Aonad 5 - An siopa caife 2

NOTE: Click Aonad 5 from the sound files above to hear the Lesson.An tábla seo?

1. Comhrá 5: an script

b) Stór focal

bia  

deoch

láidir

caife láidir  

lag / weak

tae lag

bomaite a minute / a moment 

fan bomaite! / wait a minute!

Sin muid

We’re already familiar with sin é that’s it. We can use sin to say things like that’s us, that’s you, that’s me, etc.

tá go maith = ceart go leor = maith go leor

Fáilte romhaibh / You’re⁺ welcome

Cad é a bheas agaibh? / What will you⁺ have?

The plus sign ⁺ will be used to indicate you plural: you⁺. 

Sometimes the end of a word will change depending on whether the speaker is talking to one or more people.

The endings in the words below change when talking to one person or to more than one person. 

When speaking English in Ireland, people often use forms such as yous, ye or yis to communicate this difference.

Cá mhéad duine? / How many people?

From the comhthéacs, you may have worked out the meaning of this question.

The helpful thing is that the word that follows cá mhéad does not change:

• cá mhéad cupán?
• cá mhéad deoch?
• cá mhéad tábla?

Daoine a chuntas / counting people

• When we’re counting people we use another group of numbers in Irish. 
• These are uimhreacha pearsanta / personal numbers. 
• Some of these look familiar from the other forms of the numbers.

An bhfuil?

tá ✓  

níl ×

We’ve met the words tá and níl before. 

This script includes the question form an bhfuil?

An bhfuil an tábla seo ceart go leor ? / Is this table ok?

It might help to break the sentence up a bit:

An bhfuil │ an tábla seo │ ceart go leor ?

Is │ this table │ ok?

A one-word answer tá or níl is a simple, natural way to give a yes/no answer to the question an bhfuil?

An bhfuil an tábla seo ceart go leor? 

Tá. Níl.

Yes. No.

An bhfuil ticéad agat? 

Tá. Níl.

Beidh tae agam

In Aonad 4 we used the expression 

Cad (é) a bheas agat?

What will you have? 

Aonad 5 introduced

Cad (é) a bheas agaibh?

 What will you⁺ have?

Here are more examples of structures using ag (agam, agat) in the sense ‘have’. 

c) Pointe teanga: emphasis

Some of the words in the script in Aonad 5 have the ending -sa: agamsa.

Others have the ending -se: duitse.

Irish uses endings like these to add emphasis. The basic meaning does not change.

d) Cleachtaí

Cleachtadh 1: Líon na bearnaí

1. Fáilte , a Áine agus a Chantelle.
2. Go raibh maith agat, a Harold.
3. Seo , a Shéamuis.
4. Fáilte , a Aoife.
5. Seo , a Rosie agus a Jim.
6. Go raibh maith , a William, a Winifred agus a Wilbert.

Cleachtadh 2: An chéad abairt eile sa chomhrá / 

the next sentence in the conversation

Cad é an chéad líne eile sa chomhrá? / 

What is the next line in the conversation? 

Cuir líne idir abairt ar chlé / 

Put a line between a sentence on the left  

agus an chéad abairt eile, ar dheis. / 

and the next sentence, on the right.

Cleachtadh 3: Cuir na habairtí thíos in ord ciallmhar (1-8) le comhrá a dhéanamh /  

Put the sentences below in a logical order (1-8) to make a short conversation.

Feel free to add as much as you like to the conversation.

Cad é a bheas agaibh?

An bhfuil an tábla seo ceart go leor?

Dhá chupán tae agus latté, le do thoil.

Fáilte romhaibh. Anois - cá mhéad duine?

Rud ar bith eile?

Rud ar bith. An bille, le do thoil!

Tá. Go raibh maith agat!

Triúr, le do thoil.

Freagra

 e) Cleachtadh grúpa / ranga

Revise the personal numbers in Aonad 5.

Cluiche: Cá mhéad duine atá ann?

Sampla:

Duine 1: “A Phroinsias, líne E: cá mhéad duine atá ann?”.

Duine 2: “Líne E. Duine, beirt, triúr, ceathrar, cúigear. Cúigear. A Gwendoline, líne G”.

Duine 3: “Líne G...”

Obair bhreise 5: comhrá fóin

Sonraí a ghlacadh ó dhuine / 

Taking a person’s details

The below questions could be useful when asking for information to fill in a form, over the phone or in an office. A very basic sample form (foirm iarratais / application form) is included below.

Cad é an is often shortened to cén.

1. Cén t-ainm agus sloinne atá ort?

What is your name and surname? 

2. Cad é mar a litríonn tú sin?

How do you spell that?

3. Cén seoladh atá agat?

What’s your address?

4. Cén cód poist atá agat?

What’s your postcode?

5. Cén uimhir fóin atá agat?

What’s your phone number?

6. Cén seoladh ríomhphoist atá agat?

What’s your email address?