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BEGINNER'S IRISH W/CD » (BOOK & CD)

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Authors: Gabriel Rosenstock
ISBN-13: 9780781810999, ISBN-10: 078181099X
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Hippocrene Books, Inc.
Date Published: September 2005
Edition: BOOK & CD

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Author Biography: Gabriel Rosenstock

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Table of Contents

A Brief History of the Irish Language1
Irish Names17
Geography and Tourism26
Abbreviations32
Irish Pronunciation32
Lesson 1Greetings40
Lenition41
Word Order43
Looking Up Vocabulary44
Numbers44
Lesson 2Introductions46
The Verb "to be"49
Languages49
Place Names50
Eclipse50
Simple Prepositions with the Definite Article51
Nouns52
The Genitive53
Declensions54
Nouns in the Genitive57
Lesson 3Talking on the Phone61
The Verb "to know"62
Negation62
Possessive Pronouns62
Relative Clauses62
Conditional Sentences63
Approximation63
Proverbs and Sayings64
Lesson 4Courtesies69
Prepositional Phrases70
Past Tense70
Regular Verbs70
Dinneenisms74
Lesson 5Directions77
Adverbs of Direction78
More Verbs79
Irregular Verbs82
The Verb "to be"85
Lesson 6In the Restaurant87
Noun-centering100
The Verb "mol"101
The Suffix "sa"102
Negation102
The Word "faoi"102
The Verb "to know"102
Interrogative103
Defective Verbs103
More Verbs103
Lesson 7Time and Date107
More Verbs110
Verb Revision116
Lesson 8Professions118
The Prefixes "an-" and "ro"121
Lesson 9Telling a Story122
Grammar Notes126
Lesson 10Do Me a Favor129
The Building Blocks of Irish (prepositions)129
Revisions139

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