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An bhfuil do ghlas crochta crochta agat fós? Posted by róislín on Feb 14, 2014
(le Róislín) No, that’s not an overlooked duplication of words. “Glas crochta” is a padlock (hmm, guess why that topic came up in today’s blog!) and “crochta” means “hung” or “hanging,” from the verb “croch” (hang). First let’s discuss the word “glas,” since it’s a triple homonym in Irish. One “glas” means “green.” A second…
Let Me Call You … Stóirín (Storeen) (Irish Terms of Endearment) Posted by róislín on Feb 7, 2014
(le Róislín) Irish has many many terms of endearment. It actually also has many pejorative terms for people, ach sin ábhar blag eile. In this blog, given the season, we’ll look at various ways to say “darling,” “sweetheart,” and “love” in Irish. Some of these have been covered in previous blogs around this time of…
Tuilleadh Téarmaí faoin gCroí (More “Heart” Terms) Posted by róislín on Feb 5, 2012
(le Róislín) As you might imagine, there are lots more terms and phrases involving the heart besides the terms of endearment such as “A ghrá mo chroí!” “A chuisle mo chroí!” or “Mo chroí thú!” What better month to look into them than Feabhra, mí an chroí (i Meiriceá agus sa Bhreatain). Since there are…
Feabhra: Mí an Chroí i Meiriceá agus sa Bhreatain (February: Heart Month) Posted by róislín on Feb 2, 2012
(le Róislín) Nach deas an neas-suíomh é: Feabhra mar “Mhí an Chroí” (i Meiriceá agus sa Bhreatain) agus Feabhra mar mhí do leannáin (lovers) go ginearálta, mar gheall ar Lá Vailintín. I’ve actually been poking around online trying to find out what year February as American Heart Month started, but gan éifeacht (to no avail…
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…
An Briathar “Gráigh!” (Love!) i nGaeilge Posted by róislín on Feb 14, 2011
(le Róislín) The more I look into it, the more unusual features this verb seems to have. Interesting, and a bit complex, especially because of overlapping forms and near homonyms that are actually antonyms. Good news? It’s not used nearly as much as the forms we’ve recently gone over, especially “Mo ghrá thú.” So if you…