Old Irish Online

Lessons

0. Introduction to Old Irish
1. Compert Con Culainn 'The Conception of Cu Chulainn', part of the Ulster Cycle
2. Táin Bó Regamna 'The Cattle Raid of the Important Calf', also part of the Ulster Cycle
3. Táin Bó Regamna (continued)
4. Táin Bó Regamna (conclusion)
5. Comrac Liadaine ocus Cuirithir 'The Encounter of Liadain and Cuirithir'
6. Audacht Morainn 'The Testament of Morann'
7. Immram Brain 'Bran's Voyage'
8. Fingal Rónain 'The Kin-slaying of Ronan'
9. Lebor Gabála Érenn 'The Book of the Taking of Ireland'
10. Aislinge Meic Con Glinne 'The Vision of Mac Con Glinne'

Grammar Points

• 1. Spelling and Pronunciation.
•     1.1. The Phonological System and its Orthographical Representations.
•     1.2. Accentuation.
• 2. Word Order.
•     2.1. The Basic Word Order of Old Irish.
•     2.2. Word Order in Nominal Syntagms and Compounds.
•     2.3. Residues of the Older SOV Structure.
• 3. The Verb.
•     3.1. Sentences without Verb.
•     3.2. Nominal Forms of the Verb.
•     3.3. Inflected Verbal Forms.
•     3.4. Impersonal Constructions.
• 4. The Noun.
• 5. Prepositions.
• 6. Initial Mutations.
•     6.1. Lenition.
•     6.2. Nasalization.
•     6.3. Spirant Mutation.
• 7. Tmesis.
• 8. Verbal Nouns and Their Use.
•     8.1. Morphology of the Verbal Noun.
•     8.2. Constructions Involving Verbal Nouns.
• 9. General Synopsis of the Case Endings in Relation to the Noun-Stem Classes.
• 10. The Pronoun.
• 11. Syntax: Coordination.
•     11.1. The Conjunction ocus.
•     11.2. Alternatives to ocus.
•     11.3. Disjunctive Conjunctions.
•     11.4. Adversative Conjunctions.
• 12. The Two Paradigms of the Verb 'to be'.
•     12.1. The Copula.
•     12.2. The Substantive Verb.
• 13. The Noun: o- and yo-Stems.
• 14. The Syntax of the Adjective.
• 15. Personal and Possessive Pronouns I.
•     15.1. Independent Personal Pronouns.
•     15.2. Emphasizing Personal Pronouns.
•     15.3. Possessive Pronouns.
• 16. Relative Clauses.
•     16.1. Types of Relative Clauses.
• 17. The Verb: Voice and Stem-Classes.
•     17.1. Active vs. Impersonal/Passive.
•     17.2. The Stem-Classes and their Characteristics.
• 18. The Noun: ā- and yā-Stems.
• 19. Numerals.
•     19.1. Cardinals.
•     19.2. Ordinals.
• 20. Suffixed Pronouns.
• 21. Relative Clauses: Special Verb Forms.
• 22. The Verb: Absolute and Conjunct.
•     22.1. Absolute vs. Simple Conjunct.
•     22.2. Conjunct Deuterotonic vs. Conjunct Prototonic.
• 23. The Noun: u-, i-, and ī-Stems.
•     23.1. u-Stems.
•     23.2. i-Stems.
•     23.3. ī-Stems.
• 24. The Adjective: Declensions of the Adjective.
•     24.1. o- and ā-stems.
•     24.2. yo- and yā-stems.
•     24.3. i-stems.
•     24.4. u-stems.
• 25. Infixed Pronouns.
•     25.1. 'Class A' Infixed Pronouns.
•     25.2. 'Class B' Infixed Pronouns.
• 26. Relative Clauses: Special Pronominal Forms.
• 27. The Verb: Past Tenses of the Indicative.
•     27.1. Different Forms for Different Functions.
•     27.2. Morphology of the Imperfect.
•     27.3. Morphology of the Preterites.
• 28. The Noun: s-Stems.
• 29. Comparison of the Adjective: the Comparative Grade.
•     29.1. The Regular Formation.
•     29.2. Irregular Formations.
•     29.3. Syntax.
• 30. Demonstrative Pronouns and Pronominals; the Article.
•     30.1. Demonstrative Pronouns.
•     30.2. Other Demonstrative Elements.
•     30.3. The Article.
• 31. Negative Sentences.
• 32. The Verb: Present Indicative.
• 33. The Noun: Consonantal Stems.
• 34. Comparison of the Adjective: the Equative Grade.
•     34.1. The Regular Formation.
•     34.2. Other Formations.
•     34.3. Syntax.
• 35. Pronouns Suffixed to Prepositions.
• 36. Subordination.
•     36.1. Temporal Clauses.
•     36.2. Causal Clauses.
•     36.3. Concessive Clauses.
• 37. The Verb: The Subjunctive.
• 38. Irregular Nouns.
• 39. Comparison of the Adjective: the Superlative Grade.
•     39.1. The Regular Formation.
•     39.2. Irregular Formations.
•     39.3. Syntax.
• 40. Interrogative Pronouns and Sentences.
• 41. Subordination.
•     41.1. Final Clauses.
•     41.2. Consecutive Clauses.
•     41.3. Related Speech.
• 42. The Verb: Future Tense.
• 43. Nominal Composition.
• 44. Indefinite Pronouns.
•     44.1. 'each, every'.
•     44.2. 'any'.
•     44.3. 'other'.
• 45. The Expression of Reflexivity and Middle Voice.
•     45.1. féin.
•     45.2. imm.
•     45.3. Deponent Inflection.
• 46. Conditional Clauses.
• 47. The Verb: Imperative.
• 48. Some Productive Noun-Suffixes.
• 49. Word Formation of the Adjectives.
• 50. The Necessity of Reading: Some References.
•     50.1. Handbooks.
•     50.2. Dictionaries.
•     50.3. Further Readings for Beginners.
•     50.4. Further Bibliography.