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What’s Your New Year’s Resolution (and How to Say It in Irish)? Posted by on Dec 31, 2018

(le Róislín) ‘Sea, an t-am sin den bhliain arís, aimsir na ndea-rún don bhliain nua.  In the word cloud (néal focal) above we see some common topics for “dea-rúin na hAthbhliana,” many of which have to do with health (sláinte).  How many of them do you recognize? Here they are again, with a few pronunciation…

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How to say ‘How are you?” in Irish — not quite 100 ways but maybe 50-ish.  And which are the top 5(-ish)? Posted by on Jan 4, 2015

(le Róislín) Some of you may have seen the recent article “Did you know there are 100 ways to say ‘How are you?’ as Gaeilge?” in The Daily Edge, based on a dialect map posted on Twitter (naisc thíos).  As comments to the Daily Edge article pointed out, about half of the examples are from Scotland…

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Five New Year’s Resolutions a Leprechaun Would Make (and How to Say Them in Irish) Posted by on Jan 10, 2013

(le Róislín) So this is the time of year for na dea-rúin.  Déanann muid iad agus briseann muid iad.   Céard fútsa?  An bhfuil do dhea-rún (nó do dhea-rúin) i bhfeidhm fós? Anyway, mulling over and reading over the tendency to make and break resolutions, I figured I’d go even farther out on a “géag” and…

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Dea-Rúin na hAthbhliana 2013 (New Year’s Resolutions for 2013) Posted by on Dec 31, 2012

(le Róislín) Is é an t-am sin den bhliain é arís!  It’s that time of year again!   Déanamh dea-rún agus briseadh na ndea-rún.  Making resolutions and breaking the resolutions. Let’s first look at the Irish word for “resolution” itself and then we’ll look at a few popular New Year’s resolutions. The Irish for “resolution” in…

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