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Christmas Movie Titles — Aistrithe go Gaeilge (Irish) le Bearnaí le Líonadh Posted by róislín on Jan 6, 2016
(le Róislín) One last Christmas blog before the season really wraps up. For any teachers out there, especially of adult ed/night school courses in the Irish language, this one could be a ready-made class activity. For some lesson objectives, please see Nóta a Dó (thíos). We’re building here on a previous blog (nasc thíos)…
An Chéad Lá den Earrach (The First Day of Spring) – Not! Posted by róislín on Mar 21, 2009
(le Róislín) Shortly after St. Patrick’s Day, we welcome in an tEarrach (the Spring). Or do we? We may be accustomed to thinking of March 20th or 21st as the beginning of Spring, but there is actually a lot of controversy in English as to whether Spring starts on the first of the month or…
As Easy as “a hAon, a Dó, a Trí” – Na Maoluimhreacha i nGaeilge Posted by róislín on Mar 19, 2009
(le Róislín) Quite a few of the basic Irish numbers from one to ten are recognizable if you know at least one other European language. In each case, the actual number is preceded by the single letter “a,” which here is the numerical particle. It has no actual meaning. It simply indicates that a “maoluimhir”…