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…
How to Say ‘Happy New Year’ in Irish and How to Pronounce the Consonant Cluster “thbhl” Posted by róislín on Dec 31, 2014
(le Róislín) Athbhliain faoi shéan is faoi mhaise duit. Happy New Year to you. Athbhliain faoi shéan is faoi mhaise daoibh. Happy New Year to you (plural). So how do we pronounce that, what does it literally mean, why are the actual words “happy” and “new” not in the phrase, and where does a consonant…
Fíoracha Sinséir – How to Say ‘Gingerbread Men and Women’ in Irish Posted by róislín on Dec 26, 2014
(le Róislín) We recently looked at one type of arán (bread), with a recipe in Irish (naisc thíos do na blaganna faoi arán sóide agus Leabhar Cócaireachta Transparent Language). Today, to be seasonal, let’s look at another type…