GRMA to both you and Cionaodh for your speedy replies. It's all a learning process. As you can see, I'm a bit behind the rest of the group but I haven't given...
A Chairde, Tá bron orm, for a question way back in ceacht 1, I am just starting in this group and will try to catch up as quickly as possible. In the meantime...
Its one of those times, once again, when you must listen close to the subtle difference when a fluent speaker is talking, When I first learned those little...
... If it helps, there's another word for crying, totally unlike drinking: "ag caoineadh". Some courses prefer that one over "ag gol". Le meas, Cionaodh...
I've come across the "ag caoineadh" version in Buntús Cainte, but then have heard the debate hear and from my Munster teacher that caoineadh is not so much...
Dia dhuit, a chairde, i was trying to listen to the audio file for this lesson and couldn't understand most of it because the sound keeps cutting in and out....
Reminder from: progressinirish Yahoo! Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/progressinirish/cal PII Lesson 38 Wednesday February 7, 2007 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm (The...
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Reminder from: progressinirish Yahoo! Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/progressinirish/cal PII Lesson 38 Wednesday February 7, 2007 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm ...
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Lesson 38 introduces us to another aspect of verbs -- the "conditional mood". The conditional mood describes action that _might_ occur if certain explicit or...
On page 58 where it says "Léigh", please read and understand the four sentences shown; then where it says "Freagair na ceisteanna seo", answer the five...
Reminder from: progressinirish Yahoo! Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/progressinirish/cal PII Lesson 39 Wednesday February 14, 2007 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm (The...
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Reminder from: progressinirish Yahoo! Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/progressinirish/cal PII Lesson 39 Wednesday February 14, 2007 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm ...
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Lesson 39 continues the topic of the "conditional mood" of verbs, this time focusing on the 11 irregular verbs. You will notice similarities between the verbs...
On page 60 where it says "Léigh", please read and understand the seven sentences shown; then where it says "Freagair na ceisteanna seo", answer the seven...
Lesson 35 dealt with paraphrasing in the present tense; lesson 36 did the same regarding events in the future. In lesson 40 we'll learn to paraphrase in the...
When you mentioned the irregular verbs that wouldn't use "gur" or "nár" and "duirt" being one of these irregulars, I thought I understood until this sentence...
... I may have muddied the issue for you. The "gur" vs. "go" relates only to what's AFTER the particle and affects ONLY those few verbs mentioned in the centre...
It may help to think of it in terms of [main clause] + [subordinate clause] where the two clauses are joined by the *subordinating conjunction* "go", "gur",...
Mo dhearmad! I cited "go" as the subordinating conjunction in my earlier reply. That SHOULD read "gur"! Main clause = Dúirt sé (he said) Subordinating...
Tuigim anois, Seán _____ From: progressinirish@yahoogroups.com [mailto:progressinirish@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Larry Ackerman Sent: Wednesday, February...