Celtic Studies (01/25)

[godinakilt.livejournal.com]

[[Okay, here is the handout for the conversation, and here is the audio to go with it. I've tried to translate everything that isn't on the faclan vocab sheet. Any questions, ask Cammie. And sorry, no tapes for today's lesson. If you're really curious about pronunciations, I do have Skype. Email me and we'll tawk.]]

"Madainn mhath, a chlas. Today is our final class on Gaidhlig, and there are just two handouts today of some supplementary vocab. The first is a page of polite phrases - thank you, you're welcome, and so on. It also has the Gaidhlig version of a Christian prayer 'Our Father' - 'Urnaigh an Tighearna'." He goes over the phrases and how to say them, making the class repeat back at him. "I'd like to take special notice of 'Se do bheatha'. Lingual purists will argue that it should be enunciated - 'is E' rather than 'se'. The 'He' being referred to is, of course, God - in other words, 'don't thank me, thank God'. In colloquial Gaidhlig, however, one would never hear 'is E'. Also, the word 'leisgeul', meaning 'excuse', is actually the words for 'lazy' and 'story' stuck together.

"The second sheet is the colours, fairly straightforward. I will translate the passage at the bottom, as it makes use of vocabulary I haven't yet given you, as well as the furture of the verb 'to be'.

"Fall is here now. The leaves will be turning red, yellow, and russet. The weather will be growing cold. Winter will be coming. When winter has come - literally, 'after coming' - frosty days will be here - and snow! After that, we will be putting on us warm clothes. Gaidhlig makes a point of specificing who the clothes are being put on by use of the prepositional pronoun.

"The final item on that page is a 'rann beag' - a little rhyme. It's very simple, but useful in remembering a couple of the colours, as it describes the part of the egg - an t-ugh. I will translate. The Egg. Yellow. White. Little shirt - meaning the membrane of the egg - and shell. Silly, I know." He has the class repeat the rann beag, as well as the passage.

"And before I let you go, I want to know who is working with whom for your conversation - which is to be presented next class, if you will remember. And you may ask any questions that you have. Phoebe, plesae stay after so we can discuss your own assignment."

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[sensethevisions]

Phoebe nods at Camulus and reads through the paperwork.

[godinakilt.livejournal.com]

[[poke (http://community.livejournal.com/fandomhigh/557491.html?thread=26203827#t26203827)]]

[psi16.livejournal.com]

Lyta reads over the information, listening to the lecture. Idly, she wonders who she will find to work with on short notice.

[demonbelthazor]

Bel noticed Lyta looking a little anxious about the assignment. "I forgot, too," he said. "Want to be partners?"

[psi16.livejournal.com]

Lyta looks at him. Her face registers uncertainty for a brief moment before being blinked away. She nods. "I just hope you understand this better than I do."

After Class

[godinakilt.livejournal.com]

[[Because I forgot the OCD threads. Blame it on the allure of the pedafaun.]]

"Phoebe, can I speak with you?"

Re: After Class

[sensethevisions]

Phoebe nodded and perched on a desk near his. "Of course."

Re: After Class

[godinakilt.livejournal.com]

"Phoebe, are you still interested in Gaidhlig tutoring?" Camulus asks while the mun quashes the urge to start playing the pants game. "If you are, I would rather wait on the conversation until I can give you a more complex one."

Re: After Class

[sensethevisions]

Phoebe's face lit up.

"Camulus, I am still very interested in the tutoring from you in whatever you can teach me."


[[OOC:That sounded much better in beta. :) ]]

Re: After Class

[godinakilt.livejournal.com]

OMGDIRTY! He smiled. "Excellent, a ghraidh. Whenever is convenient for you. I have no office, so it will have to be in the classroom here." He paused. "Phoebe, I am moving today. Mauvaise Chance Apartments, Apartment 5. If you need me."

[[Oh god, why did that take so long to write? Oh yeah, I was trying to use prepositional pronouns! *headdesk*]]

Re: After Class

[sensethevisions]

Phoebe writes down that information.

"I only have two classes on Fridays, so that could work."

She looks sad that he's moving, but it's only from the school to town, so that'll be alright.

"Do you need help moving?"

Re: After Class

[godinakilt.livejournal.com]

"No, I'll be fine because the mun is dumb and handwavey. As I said, all I own is that." He waves a hand towards the sarcophagus. "Fridays should be fine. I'll prepare some notes for you."

Re: After Class

[sensethevisions]

Phoebe smiles. "I'm always at your service, Camulus."

Re: After Class

[godinakilt.livejournal.com]

"I'll be in my bunk. And I yours, a ghraidh."

[[You're killing my poor brain. I'm going back to bed.]]

Re: After Class

[sensethevisions]

Phoebe smiled. "A stor, thank you for everything you've done."


[[Can I help it that I have the AU dancing in my head?!]]

[sea-incarnadine.livejournal.com]

Macbeth spends most of the class glancing warily around the room.

Who to partner up with?

He was still so very lost in this century school, he realized.

[sensethevisions]

Phoebe perched on the desk near MacBeth. "Hey," she said softly in Gaidhlig. "You okay?"

[sea-incarnadine.livejournal.com]

Macbeth glanced up at Phoebe and blinked a few times.
"Hm...? Oh... I am," he replied, also in Gaidhlig, and rather thankful that Phoebe had the courtesy to spare him his pride by using a language that most of the other students didn't comprehend.

It wasn't that obvious that he was completely lost, was it?

...

Alright, so perhaps it was.

[sensethevisions]

"You just look like your mind is elsewhere," Phoebe explains, still in Gaidhlig. "And I know it's not because of the classwork. Is it a difference in dialects?"

Phoebe is very perceptive.

[scissors--.livejournal.com]

Edward has a very puzzled look on his face during the lecture.

[godinakilt.livejournal.com]

"Mr. Scissorhands? Anything I can help you with?"

[scissors--.livejournal.com]

everything?"It's just such a...different language then eh, English, sir. A bit hard to understand sometimes. But i'll be okay, thanks" ed smiles,

[godinakilt.livejournal.com]

"It is very unEnglish, and I do not expect any kind of proficiency with only a few lessons." He looks around. "I believe Mr. Macbeth still doesn't have a partner for the assignment. Perhaps you can work together and try to muddle through."