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Six Ways to Say, “I Want Some More” in Irish (ag cur Gaeilge ar athfhriotal clúiteach Oilibhéir) Posted by on May 10, 2014

(le Róislín) “Please, sir, …” ráite go truacánta.  And then what?  In the last blog (nasc thíos) , we talked about the “please” part of this sentence.  But there wasn’t enough room to include the different ways to say “I want” or “more.”  So here goes. Our keywords could include the following: maith, díth, iarraidh…

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Liúdair go dtí a) an Caisleán Nua, b) an Aithin nó go c) Toraigh? Posted by on May 15, 2012

(le Róislín) As the final entry in this mionsraith ar chaint fhíortha, we’ll talk briefly about liúdair (coalfish) and their role in a traditional Irish expression.   Of course, we could talk about figurative speech  till the cows come home or till we’re all blue in the face, but there are other topics looming so we’ll…

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