Irish (the language)

[Chickenkeev]

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.

Go raibh maith agat @owenjonescleanerreturns
Féachfaidh mé air ar an Domhnach.

Mise chomh maith !

BBC...bhféidir go mbeidh sé as Gaeilge Uladh tho? 😱. Feicfidh muid in aon chor I suppose

Beidh mé ag léamh na subtitles.

Thread íontach é seo. GRMA op. Táim ag léamh ón dtús (go mall) ach beidh mé ar ais go luath

Thread iontach maith go cinnte @MrsForgetalot gailge briste nó líofa - is cuma !

GRMA 👍

Bhain mé taitneamh as féachaint ar scannán ar BBC anuraidh: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0015hzh

Tá mé ag súil le breathnú ar rud éigin nua.

Bhi se ró mhall inne agus ní fhaca mé Crú. An fhaca aon duine an ceann seo ? Conas a bhí é ?

Cad é mar tá stoirm Bert libh uilig?
An bhfuil sibh slán té tirim?

Bhuel bhí an callán uafáchas leis an gaoithe agus an báisteach ag titim go trom. Ach bhí sé go deas arís inniu. Agus bhí an tádh dearg againn - bhí an leictreachas ann i gcónaí ar a laghad.
Cad fútsa@PuddingAunt ?

Ciúin go leor annseo i gCo.BÁC, agus an leictreachas againn gan fadhb. Nach againn atá an t-adh dearg anseo in oirthear na tíre! Bígí go léir slán sabhalta.

Thar oíche, go leor gaoithe, go leor báisteach! Agus go leor torann freisin.

Bhí orm siúl inné agus bhí mé fliuch go mo bhrístíní. Ansin aréir níorbh fhéidir liom codhladh. Bhí rudaí ag eitilt timpeall an tigh, ag cliotar agus ag tailm. Tá sé té anois, cé go raibh sé ag cur seaca dé hAoine.

Tá an aimsir bun-ós-cionn ar fad. Tá sé 11 céim fé láthair anseo i gCo.BÁC!
Ach tá fhios agam go bhfuil cúrsaí i bhfad níos measa in áiteanna eile timpeall na tíre - PuddingAunt, a chréatúir, tá mé ag smaoineamh ort.⛈🌧
Bígí go léir slán sabhalta.

Ath- bhlian faoi mhaise a chairde go leir!

An volano bhail chéanna ort!

Athbhliain faoi mhaise daoibh go léir!

Seo an bhliain a bhainim máistir Gaeilge le Duolingo…hopefully 🤞

Athbhliain faoi mhaise daoibh go léir ó mise freisin.
Tá súil agam go mbéadh an bhlian, 2025, bliain sona agus sláintúil daoibhse.

Níl a fhios agam, ar sríobh mé é i gceart ?

Sin ceart afaik ! Agus go néirí an tádh leat @UtopiaPlanitia . Tús maith leath na hoibre.

Go mbeirimid beo ag an am seo arís.

Ceo draíochta ar na sléibhte.

'I'm tired of hearing his ould 'moryah' said an elderly man agus é ag féachaint ar Trump ar an telefís. Chuir sé ag smaoineamh mé.
My mam used to say ' moryah' when she suspected I was lying about something. Ach ..cad a chiallonn sé as Gaeilge? Bhí sé deacair a fháil in the dictionary. Took me ages to get the right spelling! Mar dhea. Basically ' as if ' . Or as we might say in today's vernacular- ' like fuck!'

Focal eile from my mam - Wisha. Usually followed by a deep sigh. Oscar mór. But I haven't looked it up yet. Cad faoi daoine eile. Do you ever hear odd bits of Irish out in the wild?

https://www.teanglann.ie/ga/fgb/Muise

Deireann m’athair ‘dorn’ agus mám’ agus a lán focail eile a gciallíonn different types/sizes of handful eg ‘Give me a dornán of those screws.’

Osna Mór of course. Maith agat @Guimpe ! Níor chuala mé 'dorn' nó dornán but I will listen out now. Tá Teanglann an mhaith. Much easier than tediously wading through a dictionary. Focal eile : 'will you put a shrilawn of ice in that drink'. Sriolán? Tá an teanga fós beo. But not really school Irish nó Gaeilge na Leabhar , oddly.

Scríobh mé ar thread eile gur cheart go mbéadh Gaeilge 'adequate' ag éinne atá ag smaoineamh bheith in a iarrthóir mar Uachtarán.

So tá súil agam go bhfuil siad go léir - Michael, Conor, Frances, Mairéad, whoever - ar Duolingo ! Tá Catherine scaoilte ó ranganna Ghaeilge😉

As I said over on the other thread, as long as the Constitution [of which the President is the defender] says that Irish is the first national language, the President should be able to function as Gaeilge.

I wouldn't expect them to do in-depth interviews, but Irish is of great ceremonial and cultural significance, and a President who couldn't at least make speeches and do a bit of schmoozing as Gaeilge isn't earning their keep! They have ample time between now and October to brush up their Irish, and it's never been easier to access classes, online and in person, so there's no excuse.

I think the same question should be put to all candidates and would-be candidates:
Can you assure us that you will be able to carry out the functions of Uachtarán na hÉireann adequately in the first national language?