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[kittydesade]

A few verbs occur only (or mostly) in a verbal noun form and do not use tense endings. That is, they are really nouns, but their meanings and uses are verb-like. They are used almost exclusively in the progressive form discussed above, or in other structures (introduced next) that include a verbal noun. They may combine with déan (do) which carries the tense marking. Examples include caint (talking), staidéar (studying), and obair (working)

Beidh muid ag caint. We'll talk./We'll be talking.
Déanfaidh mé staidéar anois. I'll study now.

Some such verbs can be conjugated, but rarely are. At least in some dialects the verbal noun forms seem to be strongly preferred. Damhsaigh, dance, is an example: it is almost always found in its verbal noun form damhsa.

Give the verbal noun form for each of the following verb stems, and give the English meaning.
1. coinnigh, coinneáil - keep
2. feic, feiceáil - see
3. clois, cloisteáil - hear
4. bruith - boil, cook
5. caith, caitheamh - throw, spend
6. cuir, cur - put
7. bris, briseadh - break
8. tomhais, tomhas - guess, measure
9. abair, rá - say
10. salaigh, salú - dirty
11. siúil, siúl - walk
12. déan, déanamh - do
13. vótáil - vote?
14. ceannaigh, ceannach - buy
15. imigh, imeacht - go, depart
16. éist, éisteacht - listen
17. glan, glanadh - clean
18. roinn, roinnt - divide
19. geall, gealladh - promise, bet
20. labhair, labhairt - speak
21. smaoinigh, smaoineamh - think
22. ith, ithe - eat
23. leag, leagan - lay down, knock over
24. oscail, oscailt - open
25. réitigh, réiteach - prepare, solve
26. beannaigh, beannú - bless
27. bí, bheith - to be
28. fás - grow
29. díol, díol - sell
30. maraigh, marú - kill




No, yeah, I was right the first time, I'm going to have to learn all the verbal nouns one by one. Ugh.

So, yesterday turned out to be busy at work and then I meant to go home and finish this writing I have yet to finish, but it turned out the boy had other plans involving Robocop. So we went and saw Robocop at the dollar theatre, which, sure, that meant I didn't have to cook dinner. That was a remarkably silly movie. I mean, it hit all the right points, all the traditional plot points of Robocop, but Gary Oldman spent most of the movie flailing about hysterically screaming "ALEX", the corporate stooges were ridiculous, and all Michael Keaton needed was a moustache to twirl. Everyone was pretty much playing their stock parts, and it came together well, but. So very silly.

Today will be finishing the goddamn dime novel finally, then coming up with some kind of blog entry (I really need to type in the notes for the other blog entries tonight), then coming home and cooking and cleaning and doing random other shit. I also have some reading over to do, but overall, hopefully it will be more relaxed. I'm surprisingly looking forward to getting back to routines. Although this weekend's interview will be nervewracking as all hell. Ulp. Who let me adult? Who let me professional? That's what I really want to know. Who made the mistake of letting me out into the world pretending to be a professional?

Or am I a professional? What defines a professional anyway, in terms of bloggery and what I do with Murderboarding? A professional what? Professional fan?

(Mostly, oh god what am I doing why did [Redacted] agree to this why are [Redacted] [Redacted]ing what the hell is going on and why am I in this handbasket.)

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