Tá eochair na ríocht anseo
Tá cathair sa ríocht sin
Tá baile mór sa chathair sin
Tá sráid sa bhaile mór sin
Tá bóithrín sa tsráid sin
Tá clós sa bhóithrín sin
Tá teach sa chlós sin
Tá seomra sa teach sin
Tá leaba sa seomra sin
Tá ciseán ar an leaba sin
Tá roinnt bláthanna sa chiseán sin
Bláthanna i gciseán
Ciseán ar an leaba
Leaba sa seomra
Seomra sa teach
Teach sa chlós
Clós sa bhóithrín
Bóithrín sa tsráid
Sráid sa bhaile mór
Baile mór sa chathair
Cathair sa ríocht
Seo (é ?) eochair na ríocht (I'm not sure about that last line)

Tá eochair na ríochta anseo . . .
Seo í eochair na ríochta

But seo eochair (without the pronoun) works too. Also, some people say seo é all the time, even with feminine nouns, but I think seo í would be more correct (since eochair is feminine).

Now can someone explain to me why we don't say “sa theach” and “sa sheomra.” I have a feeling it has something to do with DTS and DNTLS. Are we supposed to treat "sa" as if it ended with n (i+an)? Or am I way off with that?

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Maitiú 16:19 "Agus tabharfaidh mé duit eochracha ríocht na bhflaitheas"

Interesting.

But ríochta is the genitive form, right? So is eochracha ríocht a typo? A dialect feature? Or is there some other grammar issue caused by having two genitives in the one phrase?

Franc, did you know your post was going to raise so many grammar questions?

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Táim ag foghlaim fós. Fáilte roimh gach aon cheartúchán.

Double genitives! Good question....

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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.

Ríocht na bhfaitheas is a place name and functions as a unit. With place names the first letter is lenited in the genitive, regardless of gender, and no other changes are made, but r doesn't lenite so you can't see the lenition in this case.

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Múinteoir Gaeilge - Irish Teacher
My "specialty" is Connemara Irish, particularly Cois Fhairrge dialect, but I can also speak Ulster and Munster Irish with native-level pronunciation.
Is fearr Gaeilge ḃriste ná Béarla cliste, cinnte, aċ i ḃfad níos fearr aríst í Gaeilge ḃinn ḃeo na nGaeltaċtaí.
Gaeilge Chonnacht (GC), go háraid Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge (GCF), Gaeilic Uladh (GU), Gaelainn na Mumhan (GM), agus Gaeilge an Chaighdeáin Oifigiúil (CO).

Here's the original version -
Voici la clé du royaume - This is the key to the kingdom
Dans ce royaume, il y a une grande ville - In that kingdom there is a city
Dans cette grande ville, il y a un bourg - In that city there is a town
Dans ce bourg, il y a une rue - In that town there is a street
Dans cette rue, il y a une ruelle - In that street there is a lane
Dans cette ruelle, il y a une cour - In that lane there is a yard
Dans cette cour, il y a une maison - In that yard there is a house
Dans cette maison, il y a une pièce - In that house there is a room
Dans cette pièce, il y a un lit - In that room there is a bed
Sur ce lit, il y a un panier - On that bed there is a basket
Dans ce panier, il y a quelques fleurs - In that basket there are some flowers
Fleurs dans un panier - Flowers in a basket
Panier sur le lit - Basket on the bed
Lit dans la pièce - Bed in the room
Pièce dans la maison - Room in the house
Maison dans la cour - House in the yard
Cour dans la ruelle - Yard in the lane
Ruelle dans la rue - Lane in the street
Rue dans le bourg - Street in the town
Bourg dans la ville - Town in the city
Grande ville dans le royaume - City in the kingdom
De ce royaume ceci est la clé - Of that kingdom this is the key.

Is there anything similar to this in the Irish oral tradition? The only one I've found is - The House that Jack built - which has been adapted into Irish as Tigh Eoghainín (in Rabhlaí Rabhlaí). I have another one in Provençal that I would like to translate into Irish, some day.

Reminds me a bit of The Rattlin' Bog, a very popular drinking song in Ireland. But if there's an Irish language version, I haven't heard it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECSgPgSV ... re=related

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That's very similar to a song I do with the children here, which goes like this -

In a wood there grew a tree
The best tree you ever did see
And the green leaves grew all around and around
And the green leaves grew all around

And on that tree there was a branch,
The best branch you ever did see
And the branch was on the tree
And the tree was in the wood
And the green leaves - etc etc srl srl

Are you translating that from French, or is it a song you use to teach English?

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