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How To Say ‘Yes’ and ‘No’ in Irish – Let Me Count The Ways Posted by on Sep 15, 2014

(le Róislín) Actually I can’t really count the number of ways. As I mentioned in a recent blog, there are thousands of ways to say ‘yes’ or ‘no’ in Irish. Remember, almost every verb in Irish can be used to formulate a yes- or no-answer. And the good news is … some of them are…

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How to say “Yes Vote” and “No Vote” in Irish (with a nod to the Gàidhlig) Posted by on Sep 8, 2014

(le Róislín) So I’ve been listening and listening to the coverage of the Scottish independence vote.    While this blog is not really a platform for polaitíocht, it does give us an opportunity to look at the words “yes” and “no” in Irish, with a brief comparison to Scottish Gaelic (Gàidhlig). With most languages I’ve studied…

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