Paloma

Tá mé ag leamh leabhar Gaeilge—bhuel, ní leabhar é go baileach ach comhaid PDF. Fuair mé trí caibidil leabhair darbh ainm Paloma ar an idirlíon. Is leabhar do fhoghlaimeoirí é. Tá na habairtí shimplí, ach tá mé ag foghlaim mórán focal nua, agus tá dúil agam a fheiceáil cad é mar a chóimeáladh na habairtí. Tá mé na caibidlí sin léite agus d'ordaigh mé an leabhar as Schoenhof’s ionas go mbeidh mé ábalta an fuílleach a léamh.

Is í Paloma bleachtaire óg sa Garda Síochána i mBaile Átha Cliath. Déanann sí praiseach de chas agus tugtar céim síos di. Cuirtear í siar, go dtí sráidbhaile aonraithe. Tá sí gruama—ní bleachtaire níos mó í, caithfidh sí éide a chaitheamh uair amháin eile, agus níl cairde i mBealach Caol aici. Ach tá teifigh lonnaithe sa champa carbhán—beidh seo tábhachtach ar ball, ach níl a fhios agam cén fáth go fóill.

Ní mór dom a fhanacht go dtiocfaidh mo leabhar, sula go raibh mé ábalta na caibidlí eile a léamh.

I am reading an Irish book—well, it’s not really a book but some PDF files. I found three chapters of a book called Paloma on the internet. It is a book for learners. The sentences are simple, but I am learning many new words and I like to see how the sentences were constructed. I have read those chapters and have ordered the book from Schoenhof’s so that I can read the rest of the book.

Paloma is a young detective in the Garda Síochána in Dublin. She messes up a case, and is demoted. She is sent west to an isolated village. She is unhappy--she is no longer a detective, she must wear a uniform once more, and she has no friends there. But there are refugees housed in the caravan park. That will be important, but I don’t know why yet.

I have to wait until my book arrives to read the other chapters.

***Fáilte roimh cheartúcháin!***