An Lon Dubh wrote:
An Cionnfhaolach wrote:
I have Old-Irish paradigms by John Strachan, edited by Osborn Bergin (4th edition 1949, reprinted 2003) and E. G. Quin's accompanying Old Irish Workbook 1975.
I've seen Strachan, very much in the "old" style of textbooks for classical languages, i.e. virtually unreadable.
, yeah you'd want a degree in reading Strachen's works to be able to understand them, bloody awful!
An Lon Dubh wrote:
SeanGhaeilge gan Dua is very helpful because Ó Fiannachta draws connections to Modern Irish and it has to
be said a lot of details in Old Irish are much easier to understand when you realise that they're just slightly different of stuff
in Modern Irish. (Well slightly I say, for the nouns maybe, but the verbs it's like another planet! The horror that is the Old Irish verb!
)
Yeah I find that as well, drawing parallels with modern Irish is very interesting and tends to stick in your head a lot better alright. Old Irish verbs are hilarious, not only does the basic form change sometimes, the personalised endings change as well depending if they are spléach or neamhspléach. Its a mine field butnwhen you draw connections with modern Irish, some of it at least, starts to make sense.
An Lon Dubh wrote:
Sengoídelc's advantage is that it's written like a textbook for a modern (i.e. currently spoken) language, friendly, funny and with very interesting notes on etymology, e.t.c. It's actually just fun to read!
I think I am going to buy these two books now
!
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I'm familiar with Munster Irish/ Gaolainn na Mumhan (GM) and the Official Standard/an Caighdeán Oifigiúil (CO)
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