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Cé Hé Uimhir a Sé? — Practicing Some Numbers in Irish Posted by róislín on Jan 28, 2015
(le Róislín) ‘Cé hé Uimhir a Sé?’ That might seem like an odd question at first, but, remember the number that was in the graphic for the last blog (nasc thíos)? There was a reason for picking that number to illustrate the theme from The Prisoner. In this blog, we’ll look a little closer at uimhreacha and…
‘I am not an ‘uimhir’ ‘ and Other Indefinite Predicate Nominatives — Let’s Say Them in Irish Posted by róislín on Jan 23, 2015
(le Róislín) Whenever I see or hear the phrase “Doctor Who,” I always end up thinking of the typical Irish question, “An dochtúir thú?” (Are you a doctor?). Remember, the “t” of “thú” is silent, so “thú” sounds like “who.” I’ve actually tried putting together questions in Irish that would have the phrase “Doctor Who…
Chocolate Redux (well, not really re: ducks, but re: eggs and such): Chocolate Terms in Irish Posted by róislín on Jan 18, 2015
(le Róislín) I see that the chocolate blog in this series just popped up again on our Facebook site (https://www.facebook.com/learn.irish; bun-nasc thíos). So I thought it would fun to try some more phrases involving many people’s favorite “bia compoird” — seacláid…
‘Owl’ About It? Cineálacha Ulchabhán i nGaeilge (Types of Owls in Irish) Posted by róislín on Jan 14, 2015
(le Róislín) Since I just happened to mention the term “ulchabhán sneachtúil” in the most recent blog, I thought it would be fun to look into some other types of owls and what they’re called in Irish. …
Lig dó a bheith ag cur sneachta (wintry weather words in Irish) Posted by róislín on Jan 10, 2015
(le Róislín) So how’s winter treating you? A lán sneachta? Beagáinín sneachta? Síobthaí sneachta? Ceathanna sneachta? The key word for today’s blog, as you might have observed, is “sneachta” [SHNAKH-tuh], snow. So we’ll look at the basic forms of the word and then some related terms. sneachta, snow an sneachta, the snow dlús an tsneachta…
Cén t-ainm atá agat ar an 6ú lá d mhí Eanáir? 6 ways to say it in Irish Posted by róislín on Jan 6, 2015
(le Róislín) How many ways are there to refer to the “last” day of Christmas (January 6th) in Irish? A solid leathdhosaen, at any rate, maybe a few more in folk tradition. Can you fill in the blanks to complete the phrases? The number of blanks corresponds to the number of letters to be filled…
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 róislín 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…