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16 October 2014

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Places of work
Colin's broadcasting a radio feature on the listeners' place of work. Here's what the callers had to say...

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I work in a shopTá mé ag obair i siopa
I work in a clubTá mé ag obair i gclub
I work in a hospitalTá mé ag obair in ospidéal
I work in an officeTá mé ag obair in oifig
I work in a garageTá mé ag obair i ngaráiste
I work in a schoolTá mé ag obair i scoil
I work in TVTá mé ag obair sa teilifís
I work in radioTá mé ag obair sa raidió
I work on a farm Tá mé ag obair ar fheirm
I work on a boatTá mé ag obair ar bhád
I work on an oil rigTá mé ag obair ar rige ola


footnotes

Some basic words:
Siopa = shop
Club = a club
Ospidéal = a hospital
Garáiste = a garage
Scoil = a school
Teilifís = television
Raidió = radio
Feirm = farm
Rige ola = oil rig

1) "i" (= in a) affects the very beginning of the next word. e.g. "garáiste" (=a garage) but "i ngaráiste" (=in a garage).

2) "ar" (= on a) also affects the next word when it's a person, place, thing, dunking a "h" after the first letter! e.g. "feirm" = a farm but "ar fheirm" = on a farm.

You'll be pleased to know that words starting with l, n, r are the untouchables and are never affected!

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