Celtic Studies (01/23)

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[[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.

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[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.