Bunléitheoireacht Ghalach a Trí le Mícheál Rhodes
This reading is taken from Lá, 10 Feabhra 1994 - "A
Traveling Storyteller!".
Fear siúlach scéalach!
Chuir Cúirt Dúiche Chill Mhaighneán fear faoi athchur (1) go dtí an 3
Feabhra chun a aitheantas a dhearbhú.(2) Nuair a bhí an fear gan ainm
sa chúirt an tseachtain seo caite dúradh (3) leis an bhreitheamh go
raibh seacht seoladh agus triúr ban aige.(4) Dhearbhaigh Garda gur
tháinig triúr ban chuig stáisiún an Gharda le linn don fhear bheith
ansin,(5) gach duine acu ag maíomh gurbh í bean chéile an fhir í.(6)
Thug an fear seacht seoladh san iomlán agus ar seisean leis an Gharda.
"Ní ghlacaim leis an dól (7)--tá mé féinfhostaithe agus brodúil as."
Cuireadh faoi athchur é (8) le go dtiocfadh leis an Gharda (9) fiosruithe
a dhéanamh faoina aitheantas. (10)
Notaí Gramadúla
(1) "The district court of Cill Mhaighneán has remanded a man"
(2) Chun + verbal noun to express purpose - "to confirm his identity."
(3) dúradh is the past autonomous of deirim. It was said/reported
(to the judge)."
(4) Since there is no verb for "to have" in Irish, it is expressed using
tá + ag + person. "That he had seven addresses and three wives."
(5) literally "with the duration to the man to be there." i.e. "while
the man was there."
(6) "each one of them (acu) claimed that she was the wife of the man."
(7) "I do not accept the dole."
(8) "he was remanded." note the use of "é" (instead of sé) as the
subject of an autonomous verb.
(9) "le go" + conditional, used for purpose - "so that he could come
with the police"
(10) "to make inquiries concerning his identity"
Foclóirín (Vocabulary)
Cúirt Dúiche - district dourt
cuir faoi athchur - to remand
gan ainm - anonymous
dearbhaigh - to declare, confirm
triúr - three ( with persons)
maíomh (vn. of maígh) to claim, assert
san iomlán - in all, in total
ar seisean - said he (introducing quote)
féinfhostaithe - self-employed
bródúil as - proud of (it)
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