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An Lorg sa Sneachta (The Track in the Snow): Snow Angels and More in Irish Posted by róislín on Nov 30, 2017
(le Róislín) This may be the time of year when adults (daoine fásta) and children (páistí) alike enjoy making snow angels (aingil shneachta). I haven’t found the term “aingeal sneachta” in an Irish dictionary so far, but it seems to be quite a straightforward combination. And I did find one (just one!) hit for the…
Nuair a bhuaileann clog … (When a bell rings …): Zuzu’s Christmas Quote Translated into Irish Posted by róislín on Dec 16, 2016
(le Róislín) Continuing with our “It’s A Wonderful Life” theme, today’s blogpost looks at Zuzu Bailey’s famous quote from the movie, and her father’s response. If you haven’t seen the movie — and is there anyone out there who hasn’t? — these lines come at the very end of the movie. Seo m’aistriúchán. Tá an…
Family Members, Christmastime — Irish Sentences to Identify the Baileys in ‘It’s A Wonderful Life’ (and the Hatches) Posted by róislín on Dec 12, 2016
(le Róislín) We’ve done a lot with “baill an teaghlaigh” and “gaolta teaghlaigh” in recent blogposts, so today’s post will combine matching up some family relationships in one of the most popular Christmas movies of all time, It’s A Wonderful Life (1946), in acknowledgement of the season. We’ve discussed the translation of the film’s title…
An tAinm Iósaef sa Bhíobla (Iósaef as a version of the name Seosamh / Joseph) Posted by róislín on Apr 18, 2016
(le Róislín) We’ve recently looked at 10 Irish names for boys, and 5 for girls (naisc thíos), and of course there are hundreds more we could cover. We’ll at least balance out the count with 5 more names for girls soon. But for this blog post, let’s look again at those two quotes from the…