best way for me to learn new words, but I don’t retain the grammar the same way.

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Táim ag foghlaim Gaelainn na Mumhan

Tá fáilte roim nach aon cheartú!
I am a learner. Any translations offered are practice and should not be used unless confirmed.

Don't worry about slowing down, a chara. I'm still on Caibideal a Trí so when you slow down, we're probably still gonna be reading through Séadna at about the same rate

Okay, I am now officially done with Caibideal a Trí – whew!

If all goes well, I'll be starting the dreaded Caibideal a Ceathair to-morrow.

Am enjoying Séadna at the moment. It is indeed a strange book altogether. The story about the mealbhóg is definitely familiar! I have heard it before from another source! Anyway, I'll read it through and then will go through it again for the phrases, etc. Somethings like 'clabhar' is unfamiliar but easily understood from the context. I feel it is probably a hook on the the 'matal' but I won't worry about it until I start again and concentrate on the individual words and phrases. The story is too good to stop now... lol...

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Bí cinnte de go nglacfaidh triúr le gach aistriúchán a thabharfar.
Be sure to get three in agreement with a translation given.

Yeah, I know exactly what you mean – Séadna is a fun book to read and I'm really learning a lot!

The only other book that I've ever read in Irish was Rabhlaí Rabhlaí, and of course this book is a lot harder! Oh well, I don't want to stay a beginner forever, so I'm glad I'm giving it a go with Séadna

Can anybody explain: marab ort atá an t-éirí in airde

Here's the whole sentence so that you can see it in context:

"A dhe mhuise, greadadh chughat, a ghréasaí bhig bhuí na mealbhóige, de shíol taoibhíní rua agus meanaithí ramhar agus bréanbhróg, marab ort atá an t-éirí in airde, ag teacht anso chun capaill a cheannach agus gan phingin id phóca!"

The "translation" says, "if you haven't presumption", but I don't really understand how they got that. Come to think of it, I don't actually understand the English translation, either – hmmm …

Probably like the English phrase/idiom - airs and graces

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It is recommended that you always wait for three to agree on a translation.
I speak Connemara Irish, and my input will often reflect that.
I will do an mp3 file on request for short translations.
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