I'll bear that in mind.

I'm ready when you are for Cuid a ceathair, a Loin Dhuibh.

I don't know if you saw my last batch of corrections and questions, but I spotted another typo on page 14:
Chuir sé uaidh amach na stracairí.

I haven't looked at the context, but:

1-It's not "if they themselves aren't able to defend that sméirle" but "if they aren't able to defend themselves against/from that sméirle".

2- "aghaidh (without the possessive) a thabhairt ar áit" = "to head for a place". I don't know if the addition of the possessive 'a' makes any difference.

Ah, pé áit ina dthabharfhaidh sé a aghaidh means "wherever he heads to"
tugaim aghaidh ar áit – I head for a place

mara bhfuil ionta iad féin a chosaint ar an sméirle úd … – if they aren't able to defend themselves against that lout …
cosnaim ar - I defend against

Now I see how that works – Thanks for the help!

Thanks, I got all the corrections, I'm writing Cuid a ceathair now, I'll have it ready tomorrow.


Just to let you know suim is pronounced suím, but the genitive is suime. I'll add stuff like this in when I go back over the file with the phonetic spelling. However I've edited the spelling to what you've suggested.


I've changed it to say: it eclipses (which before vowels amounts to prefixing an n-)
What do you think?


You're right! Thanks.


Tóg is take, build, life. Tug is give, bring. However Tug + le is bring with which is similar in meaning to and often translated take, but not exactly the same.

However this is the verb Beir catch, take, bear, give birth.

Tug used to have Bheirim as its present independent form, which looks very similar to the present form of Beir, i.e. Beirim. So it is easy to confuse the two verbs.

Tóg is simply take, but Beir is take in the sense "My job takes me to different countries", "He took me there". An example from Niamh, quoted in the Cork Irish dictionary:

Bheireadh a ngnó sa tímpal iad i dtreó go mbídís tamal ins gach aon bhuidhin Their work took them
all around so that they would spend a while in each group.


Errigal has explained this already, I was trying to think how best to explain it in the notes. I'll add a new attempt in when I upload Cuid a Ceathair.

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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

Thanks for letting me know about that! Standard spelling can sure lead a person astray when it comes to pronunciation – the word muintir comes to mind.
That looks good to me!
Now I see the error of my ways! First of all, I was confusing bheirim and beirim. I'll pore over your explanation until I get used to the differences in tugaim, tógaim, and beirim – which now I know, thanks to you, is not bheirim!

I like hearing about 'suím', 'muíntir' etc

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The older spelling was muinntear which is closer to the actual pronunciation (well in Munster, anyway).

Sorry for the delay WFM! Busy in work! Here is Cuid a ceathair:

http://irishlearner.awyr.com/membrfaylz/anlondubh/CuanFithise.pdf

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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

Go raibh maith agat, a Loin Dhuibh!

I'll get to work on it right away –