#  Beginning Irish 

 




##  Progress Log

####  On Day 1 we learned:

- Regular and emphatic pronouns (p. 4, #1)
- Cé thusa? (p. 6, #5.2)
- Cé as thú? (p. 6, #5.3)

####  On Day 2 we learned:

- Myself, yourself, etc., e.g. 'Cé as thú féin?' (p. 4, #1.2)
- Introductions, e.g. 'Seo í Máire'.
- Places (p. 6, #5.3)
- Obair bhaile / homework: write a short dialogue in which you meet *and* introduce a person (using the grammer and vocabulary we have learned).
    
    
    - See p. 9, exercise 8 for an example. Note: we have not learned professions yet, so stop at 'An mac léinn thú?' (unless you already know how to do this).

####  On Day 3 we learned:

- Hello: 'Dia duit'; Response: 'Dia is Muire duit.' (p. 6, #5.1)
- I am a (profession / nationality / gender): 'Is \_\_\_\_\_\_ mé.'
- Question and negative forms of the 'copula' verb 'to be': An (+?); Ní (-).
    
    
    - Responses: 'Sea (+); Ní hea (-).
- Professions (p. 8)
    
    
    - Additional vocabulary:
        
        
        - fiaclóir (m) 'dentist'
        - amhránaí (m) 'singer'
        - múinteoir (m) 'teacher'
        - mac léinn (m) 'student'
        - aisteoir (m) 'actor'
        - saor (m) 'carpenter'
        - scríbhneoir (m) 'writer'
        - cara (m) 'friend'
        - sagart (m) 'priest'
        - ministir (m) 'minister'
- Obair bhaile / homework: see handout.

####  On Day 4 we learned:

- Fáilte ar ais! 'Welcome back'
- How to say: (p. 4 #2, p. 5 #3)
    
    
    - Céard é seo? 'What is this?'
    - Seo é \_\_\_. 'This is a \_\_\_'
    - Is \_\_\_ é. 'It is a \_\_\_'
    - An \_\_\_ é seo? 'Is this a \_\_\_?'
- Adjectives come after nouns (p. 6, #4; vocabulary at the top of p. 2).
- Obair bhaile: p.9 #2

####  On Day 5 we learned:

- Lenition (bottom of p. 26)
- Feminine nouns + adjectives (p. 27, #2.1)
- New vocabulary: feminine nouns on p. 24; adjectives on top half of p. 25
- Obair bhaile: p. 31, 2a+b

####  On Day 6 we learned:

- Remaining vocabulary on p. 24 + practice with masculine/feminine nouns + adjectives
- Do you like \_\_\_? 'An maith leat \_\_\_?' (p. 32, #5)
    
    
    - Answer: 'Is maith' / 'Ní maith'
- Conjugated preposition 'le' (p. 29, #3.1)
- Le prefixes 'h' to vowels (p. 29, #3.3)
- Obair bhaile: Create two characters to have a conversation with each other. Include where they're from, professions, type of girl/boy/man/woman (use adjectives), and a few things they like.

####  On Day 7 we learned:

- Is fearr le...  
    Is fuath le...  
    Ní miste le... (p. 30, 4.2)
- p. 30-31, 4.2.3 (nó, ná) and 4.2.4 (Cé acu is fearr leat?)
- The article (p. 26-7, 2.1, 2.3, 2.4). We will return to this next week!
- Obair bhaile: p. 34, #4 (Not questions 5, 9, and 10)

##  Resources

 [Ciorcal Comhrá Bhoston](https://www.facebook.com/comhraBhoston) [Dictionary](https://www.teanglann.ie/en/fgb/)

 

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