Oibríom go crua

I work hard. As gaelige/in Irish. Ní oibrím go dian in Māori. I do not work hard in Māori. In fact I don't even know how to say work in Māori. Ouch. But this is what we learned how to say in the DCU Irish 103 mooc this week. This week has been intense, work-wise. … An chuid eile de Oibríom go crua →

Inniu

Tá agus bíonn, tá agus bíonn. Tá is right now; bíonn is habitual. Sort of like how French uses different past tenses for things in a moment in time versus habitual things or trends. Sort of. Like.

Go maith

In this week's Irish 103 lesson: Is duine trasinscneach méI am a transgender person Is duine gan inscne méI am an agender person

Téim go Baile Athá Cliath?

I go to Dublin. Officially now. Hotel is booked, flights are booked, conference registration will be sorted tomorrow. Six days in town, 4 focused on the conference. And I have 4 more nights in Ireland to sort out. Yay. Also...Irish 103 starts today. Eep! Made a bit more progress in kite 1 too. Brice ar … An chuid eile de Téim go Baile Athá Cliath? →

Kite 1

Bless me father for I have sinned. It's been several weeks days since my last Māori homework. It's not my fault! The dog ate it! No, wait, I don't have a dog. My week "off" has been doing stuff. Significantly work stuff, but also significantly language learning stuff. I lost my place in my first … An chuid eile de Kite 1 →

Off to Dublin in the green in the green

Albeit helmetless. There is a global, biennial World Conference on Online Learning and the next iteration will be in Dublin in November. A colleague attend the most recent one held in Toronto in 2017 and found it very useful. Several months ago I submitted an abstract, which is related to this blog site: Te Whakapaipai, … An chuid eile de Off to Dublin in the green in the green →

Slacker

I am doing OK with maintaining my Irish study. Completed Irish 102 MOOC this afternoon and have enrolled in the next two courses (strangely numbered 103 and...107?). I'm leveraging these courses on my own terms: skipping the comments area learning activities and instead focusing on the cultural context and core language skills: vocabulary, verbs, a … An chuid eile de Slacker →

Irish 102 MOOC

After blasting through their 101 MOOC, I decided to continue on with DCU's continuation. Strangely, it seems the two courses overlapped: I joined 102 as soon as I finished 101, but it was already well under way. Hmph. So that means I have--theoretically, at least--three different modes of Irish language learning on the go currently: … An chuid eile de Irish 102 MOOC →

papa rēo

These two lovely folks have welcomed me to my Papa Rēo (Māori Level One) course: Today I started drilling down into the two kite (baskets--though in a tip to modernity they're actually shipping boxes) sent to me from Wānanga. I started working through the first set of exercises and am now reviewing the content's multimedia … An chuid eile de papa rēo →

Tá sí leadránach

A combination of jet lag, shared national trauma, and the beginning of a postgraduate degree have meant Irish has been given short shrift this last fortnight. I've done a wee bit on Duolingo only. And I had fallen 10 days behind on my Irish MOOC from DCU. I've now managed to catch up. In fact, … An chuid eile de Tá sí leadránach →