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[kittydesade]

Some verbs have past tense forms which differ greatly from the present tense.

deanann - does
Rinne mé dearmad. I made a mistake.
tagann - comes
Tháinig sé abhaile. He came home.
téann - goes
Chuaigh sí ar ais. She went back. (Chuaigh mé na rosann, I went among the roses)
faigheann - gets
Fuair mé post. I got a job.
feiceann - sees
Chonaic mé é sin. I saw that.
deireann - says
Dúirt mé leo é. I told it to them.
cloiseann - hears
Chuala siad ráfla. They heard a rumor.

These expressions refer to specific periods of past time:
inné - yesterday
maidin inné - yesterday morning
tráthnóna inné - yesterday evening
aréir - last night
arú inné - the day before yesterday
arú aréir - the night before last
an tseachtain seo calte - last week
an mhí seo calte - last month
anuraidh - last year

These adverbs are also useful
ó shin - since
le déanaí - lately
fadó - long ago
fós - yet
cheana - already
aris - again

ar feadh (for period of time) takes the genitive case
seachtain, ar feadh seachtaine - for a week
mí, ar feadh míosa - for a month
bliain, ar feadh bliana - for a year


Reasons I love the boy, in no particular order: he brought home donuts. His response to CNN's response of "oh the promising career of these young athletes cut short by their sentencing" is a very unsympathetic "tough shit." This is obviously not an exhaustive list, but these amused me and came to mind today.

Today's statement of intent before I get any more sidetracked: One scene in TT to patch up that second gap, line edits on at least the first story for LSQ, and Russian/German at lunch. This time Russian at lunch and German after UPS because I really, really need to get back on my Russian practice because reasons. Also because Kiki will kick my ass if I don't, and deservedly so. Blogwork only in the evening, and thankfully I don't have to worry about dinner since the boy has voted for finishing the pizza I made yesterday, so that's just heating it up in the oven or microwave. Which is good because I'm fairly behind where I wanted to be on Murderboarding blogwork. Ugh.

Definitely need to check in this Wednesday, and address an issue preferably today that popped up to my attention over the weekend that knocked me for a loop for at least a day. Which, I think I've got some ideas on how to address it? But, argh.

It's gotten back to cooler temperatures here, which is a bit cranky making, but goddamn it was nice yesterday. And 5-10 degrees over what it was predicted to be, so if it stays like that, that shouldn't be too bad. I am, however, now chilly and a bit sleepy due to the greyness of the day and another minor thing throwing me for a loop shortly before I went to bed last night, resulting in less sleep than I would have liked. Ugh. Today, this week, even, had better be less up and down than last one. At least in terms of the unknown unknowns, and even some of the known unknowns. Right now I have a set of known unknows pertaining to Murderboarding that are driving me a bit batshit. Argh.

... I just realized nearly every paragraph on this entry ends in Ugh or argh. That's the kind of week I had last week. Not even bad in all aspects. Just. Argh. This week had better shape the hell up while it still has all its extremities.