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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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WaveyGodshawk · 04/08/2023 22:53

Chickenkeev · 04/08/2023 22:35

Cen chaoi ina bhfuil sibh?

Ní thuigim an post seo 😭

Fadas - on Android anyway you hold down the letter you want to put fada on that gives all the different accent options

RitzyMcFitzy · 04/08/2023 22:54

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?!!

Coinningh an cnaipe síos agus ansin feicfidh tú an litir le fada.

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Chickenkeev · 04/08/2023 22:56

RitzyMcFitzy · 04/08/2023 22:54

Coinningh an cnaipe síos agus ansin feicfidh tú an litir le fada.

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Ya smartypants mor ar fad 🤣

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Chickenkeev · 04/08/2023 22:58

RitzyMcFitzy · 04/08/2023 22:54

Coinningh an cnaipe síos agus ansin feicfidh tú an litir le fada.

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Chuir me trial as sin ach it didn't bleedin work. And my name has a fada so i need it!

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Chickenkeev · 04/08/2023 23:01

Chickenkeev · 04/08/2023 22:58

Chuir me trial as sin ach it didn't bleedin work. And my name has a fada so i need it!

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Ta bron orm, bain me trial as as agus fuair me an fada. Go raibh math agat!

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Chickenkeev · 04/08/2023 23:04

Chickenkeev · 04/08/2023 23:01

Ta bron orm, bain me trial as as agus fuair me an fada. Go raibh math agat!

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Nil me abalta quote tu Ritzty, ach gurra.

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Farmageddon · 04/08/2023 23:06

I was fluent when I was younger, I went to an Irish speaking secondary school so did all my classes through Irish, and even my leaving cert. That was almost 20 years ago, and I've forgotten most of it, which is a bit sad really. If I hear stuff on the radio or read signs in Irish I can mostly figure out what it says but it doesn't come naturally anymore.

Sadly, I think the way it's taught in schools puts a lot of people off it.

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Chickenkeev · 04/08/2023 23:07

Ta fhios agam an Poloinn for FFS, ach nil fhios agam an ghaeilge. Ta se sin saghas crazy.

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WaveyGodshawk · 04/08/2023 23:08

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

My dc has a grá mór for an teanga freisin. He had a múinteoir iontach that ran the whole rang as gaeilge last year. Immersion really is the only way to learn with fluency isn't it.

I think I'm the other side of the country to the town you speak of!
There must be similar around the country though, I need to research this.
We need a gaeltacht for mammies 😂

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Chickenkeev · 04/08/2023 23:11

Farmageddon · 04/08/2023 23:06

I was fluent when I was younger, I went to an Irish speaking secondary school so did all my classes through Irish, and even my leaving cert. That was almost 20 years ago, and I've forgotten most of it, which is a bit sad really. If I hear stuff on the radio or read signs in Irish I can mostly figure out what it says but it doesn't come naturally anymore.

Sadly, I think the way it's taught in schools puts a lot of people off it.

Amen. But fluency is all about using it so not just how it's taught. You can learn everything, but the trope of use it or lose is true.

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WaveyGodshawk · 04/08/2023 23:13

Like Wales managed to revive Welsh didn't they. How did they do it and why don't/ can't we do similar anseo?

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Chickenkeev · 04/08/2023 23:15

WaveyGodshawk · 04/08/2023 23:08

My dc has a grá mór for an teanga freisin. He had a múinteoir iontach that ran the whole rang as gaeilge last year. Immersion really is the only way to learn with fluency isn't it.

I think I'm the other side of the country to the town you speak of!
There must be similar around the country though, I need to research this.
We need a gaeltacht for mammies 😂

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Ta me i gConnaught, bhfuil tu i Leighin? Bheadh (is that the dreaded modh choineallch?)ta me ann t'am ar fad.

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Chickenkeev · 04/08/2023 23:18

Nil me in ann focail spell i gceart. Ta me an angry liom fhein.

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WaveyGodshawk · 04/08/2023 23:25

Chickenkeev · 04/08/2023 23:15

Ta me i gConnaught, bhfuil tu i Leighin? Bheadh (is that the dreaded modh choineallch?)ta me ann t'am ar fad.

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Tá tú ceart, tá mé i Laighean.. how did you know 😂 tá mo spelling uafásach agus feicim art Google for most focal!

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Chickenkeev · 04/08/2023 23:31

WaveyGodshawk · 04/08/2023 23:25

Tá tú ceart, tá mé i Laighean.. how did you know 😂 tá mo spelling uafásach agus feicim art Google for most focal!

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Nil fhios agam tbh, cheapaim go bhfuil se saghas i mo cheann? Nil fhios agam tho, ta se aisteach like.

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Chickenkeev · 04/08/2023 23:33

Or is it aistreach? Need a proper irish speaker here to school us!

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Chickenkeev · 04/08/2023 23:42

WaveyGodshawk · 04/08/2023 23:08

My dc has a grá mór for an teanga freisin. He had a múinteoir iontach that ran the whole rang as gaeilge last year. Immersion really is the only way to learn with fluency isn't it.

I think I'm the other side of the country to the town you speak of!
There must be similar around the country though, I need to research this.
We need a gaeltacht for mammies 😂

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Ta an ceart agat! Ta ranganna peil an don mammai, ranganna gaeilge ar fheabhas ar fad!

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Chickenkeev · 04/08/2023 23:46

Ta me ag feachaint ar scannan faoi na 'troubles' anois agus na buamai sna 90's. Te se uafasach ar fad.

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Guimpe · 04/08/2023 23:48

Nach bhfuil aon duine eile anseo as Cúige Mumhan?

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Chickenkeev · 05/08/2023 00:00

Guimpe · 04/08/2023 23:48

Nach bhfuil aon duine eile anseo as Cúige Mumhan?

Ta siad sa leaba!

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WaveyGodshawk · 05/08/2023 00:03

Chickenkeev · 04/08/2023 23:46

Ta me ag feachaint ar scannan faoi na 'troubles' anois agus na buamai sna 90's. Te se uafasach ar fad.

Níl abalta orm a feichaint seo before leaba. Tá sé an-brónach 😪

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Chickenkeev · 05/08/2023 00:03

Ta se tharr bharr bheith ag caint libh anocht, go raibh mike mile maith agaibh.

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Chickenkeev · 05/08/2023 00:05

WaveyGodshawk · 05/08/2023 00:03

Níl abalta orm a feichaint seo before leaba. Tá sé an-brónach 😪

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An bronach ar fad. Ta se deacair to think bhi se in my time.

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WaveyGodshawk · 05/08/2023 00:06

Oíche mhaith go leir! Ba mhaith liom ag cáint libh freisin 💚

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Chickenkeev · 05/08/2023 00:08

Ta hope agam don same amarach. Bhi se an deas ar fad. Go raibh maith agaibh go leor.

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