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Online dictionaries can be accessed at www.focal.ie or www.potafocal.com

Foghlaim/Learn
I would suggest that you speak the words out loud with the speaker.  One word to watch out for is the word folamh, which means empty.  It is very like the English word full and there may be a tendency to confuse them. Try to find instances where you can use this word e.g.
If I look in my wallet at the end of the month, I can say “Tá sé folamh”
If I go to the fridge for milk, I can pick up and carton and say “Tá sé folamh”

You can also test yourself by doing the crossword at  http://irish.rownw.com/xwds/l2.html

Instructions for doing the crossword are at http://irish.rownw.com/xwds/home.html

A new way of testing yourself is to go to http://spicyirish.com/PI02/html and see if you get the answers correct.

I think you will definitely know the vocabulary after all that!

Léigh/Read

The words that you have already learnt are now being put into sentences.  In Irish the verb comes first.
Read the sentences out loud with the speaker on the sound file

Freagair/Answer
In this section you are asking questions.  The answers are in the second section (Leigh).  This is a repetition of the Leigh section.

Grammar Points
Revision
Last week we learned that after the definite article an a feminine noun changes spelling. 

It takes a séimhiú ( a h is placed after the first consonant).  Lenition or aspiration are other words for this
Bean = a woman		an bhean = the woman

This week we will look at nouns which start with vowels (a,e,i,o,u) and nouns which start with the letter S.

Nouns used in the example below
Athair = a father	an t-athair = the father
Iníon – a daughter	an iníon = the daughter
Sagart = a priest	an sagart = the priest
Siúr = a sister		an tsiúr = the sister (religious)

I think the best way to learn the following rule is to learn examples and then to compare other words to the examples

The definite article before a noun

					Masculine	Feminine
(1) Noun starts with a vowel		an t-athair	an iníon
(2) Noun starts with s			an sagart	an tsiúr

The above nouns are the gender that one would expect (most commonly anyway)
A religious sister and a daughter are both feminine in gender
The other words athair and sagart are masculine in gender.

After the definite article an

A masculine noun starting with a vowel is prefixed by t-
A feminine noun starting with a vowel does not change

A masculine noun starting with S does not change
A feminine noun starting with s is prefixed by t

I would find it difficult to remember that rule so I just learn the above words off by heart remembering to an in front of them.  Then I use them as examples and compare other words against them.

In the first section Foghlaim we see the words an t-urlár
If we want to know if this word is masculine or feminine we can look up a dictionary
Otherwise we can just refer to my little table above.
If it starts with a vowel and is prefixed by t-  it is most likely masculine (like an t-athair)

We also see the words an tsráid
We can also look up the word sráid in the dictionary
If we refer to my table we can compare it to an tsiúr so it is most likely feminine.

Reminder – When you look up the dictionary you just look up the noun itself.  Do not include the prefix.

HOMEWORK

Think of an  example of when you would use the expression Tá sé folamh

Translate the section Cuir Gaeilge air seo.

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