Celtic Studies (01/23)

[godinakilt.livejournal.com]

[[My friendly reminder to my fellow Canadian muns - VOTE! I will be distracty for the rest of the evening as I'm watching the election.]]

"Madainn mhath. Sorry about my absence on Friday. Your conversation should follow the pattern of the handout which will be uploaded when the mun's printer decides that it doesn't want to sleep with the fish, but, of course, sustitute the correct names, places, and genders. Pair yourselves up. As there are five students, Phoebe, I'll be giving you another assignment.

Now, on to today's lesson, which would have been Friday's lesson, so we're still learning a bit of Gaidhlig. Please take out your handouts so you have the vocab in front of you. We'll start with sentence structure. English has a subject-verb-object structure, but Gaidhlig takes the verb-subject-object structure. For example, the sentence 'I am happy' would be 'tha mi sona'. The negative statement would be 'chan eil mi sona' - 'I am not happy'.

The question would be, 'A bheil thu sona?' - 'Are you happy?' A peculiarity of Gaidhlig is that it has no word for 'yes' or 'no'. Questions are answered using the positive or negative form of the verb. In this case, 'tha' or 'chan eil' would be the answer. Literally, 'am' or 'am not'."

Camulus continues building simple sentences and picking on students by asking them questions and requiring an answer in Gaidhlig.

Comments

[demonbelthazor]

Before running to his next class, Bel paused to talk to Camulus. "Phoebe said you healed her leg," he said. "I wanted to thank you for that."

[godinakilt.livejournal.com]

"No need to thank me," Camulus replied. "Whatever others may say of me, I take care of my own people."

[sea-incarnadine.livejournal.com]

Macbeth pays the best attention that he possibly can to the lecture, trying his best not to get distracted. Sure, he knew all this stuff. But he had joined the class for a reason, and he was going to see it through.
He looked at the handout and tried not to let his thoughts drift to world domination.

The beret that he had been wearing last week is missing.

[godinakilt.livejournal.com]

"MacBeth," Camulus throws out. "A bheil thu sona an diugh?"

[sea-incarnadine.livejournal.com]

MacBeth looks up with a start as his name is called, his evil plotting deep thinking having been interrupted quite unexpectedly.
"I dinnae kill anybo--!!!?" ........... Crap. "I mean... tha mi sona... chan eil mi sona... tha..."
Tapering off, he decides that it might be best to look at his worksheet again and to shut up.
At this point, he really isn't certain if he's doing alright or not... But at least there isn't a ghost glaring at him balefully from across the room.
There might as well be.
Yep. The answer was definitely 'chan eil.'

[godinakilt.livejournal.com]

Camulus raised an eyebrow. "Exactly, MacBeth," he intoned before moving on to the next person.

[[*cracking up* *is ded*]]

[psi16.livejournal.com]

Lyta is still wearing her sunglasses -- as she has been since Friday -- and is still somewhat photo-sensitive. She also looks as though pushing her too far might be hazardous to one's health. The material holds her attention mainly through sheer stubbornness perseverance.

[sensethevisions]

Phoebe nodded at Camulus and hopped off the desk she had been perching on.

[forlornslayer.livejournal.com]

Buffy signs in and stats going over the handouts