PII 2008 Spring15a [Ceacht a hocht (8)]
Fáilte ar ais, a chairde, conas tá cúrsaí? 

Hope that you had time to study ceacht a seacht and try the obair bhaile.
Any questions or comments, please send an E-mail ( riomhphost ) to the class.
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* Read thru the stór focal  for this Ceacht in the Foghlaim section.
* Listen *several times* to the recording of the stór focal for this ceacht: 08_PII_Vocab.mp3, which is stored in the Group's Files folder, in the sub-folder 'Audio_Vocab'. Read out *loud* the stór focal until you are satisfied with your pronunciation.
* Practise using the Flashcards at: http://www.flashcardexchange.com/flashcards/view/371784 
or doing the Crossword at: http://irish.rownw.com/xwds/l8.html 
* Read out *loud* the sentences in the "Léigh" section.
* Write out the answers to the "Freagair" section.
* Listen to the related sound file for this complete ceacht. To find the sound file, on the left hand side of this Group's page, click on "Links". There you'll see a link called "Comhaid Fhuaime". Click on this to see a list of Sound Files for all the PII lessons. Click on the file for this Ceacht.
[Note ]
REGULAR VERB:The definition of an Irish regular verb is a verb which uses its root ( 2nd person singular imperative/Command form ) as the base in all of its conjugation.
IRREGULAR VERB: In contrast, the definition of an Irish irregular verb is a verb which does not use a standard stem when it conjugates. There are only 11 in Irish.

In this Ceacht, we see the past tense of the most irregular of Irish irregular verbs, the verb Bí = Be.

We also are introduced to cá ( where ) and cathain ( when ), two useful interrogative particles.

In the stór focal, some nouns are preceeded by ‘sa’. ‘Sa’ contains a built-in ‘an’, so it will lenite any feminine nouns that start with a lenitable consonant, and will prefix a “t-” to any masculine nouns beginning with a vowel.

Skip the sentence containing ‘a dhéanamh’ for the moment.
[Question Time !!!]
What is Easter called in Irish?

[ Homework ] 
* Translate the sentences in the "Cuir Gaeilge Air Seo ".
Please check your answers versus the Answer Key at  http://www.gaeilge.org/PII/PII-08ak.pdf

Beir bua agus beannacht,
Gearóid

PS: Fáilte roimh ceartúcháin ar mo chuid Ghaeilge i gcónaí

Proverb of the week: 
"Bia is deoch i gcomhair na Nollag; éadach nua i gcomhair na Cásca."
Eat and drink on Christmas – for Easter new clothing.