Tag Archives: An Tuirc
Turcaí vs. An Tuirc: Talking ‘Turkey’ in Irish Posted by róislín on Nov 17, 2014
(le Róislín) Lead … lead. Can … can. Rose … rose. Tear … tear. Bow … bow. Bat … bat. Turkey … turkey. Or should I say: Lead (luaidhe) … lead (treoir). Can (canna) … can (féidir le). Rose (rós) … rose (d’éirigh). Tear (deoir) … tear (stróic). Bow (bogha) … bow (umhlú). Bat (ialtóg)…
Logainmneacha a Thosaíonn le Gutaí (a, e, i, o, u) agus “in” Posted by róislín on Jul 19, 2011
(le Róislín) Our last blog dealt with places names like Ceanada and Cúba, which take “urú,” and additional place names like Meicsiceo or Sasana, which are not subject to “urú” because of the letters they happen to start with. As you may recall, the “urú” examples work like this: Tá sé ina chónaí i gCeanada. …