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An Chopail gan Choinne @anchopail.bsky.social · 12d

Leabhar Gaeilge liom

‘An Irish book of mine’ an bhrí ba thúisce a tuigfí as san ach is féidir ciall chopaileach a bhaint as leis:

‘a Gaelic language of mine is a book’

S: Gaeilge liom ‘a Gaelic [language] of mine’
P: leabhar ‘a book’

léine uaine ar a bhfuil na litreacha: Leabhar Gaeile liom

Caipín leis an dtéacs céanna: “Leabhar Gaeilge liom”, agus píosa eile scríte thíos san íomhá i mBéarla: “What do you think?”

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An Chopail gan Choinne @anchopail.bsky.social · Sep 1

Chonaiceamair an riail sin á ple agus dearúd den tsaghas céanna cúpla mí ó shin (gan an Caighdeán féin a bheith i gceist, áfach): bsky.app/profile/silm...

silmeth 🇺🇦 @silmeth.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · May 13

One interesting rule of #irish #grammar that many people struggle with, but it seems well alive in native Irish. A 🧵.

If a proper name (of person or place) is referring to the name itself, & not to a specific person, it’s treated as indefinite after the copula.

#gaeilge #gaelainn #gramadach

Nua-Chorpas na hÉireann results from texts by native speakers showing many instances of ‘gur ⟨name⟩ an t-ainm a bhí air’ and similar structures, eg. ‘gur John Paul a bhí ort’, ‘gur Micí is ainm dom’, ‘gur Máirtín a bhí ar fhear an phíopa’, ‘gur Bríd a tugadh ort’ without any pronoun after the copular forms.

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IrishLanguage.ie @irishlanguage.bsky.social · Sep 1

We will also comment on errors that we see in the Caigheán as well, including the one at the start of Chapter 3

irishlanguage.ie/an-caighdean... #irishlanguage #irish #gaeilge

An Caighdéan Oifigiúil: Chapter 3: Definite and Indefinite Nouns, Abbreviations and the Nominative Form in place of the Genitive (pp. 37-56) - IrishLanguage.ie

This is Chapter 3 of the unofficial translation of An Caighdeán Oifigiúil based off of the 2017 version. You can find all other chapters here.

irishlanguage.ie

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An Chopail gan Choinne @anchopail.bsky.social · Aug 26

Is maith an obair a dhein An Spideog ag míniú na copaile.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZPL...

4 Structures to Understand the Copula | Irish Sentence Structure: 2

YouTube video by An Spideog

www.youtube.com

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An Chopail gan Choinne @anchopail.bsky.social · Jun 2

Ní hábhair é a chara.
‘His friend is not subjects.’

S: (é) a chara ‘his friend’ (agus fo-ainmní ann)
P: ábhair ‘subjects, matters’ (iolra den fhocal ‘ábhar’)
Copula: ní (an fhoirm dhiúltach)

‘ní ábhair’ a bheadh ceart de réir an chaighdeáin, ach is sine an nós ‘h-’ a chur tar éis ‘ní’ na copaile

Teachtaireacht ar Mastodon agus “ní hábhair é a chara. 🤜🔥🤛” scríte inti.

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silmeth 🇺🇦 @silmeth.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · May 13

One interesting rule of #irish #grammar that many people struggle with, but it seems well alive in native Irish. A 🧵.

If a proper name (of person or place) is referring to the name itself, & not to a specific person, it’s treated as indefinite after the copula.

#gaeilge #gaelainn #gramadach

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An Chopail gan Choinne @anchopail.bsky.social · Feb 16

> “Ceapaim go bhfuil daoine den tuairim gur 'tír idirnáisiúnta, sofaisticiúil í Éireann anois', bíonn daoine ag bogadh go hÉireann (…)”

measaim go mba mhaith leis
@antuisealginideach.bsky.social an méid sin

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An Chopail gan Choinne @anchopail.bsky.social · Feb 16

> is léir nach aon aois grúpa nó aicme amháin atá i gceist

‘it’s clear that a group or a single class that is meant is no age’

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Úna-Minh 🔥 Play Eyes of Hellfire! @unaminh.bsky.social · Feb 16

reading an article (in Irish) about an Irish language influencer with thousands and thousands of followers (who's also apparently working on advanced courses and charges people for their content) but their Irish is so poor that I'm struggling to understand and read the article... ☹️

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Maitiú Ó Coimín @maitiuocoimin.bsky.social · Feb 5

Deirtear nach gcáintear leabhra Gaeilge sách minic.

Mar sin, déanfaidh mé cáineadh beag ar Scott Pilgrim as Gaeilge: ní thuigeann an t-aistritheoir an chopail agus tá cuid den aistriúchán in áiteacha eile chomh ciotach sin go bhfuil sé barrúil.

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Risteárd Ó hAodha @risteard.ie · Jan 5

@anchopail.bsky.social

Cé Cathair na Mart
Westport is a quay

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An Chopail gan Choinne @anchopail.bsky.social · Dec 16

An Túr Solas?
‘Is Light a Tower?’

S: Solas ‘Light’
P: Túr ‘a Tower’
copula: an …? (the interrogative form)

Íomha de shuíomh dublincitylights.ie á rá so: “The official name of the Spire is An Túr Solas «Monument of Light»” (ach ní hé an fhíorbhrí leis an méid).

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silmeth 🇺🇦 @silmeth.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · Nov 28

The guide I wrote a while ago about ‘being’ in Irish (the tá/bí verb vs the copula ‘is’). It’s fairly comprehensive and, I hope, helpful to learners:

https://celtic-languages.org/Guide_to_Irish_to_be

#gaeilge #Spéiríní #SpéirGhorm

A screenshot from the Irish copula guide showing the section on Classification.

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An Chopail gan Choinne @anchopail.bsky.social · Nov 27

#SpéirGorm
‘A green-blue colour is sky’

Subject: Gorm ‘(An instance of) green or blue colour (of some specific object)’
Predicate: Spéir ‘Sky’

#BluecolourIsSky

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An Chopail gan Choinne @anchopail.bsky.social · Oct 13

Bheadh, ach níl.

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An Chopail gan Choinne @anchopail.bsky.social · Oct 12

sr. Beag Liam
‘William’s Smallness is a street’

S: sr[áid] ‘a street’
P: Beag Liam ‘William’s Little Amount, William’s Smallness’

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An Chopail gan Choinne @anchopail.bsky.social · Oct 12

Ionaid bialanna beir leat sa Chathair
‘Take-away restaurants in the City are places’

P: Ionaid ‘places’
S: bialanna beir leat sa Chathair ‘take-away restaurants in the City’

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An Chopail gan Choinne @anchopail.bsky.social · Oct 12

Turas d’anam
‘thy soul is a journey’

S: turas ‘journey’
P: d’anam ‘thy soul’

B’fhearr linn ‘t’anam’ le t’ neamhghlórach áfach. Is féidir tuiscint eile a bhaint as ‘d’anam’ leis: an réamhfhocal ‘do’ + ‘anam’ (‘a journey for a soul’).

íomha den tsuíomh idirlín “Turas d’anam” leis seo scríte ann: Gently let this land become your home. Turas d’anam - the journey of your sould in Ireland.

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An Chopail gan Choinne @anchopail.bsky.social · Sep 28

Ár bia mara
‘Seafood is slaughter’

S: bia mara ‘seafood’
P: ár ‘slaughter’

Chuir duine an íomhá so chugainn tá fada ó shin ach níor roinneamair anso í fós. Ná hithidh ach glasraí lenúr dtoil, a chairde.

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An Chopail gan Choinne @anchopail.bsky.social · Sep 28

Halla Deuglán
‘Deuglán is a hall’

Gaelchló a roinn an íomhá so ar an suíomh eile ⁊ ghoideamair uathu í.

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An Chopail gan Choinne @anchopail.bsky.social · Aug 15

Sin é, agus bheadh súil againn le ‘an Luais’ sa tuiseal ginideach.

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An Chopail gan Choinne @anchopail.bsky.social · Apr 21

Líne Glas an Luas
‘Speed is a Line of Locks’

Subject: an Luas ‘(the) Speed’
Predicate: Líne Glas ‘a Line of Locks’

‘Glas’ gan séimhiú mar is ginideach iolra atá ann.

Grianghraf comhartha a chuir an Luas ⁊ “Líne Glas an Luas | Luas Green Line” scríte ann.

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An Chopail gan Choinne @anchopail.bsky.social · Mar 27

Tá an scéal i bhfad níos measa ná mar a shamhlaíomair ar dtúis…

íomhá ina bhfuil treoir don úsáid na copaile ⁊ an bhriathair ‘bí’ agus abairtí mar seo inti: “Ciallaíonn sé sin go n-úsáidtear Tá nuair atá aidiacht an mórphointe san abairt” agus “Ciallaíonn sé sin go n-úsáidtear an chopail nuair atá ainmfhocal an mórphointe den abairt.”

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An Chopail gan Choinne @anchopail.bsky.social · Mar 27

Níl aon chopail le fáilt sa sampla so cé go mbeifí ag súil léi gan amhras.

Seans ná tiocfaidís fiú dá mbeadh coinne acu leis an gCopail, faraor.

Teachtaireacht ar Facebook ina scríobh “With a Fada - Grinds School” seo a leanas: “Seans go mbeadh An Chopail ceann de na rialach is deacra as Gaeilge”.

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An Chopail gan Choinne @anchopail.bsky.social · Feb 26

Ceol Acadamh Ríoga na hÉireann
‘The Royal Irish Academy is music’

S: Acadamh Ríoga na hÉireann ‘the RIA’
P: ceol ‘music’

(ciall eile is féidir a bhaint as ‘music of the RIA’ ach sa chás san b’fhearr leis an athair Peadar féin ‘Ceol Acadaimh R. na hÉ.’ le foirm an ghinidigh)

RIAM
Royal Irish Academy of Music
Ceol Acadamh Ríoga na hÉireann

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