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Athleanúint don Athleanúint: Lóistíocht (Cuid/Part 1) Posted by róislín on May 24, 2017
(le Róislín) One good glossary (gluais) deserves another, I suppose one might say. The last blogpost was a vocabulary round-up for the post before that, which had managed to jump from discussing chips/French fries to logistics (naisc thíos). Today we’ll continue with a follow-up to the follow-up (athleanúint don athleanúint) with further discussion of some…
Deich nDóigh (10 Ways) le ‘I Love You’ a Rá i nGaeilge Posted by róislín on Feb 8, 2013
(le Róislín) So, Irish has lots of ways to say “I love you,” but most of them don’t involve the verb “to love.” How is that supposed to work? Bhuel, with lots of téarmaí ceana (terms of endearment)! In other words, you mostly use nouns to say that someone is your sweetheart, your darling, your…
The Ins and Outs of Immigration and Emigration Terminology – Inimirce agus Eisimirce i nGaeilge Posted by róislín on Jul 5, 2009
(le Róislín) We recently had a ceist (question) about some terms having to do with inimirce (immigration). Seo samplóir téarmaí: port eisimirce, emigration port, mar shampla, An Cóbh, Co. Chiaraí port inimirce, immigration port, mar shampla, Filideilfia, Pennsylvania A similar term is “longphort iontrála,” lit. ship-port of entry That last term…