Recognition
drill with an modh coinníollach
for second-declension verbs
D'fhoghlaimeoinn
é (DOU-lim-oh-in ay*), dá mbeadh mo
leabhar agam.
Nach
n-imeofá (nim-YOH-faw*), mura mbeadh na siopaí
oscailte?
Dá
ndeiseodh (NESH-ohk*) sé an bord, d'íocfainn
(DEEK-hin) an bille le háthas.
Ní
shocródh Caitlín ar chuairt, mura
mbeimis sa bhaile (nee HOHK-rohk* kaht-LEEN er K*OO-ahrt
MU-rah ME-mish suh VWAHL-uh).
An
aontódh sibh (AY*N-tohk* shiv) liom, dá
gcuirfinn (GIR-hin) an cheist sin roimh na daoine
eile?
Thosófaí
air, mura mbeidís as lathair.
Key:
I
would study it, if I had my book. Wouldn't you leave,
if the stores weren't open? If he were to repair
the table, I would gladly pay the bill. Caitlín
wouldn't decide on a visit, if we weren't at home.
Would you-all agree with me, if I were to put that
question before the other people? I would start
on it, if they weren't here.
Conversation
Cormac:
Dia dhaoibh (DEE-uh geev), a Shíle agus a
Phóil (FOH-il).
Síle
(SHEEL-uh): Dia's Muire dhaoibh, a Chormaic agus
a Úna. Conas tá sibh inniu?
Úna:
Táimid go han-mhaith, agus cén chaoi
a bhfuil sibh féin? (KAY*-hee vwil shiv fay*n).
Pól:
Bheimis i bhfad níb fhearr (i VWAHD neeb
AHR), dá ngóthóimis an chéad
duais i gcrannchur an Stáit (daw*ng OH-hoh-mish
un HYAY*-uhd DOO-ish i GROUN-k*ur un STAW*-it).
Síle:
Ní raibh an uimhir cheart againn riamh, ach
cá bhfios duit? (nee rev un IV-ir hyart uh-GIN
reev ahk* kaw* vis dit?) Mura n-imreofá d'uimhir
áidh gach seachtain gan teip, theipfeadh
ort (MU-ruh nim-ROH-faw* DIV-ir AW*-ee gahk* SHAHK*T-in
guhn tep, HEP-huhk* OH-ruht).
Cormac:
Ní bheadh an duais de caoga dollar buaite
againn anuraidh mura mbeadh ticéad ceannaithe
sa chrannchur againn.
Úna:
Bhain sé an duais, go deimhin (DEYE-in),
ach dá gcuirfimis an t-airgead inár
gcuntas bainc (bwink), bheimis saibhir, beagnach
(VE-mish SEYE-vir BYUHG-nahk*).
Pól:
Abair é! Cén uimhir an uimhir bhuaite
inné?
Úna:
Cad a dhéanfá leis airgead, a Shíle,
dá mbainfeá an chéad duais?
Síle:
Cheannóinn carr nua ar dtús, agus
ansin thriallfaimis tríd an Iarthar (EER-huhr).
Cormac:
Ach cuir i gcás nach mbainfeadh sibh ach
céad dollar nó mar sin.
Pól:
Sa chás sin, b'fhearr liom cíoscharr
a fháil (bahr luhm KEES-k*ahr uh AW*il) agus
tiomáin timpeall na cathrach (ti-MAW*-in
TIM-puhl nuh KAH-uh-rahk*).
Key:
Cormac:
Hello, Síle and Pól.
Síle:
Hello, Cormac and Úna. How are you-all today?
Úna:
We are very well, and how are you-all yourselves?
Pól:
We would be far better if we were to win the first
prize in the state lottery.
Síle:
We never had the right number, but how would you
know? If you weren't to play your lucky number every
day, you would fail.
Cormac:
We wouldn't have won the fifty-dollar prize last
year if we hadn't bought a ticket in the lottery.
Úna:
He won the prize, certainly, but if we put the money
in our bank account we would be rich, almost.
Pól:
Right! What number was the winning number yesterday?
Úna:
What would you do with the money, Síle, if
you were to win the first prize?
Síle:
I would buy a new car first, and then we would travel
through the west.
Cormac:
But suppose that you-all weren't to win but a hundred
dollars or so?
Pól:
In that case, I would prefer to get a rental car
and drive around the city.
Vocabulary
Masculine
cuntas,
(KOON-tuhs), an cuntas, an chuntais (K*OON-tish),
na cuntais; account. Cuntas bainc; bank account.
An cuntas bhainc, the bank account.
banc,
an banc (bahnk), an bhainc (vwink), na bainc; bank.
bille
(BIL-e), an bille, an bhille, na billí; bill.
cíoscharr
(KEES-k*ahr), an cíoscharr, an chíoschairr,
na cíoscharranna; rented car. (Cíos
means rent.)
Feminine
duais
(DOO-ish), an duais. na duaise, na duaiseanna; prize
cathair
(KAH-hir), an chathair, na cathrach (KAH-uh-rahk*),
na cathracha (KAH-hir-ahk*-uh); city
Verbs
gnóthaigh
(GNOH-hee) ag gnóthú, work, win (a
prize). Gnóthaím (GNOH-heem), I win;
gnóthaíonn tú, you win; gnóthóidh
sé (GNOH-hoh-ee shay*), he will win; gnóthaithe
(GNOH-huh-he), won.
buaigh
(BOO-ee), win, ag buachan (BOO-uhk*-uhn), win. Buaim,
I win; buann tú, you win; buafaidh sé
(BOO-hee shay*), he will win; buaite, won.
ceistigh,
ag ceistiú, question. Ceistím, I question;
ceistíonn tú, you question; ceisteoidh
sé, he will question; ceistithe, questioned.
Adjectives
ámharach
(AW*-vwuhr-ahk*), lucky; mí-ámharach,
unlucky
saibhir
(SEYE-vir), rich
macánta
(muh-KAW*N-tuh), honest; mímhacánta
(MEE-vwuh-KAW*N-tuh), dishonest
sármhaith
(SAW*R-vwah), excellent
dodhéanta
(duh-YAY*N-tuh), impossible
luachmhar
(LOO-uhk*-vwuhr), valuable, precious
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