Tag Archives: food
Ag Comhaireamh Turcaithe (Counting Turkeys, in Irish) Posted by róislín on Nov 3, 2011
(le Róislín) Last blog we looked at the phrases for counting pumpkins. Counting anything in Irish is never just a matter of learning the words for the numbers (aon, dó, trí, or amháin, dhá, trí, etc.). It also involves possible changes to the beginning of the word for the item you’re counting. Remember, for “puimcín,”…
Ag Caint faoi Bhia (hunger, hungry, etc.) Posted by róislín on Aug 28, 2010
Agus mé ag éisteacht leis an raidió le déanaí, chuala mé clár faoi neamhshlándáil bia. Bhí an clár i mBéarla ach shocraigh mé ag an am go scríobhfainn blag faoi théarmaí Gaeilge a bhaineanns le bia. Níl mé ag caint anseo faoi chineálacha áirithe bia mar thrátaí grianthromaithe nó vaiféil, ach go ginearálta, faoi bhia…
A Lán Lann – A Lot of Places (with the Suffix “–lann”) Posted by róislín on Mar 15, 2009
(le Róislín) You may have noticed Transparent Language’s recent WOTD, an bhialann, the restaurant, and you may recognize a keyword in this expression, “bia” (food). It’s helpful to know the suffix “–lann” also, since it is used to make dozens of words. The suffix comes from the word “lann,” which has many meanings, including “land,” “ground,”…