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| renaissancemedi Bilingual Triglot Senior Member Greece Joined 4347 days ago 941 posts - 1309 votes  Speaks: Greek*, Ancient Greek*, EnglishC2 Studies: French, Russian, Turkish, Modern Hebrew | Message 3497 of 3959 22 January 2014 at 11:00pm | IP Logged | |||||
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I have a suggestion. A film instead of a book.
How about an old greek comedy that has colloquial language as used by all of us, plus it's a well known film. Τζένη Τζένη 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Josquin Heptaglot Senior Member Germany Joined 4833 days ago 2266 posts - 3992 votes Speaks: German*, English, French, Latin, Italian, Russian, Swedish Studies: Japanese, Irish, Portuguese, Persian | Message 3498 of 3959 22 January 2014 at 11:25pm | IP Logged | |||||
This definitely isn't a genitive plural. According to Learning Irish, the preposition "le" prefixes n- to an initial vowel when it has the meaning "to", e.g. "Tá neart le n-ithe agus le n-ól" ("There is plenty to eat and to drink"). However, I'm clueless as to why the fada is missing on "ol" here. Maybe a typo? Perhaps, liammcg can shed some more light on this. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
 jeff_lindqvist Diglot Moderator SwedenRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6898 days ago 4250 posts - 5711 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English Studies: German, Spanish, Russian, Dutch, Mandarin, Esperanto, Irish, French Personal Language Map | Message 3499 of 3959 23 January 2014 at 1:17am | IP Logged | |||||
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When in doubt, use a major search engine. I included the phrase with the fada "ól" and found this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2le9ustRRs I think it's likely that it's just a typo. Worse things have happened. irish grammar le eclipse n-ól gave this:
(from http://www.irishgaelictranslator.com/translation/topic99544. html) See also:
I'm sure I've seen le+eclipsed verbal nouns starting with vowels as in the above examples. I can ask my teacher if she has some other explanation. Edited by jeff_lindqvist on 23 January 2014 at 1:17am 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
 Iversen Super Polyglot Moderator Denmark berejst.dk Joined 6692 days ago 9078 posts - 16473 votes Speaks: Danish*, French, English, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish, Esperanto, Romanian, Catalan Studies: Afrikaans, Greek, Norwegian, Russian, Serbian, Icelandic, Latin, Irish, Lowland Scots, Indonesian, Polish, Croatian Personal Language Map | Message 3500 of 3959 23 January 2014 at 12:23pm | IP Logged | |||||
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I think I'll stick to the special-rule-for-"le" explanation. I have a couple of Irish grammars at home (one worthless TY and one decent one with some quirks), but when I really want to know something I prefer www.nualeargais.ie, which on the page reserved for "le" has the following information:
... 3.purpose/requirement: (with the verbal noun): (in order) to : le balla a phéinteáil = in order to paint the wall, neart le n-ól = to drink a lot, scéal le hinsint = to tell a story here, the n-prefix precedes a vowel (otherwise no eclipsis) 4.adj + le + verbal noun : maith le hithe = good to eat, blasta le hól = tasty to drink, crua le cogaint = hard to chew And in the quote we had "mo shaith le n-ol", which surely is a requirement for the relevant segment of the Irish population, but doesn't contain an adjective. So pattern 3. is the one that governs this case. Thanks to Josquin and Jeff_Lindquist for elucidating the mystery In the bus back home from work yesterday I read the page about the causes of Initial mutations. And as you might have guessed the explanation is tied to now lost endings of the preceding words. It is already clear from Modern Irish that the mutations have more to do with the preceding 1-2 words than with the words in which the changes occur, but in older stages of the language the relevant word endings were still there. For instance it is stated in the article that "The masculine article (*sindos) was *sindi´in the genitive singular and thus incurred lenition. .. and Eclipsis and the n-prefix occur where today or once the preceding word ended in an nasal (m,n,ng, mostly n) (...) After preposition + article, either eclipsis or lenition can occur, depending on the dialect. Why?: The original accusative singular form of the articles were *sindon (masc.) and *sindan (fem.). It ends then with an -n as a nasal, and this is why today eclipsis follows: ar an mbord = on the table. Just as in German, there was the possibility of the accusative or the dative after certain prepositions (depending on the desired meaning: motion or position, in German e.g.: auf dem Tisch and auf den Tisch). The dative form of the article was now *sindu (masc.) or *sinda (fem.), which of course caused lenition (this is why in Ulster today still following preposition and article lenition is always used). Today this lexical differentiation between dative and accusative following a preposition no longer is used. After most prepositions now follows always the dative or what remains of it. If lenition or eclipsis is used, ist now more a question of dialect (Connacht/Munster: ar an mbord = on(to) the table , Ulster: ar an bhord = on(to) the table ). In the genitive plural, the article once was also *sindan, from which eclipsis resulted. And now I really would like to see a complete paradigm for the articles in Old Irish! Edited by Iversen on 23 January 2014 at 12:44pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Josquin Heptaglot Senior Member Germany Joined 4833 days ago 2266 posts - 3992 votes Speaks: German*, English, French, Latin, Italian, Russian, Swedish Studies: Japanese, Irish, Portuguese, Persian | Message 3501 of 3959 23 January 2014 at 1:11pm | IP Logged | |||||
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The definite articles that appear in the text are from Proto-Celtic not Old Irish. I can give you the paradigm for the definite article in Proto-Celtic according to David Stifter's Sengoídelc:
Masculine: Sg. N *sindos G *sindī D *sindūĭ, -ū, -ūð A *sindom Pl. N *sindī G *sindoĭsom D *sindobis A *sindūs Dual N *sindo G *sindō D *sindobim A *sindo Feminine Sg. N *sindā G *sindās D *sindaĭ A *sindam Pl. N *sindās G *sindoĭsom D *sindābis A *sindās Dual N *sindaĭ G *sindō D *sindābim A *sindaĭ Neuter Sg. N *sosim G *sindī D *sindūĭ, -ū, -ūð A *sosim Pl. N *sindā (?) G *sindoĭsom D *sindobis A *sindā (?) Dual N *sindo G *sindō D *sindobim A *sindo If you're interested I can also give you the paradigm for the definite article in Old Irish, which has considerably changed. 3 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| Iversen Super Polyglot Moderator Denmark berejst.dk Joined 6692 days ago 9078 posts - 16473 votes Speaks: Danish*, French, English, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish, Esperanto, Romanian, Catalan Studies: Afrikaans, Greek, Norwegian, Russian, Serbian, Icelandic, Latin, Irish, Lowland Scots, Indonesian, Polish, Croatian Personal Language Map | Message 3502 of 3959 23 January 2014 at 2:10pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Please?
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| Josquin Heptaglot Senior Member Germany Joined 4833 days ago 2266 posts - 3992 votes Speaks: German*, English, French, Latin, Italian, Russian, Swedish Studies: Japanese, Irish, Portuguese, Persian | Message 3503 of 3959 23 January 2014 at 3:35pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Well, the articles in Old Irish are a rather messy topic (just as almost everything in Old Irish grammar). They are somewhere between Proto-Celtic and Modern Irish and combine the many cases of Proto-Celtic with the phonological complexity of Modern Irish. This shows us that many of the phonological changes which distinguish Irish had already taken place at that time.
Just as in Modern Irish, a consonant can be inserted between the article and the intitial sound of the noun. However, in Old Irish, the consonant is suffixed to the article and not prefixed to the noun. N sg. masc. suffixes a "t" before vowels, so the definite article is written "int". In D + G sg. + N pl. masc. and in N + D sg. fem., a "d" is suffixed before vowels or l, r, n or f, while a "t" is suffixed before s, so the definite article is either "ind" or "int". I have indicated that with a bracketed d or t. Also, lenition, eclipsis (which is called "nasalization" in Old Irish grammar), or the prefixation of an "h" before vowels can be triggered by the article. I have indicated that with a bracketed +L, +N, or +H. The article in the dative tends to combine with a preceding preposition. It's seldom found on it's own, because the dative is mostly found after prepositions. Whether the form with or without "s(i)" is used, depends on the preposition. Last but not least, "inna" is an older form of the plural article. In later texts, it's shortened to "na". Well, this is all rather confusing, but here you go: Masculine Sg. N in(t) G in(d/t) (+L) D -(si)n(d/t) (+L) A in (+N) Pl. N in(d/t) (+L) G (in)na (+N) D -(s)naib A (in)na (+H) Dual N in dá (+L) G in dá (+L) D -(s)naib dib (+N) A in dá (+L) Feminine Sg. N in(d/t) (+L) G (in)na (+H) D -(s)in(d/t) (+L) A in (+N) Pl. N (in)na (+H) G (in)na (+N) D -(s)naib A (in)na (+H) Dual N in dí (+L) G in dá (+L) D -(s)naib dib (+N) A in dí (+L) Neuter Sg. N a (+N) G in (+L) D -(si)n (+L) A a (+N) Pl. N (in)na G (in)na (+N) D -(s)naib A (in)na Dual N in dá (+N) G in dá (+N) D -(s)naib dib (+N) A in dá (+N) Edited by Josquin on 23 January 2014 at 3:48pm 3 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| jeff_lindqvist Diglot Moderator SwedenRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6898 days ago 4250 posts - 5711 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English Studies: German, Spanish, Russian, Dutch, Mandarin, Esperanto, Irish, French Personal Language Map | Message 3504 of 3959 23 January 2014 at 5:36pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Thanks, Josquin, you just saved me a lot of time! (The Old Irish course started Monday this week)
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