{"id":4824,"date":"2014-01-18T20:23:14","date_gmt":"2014-01-18T20:23:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/?p=4824"},"modified":"2015-11-03T17:12:40","modified_gmt":"2015-11-03T17:12:40","slug":"keep-calm-and-fan-socair-agus-in-irish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/keep-calm-and-fan-socair-agus-in-irish\/","title":{"rendered":"Keep Calm and … Fan Socair agus … (in Irish)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Fan Socair agus Foghlaim Gaeilge<\/p><\/div>\n

How many activities should we do while we keep calm?\u00a0 Currently there are about 538,000,000 Google hits for the English phrase “Keep calm and …” (not limited to the “carry on” ending).<\/p>\n

In Irish, I’ve seen various translations for the “keep calm” part, but I think “fan socair<\/strong>” is best.\u00a0 C\u00e9 mh\u00e9ad amas Google do “Fan socair agus …”?\u00a0 4,270.\u00a0 M\u00e9id r\u00e9as\u00fanta m\u00f3r<\/strong>, all things considered (speaker populations, phrase origin, etc.)<\/p>\n

In this blog, we’ll just look at two “keep calm” phrases.\u00a0 The first will be the translation of the original slogan (“Keep calm and carry on”).\u00a0 The second will be for the new graphic on the Facebook page for Transparent Language’s Irish Blog, which says, “Keep calm and learn Irish.”\u00a0 And that’s one of the best suggestions I’ve seen around for a while!<\/p>\n

We’ll start with the phrase “keep calm.”\u00a0 One of the first things we need to remember is that this is an idiom, it’s not “keep” like “storing,” “preserving,” or “putting in storage.” So I’d advocate “remain” or “stay” as the basis for the Irish translation.\u00a0 And that’s “fan<\/strong>.”\u00a0 Remember it’s pronounced like “fahn,” not like the English word “fan” as in cooling devices (gaothr\u00e1in, feananna, srl.<\/strong>)<\/p>\n

You might recognize the verb “fan<\/strong>” from phrases like:<\/p>\n

“Fan go bhfeice m\u00e9<\/strong>” (Wait till I see)<\/p>\n

“Fan f\u00fat<\/strong>!” (Stay put, lit. stay or wait “under yourself,” which may sound a little extreme, but, no worries, this can be used for people who aren’t “freang\u00e1laithe<\/strong>.” \u00a0There are various other\u00a0 similar phrases with “f\u00fat<\/strong>” where we don’t literally mean physically underneath something, e.g. cuir f\u00fat, srl<\/strong>.)<\/p>\n

“Fan liom<\/strong>,” as in the chorus of Clannad’s song, “Liza “(Liza mo st\u00f3r, Liza fan liom<\/strong>) from the band’s first album (http:\/\/www.clannad.ie\/albums\/details.html?id=1)<\/p>\n

Another way you could say “Keep calm” is “T\u00f3g go bog \u00e9<\/strong>” (lit. “Take it easy”) but I think “Fan socair<\/strong>” fits the flow of the “Keep calm” series.\u00a0 And it’s fewer words!<\/p>\n

There are various ways to translate the English word “calm” into Irish:<\/p>\n

socair<\/strong> (as I advocate here), calm, quiet, still, unruffled, at rest, etc.<\/p>\n

ci\u00fain<\/strong> [KYOO-in] calm, silent, still, quiet, etc.<\/p>\n

suaimhneach<\/strong> [SOO-iv-ny<\/sup>ukh], calm, peaceful, tranquil<\/p>\n

sochma<\/strong> [SOKH-muh], calm, soft, easy-going, even-tempered, etc.<\/p>\n

But I like “socair<\/strong>” best.<\/p>\n

So far, I don’t know any exact Irish for “chillaxed” (\u00e1bhar blag eile<\/strong>?), which could be the latest word for “calm,” (i mB\u00e9arla<\/strong>).<\/p>\n

As for “carry on,” this is a figurative expression, since we’re not physically carrying (iompar<\/strong>) anything anywhere.\u00a0\u00a0 “Carry on” here is in the sense of “proceed” or “continue what you’re doing,” a usage which, btw, isn’t that typical in the U.S.\u00a0 There are several typical phrases for this, including:<\/p>\n

lean ort<\/strong>, lit. continue “on” you<\/p>\n

lean ar aghaidh<\/strong> [“aghaidh<\/strong>” sounds like English “I” or “eye”], proceed, lit. continue onward, even more literally, “continue on ahead” (in the direction you’re facing, either physically or task-wise)<\/p>\n

Speaking of “Lean ar aghaidh<\/strong>,” lo and behold — guess what you can buy online (or in person, if you’re lucky enough to be “i gConamara<\/strong>“)!\u00a0 T-l\u00e9ine a deir “Fan Socair agus Lean ar Aghaidh” ag an su\u00edomh seo:<\/strong> http:\/\/www.spailpin.com\/en\/t-shirts\/adults-t-shirts\/keep-calm-and-carry-on-fan-socair-agus-lean-ar-aghaidh-t-shirt-detail.\u00a0 Spailpin.com also offers a “Labhair Gaeilge<\/strong>” version (le seamr\u00f3ga<\/strong>!).<\/p>\n

So now we’ve done the standard KCACO.\u00a0 How about “keep calm” with “and learn Irish” as we now seen on the Facebook page for our Irish Blog.<\/p>\n

Piece o’ cake!<\/p>\n

The basic word for “learn” is “foghlaim<\/strong>.”\u00a0 The “g” is silent and the “o” is long, so it sounds like “FOH-lim.”\u00a0 “Foghlaim<\/strong>” can be used as the command form, or to say “I am learning Irish” (or any other subject).<\/p>\n

Foghlaim \u00e9!<\/strong> Learn it!<\/p>\n

T\u00e1 m\u00e9 ag foghlaim Gaeilge<\/strong>, I am learning Irish.<\/p>\n

Foghlaim na briathra seo!<\/strong> Learn these verbs!<\/p>\n

Foghlaim Gaeilge<\/strong>!\u00a0 Learn Irish! (or one could say “Foghlaim an Ghaeilge<\/strong>,” with “an<\/strong>” for “the,” which is often used with the name of any language: Fraincis<\/strong> or An Fhraincis<\/strong>, Sp\u00e1innis<\/strong> or An Sp\u00e1innis<\/strong>, Navach\u00f3is<\/strong> or An Navach\u00f3is, srl.<\/strong>)<\/p>\n

Bhuel<\/strong>, that’s for the phrase “learn Irish.”\u00a0 As for the act or process of learning Irish itself, depending on who you talk to, it may be less a “piece o’ cake” and more like “Alasca B\u00e1c\u00e1ilte<\/strong>” or “Croquembouche<\/em>,” which were recently voted by Huffington Post<\/em> as among the most difficult desserts in the world to make (http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2013\/09\/10\/hardest-desserts_n_3894316.html).\u00a0 Not that the Huffington Post<\/em> used the phrase “Alasca B\u00e1c\u00e1ilte<\/strong>,” as such, in Irish, but I figured, “Why not?” for this blog.\u00a0 One more past participle learned (b\u00e1c\u00e1ilte<\/strong>, baked) is one more past participle learned.\u00a0 And it’s always good to have a reminder that Irish doesn’t traditionally have the letter “k,” so a “k” sound usually appears as “c,” (as in “Alasca”<\/strong>). \u00a0 If you’re intrigued by “k-lessness,” (and hey, no Klingon pun intended there) — f\u00e9ach an n\u00f3ta th\u00edos<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

So put it all together and you have:<\/p>\n

Fan socair agus foghlaim Gaeilge!<\/strong>\u00a0 Which I would heartily recommend!<\/p>\n

And if you’d like to say it to a group of people (or even “beirt<\/strong>,” two people, together):<\/p>\n

Fanaig\u00ed socair agus foghlaim\u00edg\u00ed Gaeilge!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Of course, there’s yet another possibility (there always is!):<\/p>\n

Fan socair agus b\u00ed ag foghlaim Gaeilge!<\/strong> Keep calm and Learn Irish!, lit. “be learning Irish.”\u00a0 This would be said to one person.\u00a0 The “be” command is not, perhaps, the most typical type of phrase in English, but it’s quite common in Irish.<\/p>\n

Fanaig\u00ed socair agus b\u00edg\u00ed ag foghlaim Gaeilge!<\/strong> Keep calm and learn Irish!, said to two or more people<\/p>\n

And finally, all this emphasis on keeping calm is great, but what if we really are excited (corraithe<\/strong>), upset (buartha<\/strong>), rattled (tr\u00ed ch\u00e9ile<\/strong>), frantic (le b\u00e1in\u00ed<\/strong>), frazzled (? – do bhar\u00fail?<\/strong>), on tenterhooks (ar b\u00eds<\/strong>), on edge (ar bior<\/strong>), having a conniption or otherwise discumbobulated (Gaeilge ar bith ar an d\u00e1 cheann dheireanacha, is d\u00f3cha)?\u00a0 \u00c1bhar blag eile, b’fh\u00e9idir.\u00a0 SGF – R\u00f3isl\u00edn<\/strong><\/p>\n

N\u00f3ta<\/strong> 1) typical “K-words” with “c” in Irish: caic\u00ed, cail\u00e9ideasc\u00f3p, cap\u00f3c, ceiris\u00edn, cileavat, Cill Airne, citseap, citsire, C\u00f3ir\u00e9is<\/strong>, and personal names like “Caoimh\u00edn<\/strong>,” “Ciara<\/strong>, and “Coinneach<\/strong>.”\u00a0 Cad a dh\u00e9anfaid\u00eds leis na logainmneacha<\/strong> seo<\/strong> “Kwekwe” (sa tSiomb\u00e1ib<\/strong>), Kumbakonam (san India<\/strong>), and Kinkkale (sa Tuirc<\/strong>) — meas t\u00fa? \u00a0Agus na “K-cups” do mo Keurig?\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

N\u00f3ta<\/strong> 2) Maidir le<\/strong> “croquembouche<\/em>,” n\u00edl Gaeilge ar bith air sin, fad m’eolais<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

(le\u00a0R\u00f3isl\u00edn) How many activities should we do while we keep calm?\u00a0 Currently there are about 538,000,000 Google hits for the English phrase “Keep calm and …” (not limited to the “carry on” ending). In Irish, I’ve seen various translations for the “keep calm” part, but I think “fan socair” is best.\u00a0 C\u00e9 mh\u00e9ad amas Google…<\/p>\n

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