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Irish (the language)

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Chickenkeev · 04/08/2023 20:14

Does anyone else feel a connection to it? My dad was a gaeilgoir but never taught us. But i'm 42 now and still feel a pull towards it. It's inexplicable. I spent a year in france but i feel nothing at all towards the language. But Irish draws me in massively.

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honeyrider · 04/08/2023 21:57

I've no interest in it, I don't even think it sounds nice.

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Chickenkeev · 04/08/2023 22:06

honeyrider · 04/08/2023 21:57

I've no interest in it, I don't even think it sounds nice.

I am the exact opposite, despite never speaking it. I can't explain it, there's no sense behind it at all ( my dad's family always made it clear they hated us) but for whatever reason i love the language. I do love languages in general, so maybe just that? It feels like more though, like it's mine. It's a weird feeling.

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VaddaABeetch · 04/08/2023 22:13

I wasn’t brought up with Irish learned as an adult. Still improving

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Chickenkeev · 04/08/2023 22:19

VaddaABeetch · 04/08/2023 22:13

I wasn’t brought up with Irish learned as an adult. Still improving

For fun learning, look up colaiste lurgan/TG Lurgan on you tube. Songs, no mental work needed. But great for the ear.

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holjam · 04/08/2023 22:20

I absolutely hated Irish when I was at school, couldn't wait to get away from it for good Grin
Now that I'm in my 40's I use it almost daily, not exclusively just words and phrases and would love to be fluent.

WaveyGodshawk · 04/08/2023 22:21

I love Irish! Like you @Chickenkeev i feel just so drawn to it. Would love to go to some conversational classes or something. We're very much a "cúpla focal gach lá" family, just naturally some phrases/questions come out in Irish.

WaveyGodshawk · 04/08/2023 22:23

I go through phases of trying to learn on duo lingo but that kind of makes me sad for some reason.

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Chickenkeev · 04/08/2023 22:28

holjam · 04/08/2023 22:20

I absolutely hated Irish when I was at school, couldn't wait to get away from it for good Grin
Now that I'm in my 40's I use it almost daily, not exclusively just words and phrases and would love to be fluent.

Sounds like you're half way there! Go for it!

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Chickenkeev · 04/08/2023 22:31

WaveyGodshawk · 04/08/2023 22:21

I love Irish! Like you @Chickenkeev i feel just so drawn to it. Would love to go to some conversational classes or something. We're very much a "cúpla focal gach lá" family, just naturally some phrases/questions come out in Irish.

Again, TG Lurgan for the 'ear'. But if anyone wants a group of slightly shite but willing people to chat with, we could always do one here?

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Chickenkeev · 04/08/2023 22:34

WaveyGodshawk · 04/08/2023 22:21

I love Irish! Like you @Chickenkeev i feel just so drawn to it. Would love to go to some conversational classes or something. We're very much a "cúpla focal gach lá" family, just naturally some phrases/questions come out in Irish.

MN is so big, there could be an Irish languague bit. Or we could do our own. I would so love to speak it.

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Chickenkeev · 04/08/2023 22:35

Cen chaoi ina bhfuil sibh?

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Parky04 · 04/08/2023 22:38

I'm 50% Irish and do not give a toss about the language!

Inextremis · 04/08/2023 22:38

I was brought up in the UK, and didn't come to Ireland until I was 17 (in 1976) - but it's been home for the past 24 years, and I love the language. I'm far from fluent, but still find myself dropping the occasional 'go raibh maith agat', 'slán leat', 'slán abhaile', 'sin é' etc. into conversation - not to be pretentious, just to echo those around me. I'm trying to learn more, but DuoLingo just tells me how to say 'the man is in the fridge' and similar, which I don't find particularly useful. Probably best to just continue with the odd word here and there :) It's a beautiful language, love listening to it.

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Chickenkeev · 04/08/2023 22:38

Parky04 · 04/08/2023 22:38

I'm 50% Irish and do not give a toss about the language!

Wrong thread so?

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Guimpe · 04/08/2023 22:40

Dia dhaoibh, gach éinne! Níl ach Gaeilge scoile agam. (And autocorrect really doesn’t like Irish.)

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Chickenkeev · 04/08/2023 22:42

Inextremis · 04/08/2023 22:38

I was brought up in the UK, and didn't come to Ireland until I was 17 (in 1976) - but it's been home for the past 24 years, and I love the language. I'm far from fluent, but still find myself dropping the occasional 'go raibh maith agat', 'slán leat', 'slán abhaile', 'sin é' etc. into conversation - not to be pretentious, just to echo those around me. I'm trying to learn more, but DuoLingo just tells me how to say 'the man is in the fridge' and similar, which I don't find particularly useful. Probably best to just continue with the odd word here and there :) It's a beautiful language, love listening to it.

Reading that is so lovely, really. Welcome to the language, you're flying. It's deadly that you have the cupla focail!

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Parky04 · 04/08/2023 22:44

Chickenkeev · 04/08/2023 22:38

Wrong thread so?

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Obviously not!

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Chickenkeev · 04/08/2023 22:45

Guimpe · 04/08/2023 22:40

Dia dhaoibh, gach éinne! Níl ach Gaeilge scoile agam. (And autocorrect really doesn’t like Irish.)

Ta fhios agam. Ta se an deachair gan fadas like. Ach to muid abalta caint like.

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halfpasteleven · 04/08/2023 22:45

Dia dhaoibh !

Is aoibhinn liom Gaeilge ach nil a lan agam

also how do you do fadas on the phone?!!

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Chickenkeev · 04/08/2023 22:47

halfpasteleven · 04/08/2023 22:45

Dia dhaoibh !

Is aoibhinn liom Gaeilge ach nil a lan agam

also how do you do fadas on the phone?!!

Nil fhios agam at all at all.

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WaveyGodshawk · 04/08/2023 22:47

Chickenkeev · 04/08/2023 22:31

Again, TG Lurgan for the 'ear'. But if anyone wants a group of slightly shite but willing people to chat with, we could always do one here?

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Great turn of phrase - slightly shite but willing 🤣
This could be our snáithe caint beag!

I had to google snáithe and I'm sure I've not used it correctly there anyway.

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Chickenkeev · 04/08/2023 22:48

halfpasteleven · 04/08/2023 22:45

Dia dhaoibh !

Is aoibhinn liom Gaeilge ach nil a lan agam

also how do you do fadas on the phone?!!

Agus dia dhuit, agus beannacht leat! (If that's correct :/)

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Ohwhatadag · 04/08/2023 22:49

No connection to Irish, but I maybe get what you mean.

I am drawn to Icelandic as the closest living language to the vikings. The history and feeling of myths and a lost world. The idea of Irish makes me think similarly. And it looks so cool written down.

PS I had a friend who loved the Irish language so much they did a PhD thesis for a physical science in Irish.

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Chickenkeev · 04/08/2023 22:53

WaveyGodshawk · 04/08/2023 22:47

Great turn of phrase - slightly shite but willing 🤣
This could be our snáithe caint beag!

I had to google snáithe and I'm sure I've not used it correctly there anyway.

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I love the sound of snaithe (ta bron orm nach bhfuil an fada an). Ta se saghas craic, nach ea!

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Nutsabouttopic · 04/08/2023 22:53

I didn't get on well in Irish class in school. My own DC do have a grā for it. I think that is because they have been brought up beside a Gaeltacht area and their teachers were/are native speakers. I live beside a famous tourist town. Think of a tourist town in Ireland and chances are you have picked the one. There are clubs now in some of the pubs here for those who are interested in conversing in Irish. They are very popular and good fun. I have been to two of them. The range of ages and people is very interesting and the reasons why they are there is very diverse. OP it could be an idea for you