Ceacht a ceathair déag 

A Chairde, 

Please continue to avail of the resources that you have been using to date i.e. 

Audio file for lesson14 available at 
http://www.philo-celtic.com/PII/Progress.htm It can also be accessed from the Links section. 

Grammar Notes:
http://www.oireasmedia.com/learningsolutions/languages/irish/piiforabhargramadai.pdf

More detailed grammar available from 
http://www.daltai.com/grammar.htm 
http://www.gaeilge-resources.eu/

Excellent web site by Gearóid from parallel class. There is a tab for Progress in Irish. 

Dictionary, book or online e.g. 
www.focal.ie 
or 
www.englishirishdictionary.com 

http://www.spicyirish.com/PI14.html 
http://irish.rownw.com/xwds/l14.html 

The 1st  couple of lines of lesson 14 show examples of prepositional pronouns. 
Personal pronouns combine with simple prepositions to form prepositional pronouns 
Preposition 	Personal Pronouns 	Prepositional Pronoun 	
Ar (on) + 	mé 	orm 	
Ar + 	tú 	ort 	
Ar + 	sé 	air 	
Ar + 	sí 	uirthi 	
Ar + 	sinn 	orainn 	
Ar + 	sibh 	oraibh 	
Ar + 	siad 	orthu 	

In Irish, emotions are expressed as being ON a person
Tá áthas orm. Literally - Happiness is on me
Tá brón orm Literally - sorrow is on me
Also
Tá slaghdán orm A cold is on me.
Tá tinneas cinn orm A headache is on me
Tá tinneas fiacaile orm A toothache is on me

Since beginning this course, I have become more aware of English as
it is spoken in Ireland. Only last week, I heard somebody say " I
have a terrible cold on me.". This would be a direct translation
of "Tá slaghdán (uafásach) orm".

In an earlier class we learned that
Mo, do and a (his) put a séimhiú on the first consonant of the
following word.
Mo chóta my coat
Do chóta your coat
A chóta his coat
A cóta her coat

Cuir ort do chuid éadaigh /Put on your clothes
The little word cuid refers to an unspecified amount
i.e. your clothes could refers to just one garment or several

Chaill mé mo chuid airgid. /I lost my money
Amount of money not specified.

Chíor mé mo chuid gruaige/I combed my hair
Several strands of hair. No specific amount.

The word CUID is usually used with the above 3 nouns

Please note
Ag féachaint AR rud looking UPON something. (at in English)
At the moment you are
Ag féachaint ar an scáileán, looking upon the screen

In the Foghlaim section we again see the verb Bí
Tá xxxx orm present tense
Bhí xxx orm past tense
Beidh xxx orm future tense

Nil xxxx orm present tense negative
Ní raibh xxxx orm past tense negative
Ní bheidh xxxx orm future tense negative

Class page with games:
http://www.quia.com/pages/progressinirish.html

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