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Saying “I Love You” in Irish (without the verb “to love”) Posted by róislín on Oct 6, 2011
le Róislín How do I love thee? Let me count the ways, but, at least for Irish, not the verbs. No verbs, hunh? What’s all that about? One of the first steps for learning Latin, at least when I was in school, was learning to conjugate the verb “to love” – amo, amas (I love…
Falling Leaves, Falling in Love: The Verb “to fall” in Irish Posted by róislín on Oct 3, 2011
(le Róislín) Thit a lán duilleoga sa ghairdín (sa chlós) agus anois tá orm iad a rácáil. Thit Seán i ngrá le Sinéad. Notice anything interesting about those sentences? For an English-speaker, I think it seems fairly normal to expect that in Irish one could say “many leaves fell” or “Seán fell in love” using…
Dóigheanna le “I Love You!” a Rá i nGaeilge: Let Me Count the Ways! Posted by róislín on Feb 12, 2011
(le Róislín) Many languages, perhaps most, have numerous ways to say “I love you!” and Irish is no exception. But, compared to other languages, Irish may be somewhat unusual in not really using the verb “to love,” as such, as much as it uses noun phrases. Examples would include calling the object of your affection…