A Yankee's Corkboard: Introduction to Modern Irish--part 4--nouns, adjectives, and colors

Nouns, Adjectives, and Colors, oh my!!!!

"A noun's a special kind of word,
It's any name you ever heard.
I find it quite interesting,
A noun's a person, place or thing!"

Okie dokies, if you have kept up with us to this point then more power to ya!--or as I learned to say earlier today--"maith thú!"
(sounds like "ma hoo")

which literally means "good on you!"

Now we'll be doing NOUNS!

I will do my best to make useful sentences with them, but most of that will start with what we go over in the next post.

Here we go...

Spelling --English translation-- How it sounds

Nouns:

peann----------pen-------pee-owe-n
leabhar--------book----low-er (as in 'loud')
bord-----------table---(as in 'I am bored out of my mind!')
cthaoir--------chair-----caw-heer
ríomhaire---computer-----reev-ra
fuinneog----window------fwin-owe-g
bosca----------box----------bawsh-ka
falla-----------wall-------fall-a (as it looks!)
doras---------door-------dore-as (as it looks!)
cófra-------cabinet-------co-fra
clog---------clock--------(like a clog in the drain)
mála---------bag--------------maw-la
foclóir----dictionary-------fuck-a-lore (tee-hee)
solas----light/lightbulb------------so-lass
seomra-----room---------------show-mra
bruscar----trash can/rubbish bin--brew-scar
urlár---------floor---------------oo-er-lar
cúpan--------cup-----------------cup-on
buidéal------bottle----------------bwi-dale
teilifís------television--------tell-ee-feesh/dell-ee-feesh
raidió--------radio-------------rod-ee-owe (not ray-dee-owe)
clár bán-----white board-------------cl-are bon (almost like "car")
madra---------dog---------------------maw-dra
cat-------------cat--------------------cot (like one would sleep on)

Now you can practice being a simplton asking people what this confounded thing called a pen is...
Cad é seo?---what is this/that?--cod ay show?
seo é (peann)--it's a (pen)-------show ay (pee-owe-n)

Clothes:
because if ye can't talk about where you got that awesome sweater, what's the point?
léine-------shirt------------------lay-na
t-léine-----t-shirt------------tee lay-na (imagine that...)
geansai---sweater/jumper-----gan-zee
bríste------pants---------------bree-shta
bróga-----shoes---------------bro-ga
stocaí----stockings/socks--stock-ee
cóta--------coat---------------coat-a
hata----------hat----------------hot-a

Okay, here's the thing. A "sweater" here is a "jumper"...this never made sense to me. I always thought a jumper was a pair of overalls.

I had to google a picture of some overalls to explain my confusion because an overall (singular) is yet another word for a sweater!

(because it goes over all of your other clothes)

Kyra is not amused...

"unpack your adjectives..."

mór----------big/large--------moore
beag----------small-----------bee-ogg
sean-----------old--- ----------shen
(let me get back you you on this one...)
óg------------young----------owe-g
glan----------clean------------glawn
salach---------dirty-----------salawk/salak
lán-----------full----------------lawn
folamh-------empty--------f-olive/fall-uv
íseal----------short--------------ee-shul
meánaosta--middle aged----man-ay-shta

Tá madra beag agam--I have a small dog--taw maw-dra bee-ogg a-gumá

Tá Alex ard--Alex is tall--taw Alex ord

Tá sé íseal-----he is short--taw shay ee-shul

Colors:

bán---white---ban (as in, 'bonnet')
dubh--black--dove (as in the bird, or Crom Dubh)
glas---green---glass/gloss (depends on where you are)
dearg--red-----dare-ogg
buí---yellow---bwee
gorm--blue------gor-rum
donn--brown---down
(rhymes with brown, so it's easy to remember!)
liath---grey/gray--lee-ah
oráste--orange---or-osh-tah
corcra--purple--cork-ra
bándearg--pink--(literally white-red, and sounds like the two words smushed together, ban-dare-ogg)

Tá geansai gorm orm--I have a blue sweater--taw gan-zee gor-rum or-rum

Tune in next week for some

verbal nouns,

emotions,

and the past tense!

Wooo!