Tag Archives: Vatacáin
An Ghaeilge agus an Iodáilis: ‘Àbaco’ go ‘Zombi’ i nGaeilge Posted by róislín on Apr 16, 2014
(le Róislín) Bhí an bua ag an Iodáilis sa chomórtas ‘Buile Ilteangach’ (Multilingual Madness)! Comhghairdeas di agus dá foghlaimeoirí agus dá cainteoirí. So we’ll tip our ‘hataí’ here to ‘lucht na hIodáilise’ with a few Irish words related to ‘an Iodáil’ and ‘an teanga Iodáilise.’ Ar dtús, tíreolaíocht (geography) an Iodáil, (the) Italy. Note that…
Deatach Dubh, Deatach Bán … agus Pápa! Posted by róislín on Mar 10, 2013
(le Róislín) The selection of a new pope gives us an interesting opportunity to look at some Irish vocabulary, in particular, the words for “smoke,” the colors “black” (dubh) and “white” (bán), and, for good measure, “gray” (liath), and “conclave.” And of course, the word for “pope,” which is “pápa.” Let’s start with “deatach dubh”…