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What’s Wrong? Discussing Illnesses in Irish: Cad atá ort? Galar? Tinneas? Rud Eile? Posted by róislín on Oct 22, 2014
(le Róislín) While working on the last few blogs about “galar víris Ebola” and illnesses in general, I got to thinking — why do we have so many terms for describing health — even on the “lay” level? In English, we have “disease,” “illness,” “sickness,” “ache,” “disorder,” and, more generally, “malady” and “affliction.” Irish has…
‘Tá mé tinn’ and other ways to say “I’m ill” in Irish Posted by róislín on Oct 18, 2014
(le Róislín) Well, it’s not surprising that the English expression “to be under the weather” doesn’t translate literally into Irish. Most idioms don’t translate well from language to language. The closest equivalents can be found at the end of this blog. But what are the typical ways to say “I’m ill” in Irish or to…