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Giving Commands in Irish, from the Cheerful ‘Be Happy’ to the Brusque ‘Shut Your Gob!’ Posted by róislín on Feb 12, 2018
(le Róislín) Continuing with our recent ‘happy’ theme (nasc thios), the above graphic illustrates one way of saying “Be happy” in Irish. As you may have noticed, it’s the plural form. No special reason for the plural — it’s just that the singular form (“bí“) would have made for pretty minimal eyebrows (malaí fíorbheaga). The…
Cén Ghaeilge atá ar … wattle? (Stór focal in am do Lá an Altaithe) Posted by róislín on Nov 6, 2015
(le Róislín) When we describe parts of a turkey’s body, it’s easy enough to reference cosa (feet / legs), sciatháin (wings), cleití (feathers), tail (eireaball OR ruball), ceann (head), and gob (beak). These would be widely found on other animals, and to some extent, people (cosa and ceann, with sciatháin doubling for arms and gob…
An tEarrach (The Spring): 20 Márta 2014 Posted by róislín on Mar 22, 2014
(le Róislín) By all accounts now, Spring has finally sprung, on March 20th for this year. At least astronomically. Maybe in the next blog we’ll look at two other traditional dates for “Spring”– February 1st and March 1st. All three calendar systems have their validity. Meanwhile, how do we say “Spring” in Irish? And just…