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Which Irish Speaker Visited ‘Oirthear na Gearmáine’ (East Germany) in 1960? (cuid/pt. 1) Posted by róislín on May 8, 2018
(le Róislín) Recently we practiced different ways to say “East” and “West” in Irish, and one set of examples used in passing was “Oirthear na Gearmáine” and “Iarthar na Gearmáine.” Most of the examples, as you may recall, used “Thoir” (East) and “Thiar” (West). While doing some online checks for examples of these phrases, I…
Children’s Books in Irish by Gwyneth Wynn: References, Links, and Vocabulary (pt. 1) Posted by róislín on Apr 22, 2017
(le Róislín) Crann agus cailleach agus broc, báisteach ar lá atá “breá” in intinn carachtar amháin, agus eachtraí Mhicí ar lorg an leoin agus sa bportach. These are some of the keywords describing Gwyneth Wynn’s children’s books. Our last two blogposts looked specifically at the two books about Micí (an madra) agus Teidí (an béar). …
Irish Pronunciation: Compound Words Like “Croíbhriste” and “Croíbhrúite” Posted by róislín on Feb 8, 2012
(le Róislín) In addition to some of its inherently long words, like “(go) bhfaighidh” and “(na) haghaidheanna” (fuaimniú thíos), Irish has its share of longish words, which are actually compounds, with one or more prefixes, a root (or two), and/or one or more suffixes. Fortunately, most of these words break down quite nicely, once you…