Much of tonight's class was devoted to borrowings yet also touched on pronunciation and lesson 2 of our book. Again, for a copy of the lesson, e-mail Tim Hannon (hannon2@tcnj.edu) or talk to him at one of the classes.

First we discussed two words that one should know when trying to find a restroom:

Irish	English
Mná	Women
Fir	Men

The two above words are irregular plurals and should be noted, especially since one might think that Mná, since it begins with "m," might mean man...

The following are borrowings either from Irish or into Irish that we went over in class tonight:

Irish	English	Borrowing
bean sí	fearie woman (direct) Banshee	into English
go leor	a lot of plenty	into English
caidhp báis	cap of death (direct) to put an end to	into English
loing seoir	boatman, seaman	into English
(is) maith sin	That is good (direct)	into English
smidir + in ("in" = "small prefix")	Really small Smitherine	into English
visce beatha	water of life (direct)	into English
slán leat slán leat shortened to: slán	said when leaving said to someone leaving so long	into English
sean tigh	old house (direct) shack	into English
seamra	room	from French
capall	horse	from Latin

Emphasis, in Irish, is placed on the first syllable and never on a later syllable.

Pronunciation of dipthongs

Letters	Pronunciation
ao	long "a" or normal length "i" never /ow/
aoi	"i" or "we"

In the nominative and accussative cases, many nouns change when change when the definite article "an" is placed before it.

With feminine nouns that begin with "sr," a "t" is pronounced in place of the "s."

With Masculine nouns beginning with "u," a "t-" is placed before the word.