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[gaeilge101]

i do feel like saying that 1.6 million people speak irish is a bit misleading because according to the 2022 census which recorded 1.9 million selfreporting as having some level of Irish, only 10% claimed to speak it very well (i.e fluently).

"Among those who could speak Irish, one in four (472,887) indicated that they never spoke the language. Of the 1.9 million Irish speakers, just 10 per cent said they spoke the language “very well”, with a further 32 per cent speaking it “well”.

A majority (55 per cent) of people who indicated that they spoke Irish reported that they did not speak the language well. Younger people were more likely to say could speak the language well.

For example, 63 per cent of people aged 15-19 who spoke Irish reported that they spoke it either very well or well. In contrast, 27 per cent of Irish speakers aged 50-54 recorded that they spoke Irish either very well or well."

https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2023/05/30/census-2022-number-of-irish-speakers-increases-but-only-10-can-speak-it-very-well/

Like I feel a good deal of people who self reported as being able to speak Irish are referring to the dredges left from school, not any actual day-to-day use and fluency. Like one in four saying they never speak the language? I'm not saying that I speak Irish fluently (i don't) or well (i don't) or often (again, unfortunately, I don't) but I just got a bit of a hop seeing 1.6 million speakers 👀🔭🧐 where r they

[gaeilge101]

all duolingo irish tips and notes!

BASICS 1

BASICS 2

COMMON PHRASES

FOOD

PLURALS

ECLIPSES

LENITION

POSSESSIVE

VERBS: PRESENT TENSE 1

COLOURS

QUESTIONS

PREPOSITIONS 1

DATES/TIME

FAMILY

VERBS: PRESENT TENSE 2

PREPOSITIONS 2

GENITIVE

NEGATIVES

COMPARISON

PREPOSITIONS 3

PASSIVE

NUMBERS

FEELINGS/TRAITS

VERBS: PAST TENSE 1

CHARACTERISTICS

VERBS: PAST TENSE 2

VERBAL NOUNS

REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS

DIRECTIONS

SPORT

VERBS: FUTURE TENSE 1

IMPERATIVE

VERBS: IMPERFECT

VERBS: CONDITIONAL  

{screencaps by me, do not repost}

[gaeilge101]

Dia duit!!! I'm learning Gaeilge on Duolingo, and I was wondering if I could ask you a question 😅 I'm now learning about the tá+object+ga+subject structure, but I don't understand why some sentences are built with a b,p or m before the subject, like: Tá madra ag an *mbuachaill, or Tá arán ar an *bpláta. I'm trying to come up with a reason or a pattern to know what is happening, but I can't seem to find anything 😭 I would really appreciate it if you could make it clear for me!!!! Go raibh maith agat, slán!

Dia 's Muire duit mo chara! I think you mean "ag" instead of "ga"? This added letter is called an úru - a type of mutation. The beginning of a word adds an úru if it comes after certain words e.g.; after a preposition (like ag), after a number, after mo, do, a, ár, bhur (possession). Here's a good summary of all what úru goes with what letter (the middle column in green): [SOURCE]

#let me know if you need more help #now that you know what it's called it should be easier to google info #gaeilge #langblr

[gaeilge101]

I hope you don’t mind me asking this, I am very new and a little confused and google is not helping >_>

Is learning Irish the same thing as learning Irish-Gaelic? Or are those two different languages?

Yes they are the same. It gets confusing because some places call it Irish, others say Irish Gaelic, some just say Gaelic, and it's hard to know what's what.

There's Irish Gaelic (Gaeilge) and Scots Gaelic (Gàidhlig), which is why the distinction is made. Same root language, different dialects. So you'll see the Irish language listed as Irish, Irish Gaelic, or the proper term Gaeilge. (Manx also descends from the same linguistic roots!)

Hope this helps!

[gaeilge101]

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[gaeilge101]

Irish Cursive Handwriting, nualeargais.ie

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cáca (cake) vs caca (poo)

bríste (trousers) vs briste (broken)

éire (ireland) vs eire (burden)

léamh (reading) vs leamh (weak)

órla (name meaning "golden princess") vs orla (vomit)

seán (irish for jean/john) vs sean (old)

snámh (swim) vs snamh (dislike)

and that, friends, is why remembering the fada is extremely important in irish. you wouldn't want to go to the gaeltacht and order a caca instead of a cáca, would you?

bonus: séan with the fada on the e means "deny"

[gaeilge101]

𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝐝𝐡𝐮𝐢𝐭, 𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐠𝐡!

I’m looking for language blogs that post the following:

Any of the Celtic languages (bonus if it’s Gaeilge)

Any Minority/endangered/underrepresented languages!

I myself post/reblog mostly Gaeilge but also have Gàidhlig, Cymraeg, Kernewek and currently to a lesser extent Brezhoneg (but plan on posting more about it). I also have posts/resources of a variety of languages from Oceania

So if this applies to you please reblog or leave a reply and i will check out your blog!

**Edit: i just noticed i misspelled ‘dia dhuit’ as “dia huit” please ignore that lol

[gaeilge101]

Dia duit! Conas atá tú?

So I just started learning gaeilge and I absolutely love it, but I can’t get the pronunciation rules to stick in my mind. They make sense to me and I don’t have trouble saying things right but I still can’t sound out words without checking the pronunciation. On top of that I’m learning two other languages right now, one of which I need to be fluent in in three years in order to be eligible for my master’s. That might be besides the point though, I just. Have no idea how to get my adhd brain to cooperate with me on this venture. Do you have any recommendations??? I hope you’re well!

táim go maith, go raibh maith agat!!

my advice will probably not be helpful if you're already DOING this, but for me the Biggest help was listening to irish speakers while reading along with an irish transcript (instead of english subtitles).

duolingo is pretty good for this, although there's only one speaker for the whole course

i also really like gaeilge i mo chroí, which is a youtube channel that covers basic irish and breaks down pronunciation basics with the accompanying words/sounds on screen.

(the eclipsis and lenition explanation videos on that channel are LIFESAVERS.)

perhaps the MOST important resource has been máire ní shúilleabháin's music, because she accompanies all of her songs with the transcribed lyrics onscreen

when songs go too fast for me to pick up the syllables i slow the video down to 0.75 or 0.5x speed and repeat the words more slowly!

for me, the main key to picking up irish thus far has been to relax and let myself absorb it instead of trying to consciously memorize all the nitpicky pronunciation rules and grammar constructs. it's kind of like how when you read a book, you'll stumble if you try to parse exactly one sentence at a time instead of letting the story flow without stopping

besides all of this info - which again, won't be super helpful if you're already doing auditory immersion - my best advice is to.... sort of.... ground your study? with mental associations. my own adhd brain is a sieve UNLESS i actively make connections that make the info accessible

by that i mean, tie the things you're trying to remember to something Else in your brain. some people do this visually; i'm not a visual thinker so my memory tricks are all audio. i give vocab words that are too similar little audio tricks. beef is martyred (mairteoil) and pork is mucus (muiceoil). take a toe (tógann) but give a tug (tugann). growth is fast (fásann) and excited fans wait (fanann). i have.... like.... hundreds of these. then as i practice more i cement the knowledge so i don't need the memory hack anymore

where this relates to PRONUNCIATION is: as your brain is picking up patterns in the spelling, pay attention to words that use unusual consonants/vowels. see if you can ground the pronunciation with the word itself

it's easier to give examples than try to explain fksjjd so like these r some of mine

bh - "w" with broad vowels; buachaill

bh - "v" with slender vowels; bhfear

éa - the letter A; éadaí

oí - the letter E; oíche

agha - the letter I; praghas

iúi - ooh; spéisiúil

dh - "yuh" sound; dheartháir

fh - silent; fhear

th - "h"; dátheangach

sh - "h"; sheanmháthair

basically just: where have i already seen this combination of letters before? how was it pronounced in that other word? is it the same here?

but truly i cannot express enough that becoming familiar with the pronunciation wasn't about memorizing lists of consonants or watching a ton of linguistics videos. it was just about reading and repeating enough irish words for my brain to start recognizing patterns by itself! the same will likely be true for the other languages you're learning as well. language is used to communicate, so the more you use it for that purpose (instead of purely academic analysis), the better your grasp on it will be

[gaeilge101]

Preposition ‘ag’ in Irish

(bascially notes I made while watching this video)

The preposition ag is generally translated as ‘at’ in English and it it’s most basic meaning it’s used to express time and location:

ag a trí a chlog - at three o’clock ag an deireadh seachtaine - at the weekend ag an bpictiúrlann - at the cinema ag an gcúinne - at the corner

Tá siopa báicéara ag an gcúinne - there’s a baker’s at the corner

However, ag also combines with pronouns to form the so called prepositional pronouns. These are used to express possession, also are essentially an equivalent of the English verb ‘have’.

To express possession in Irish, you have to use the verb form tá and a prepositional pronoun. You can see how ag merges with a personal pronoun to form a prepositional pronoun:

Tá post agam (ag mé) - I have a job Tá post agat (ag tú) - you have a job Tá post aici (ag sí) - she has a job Tá post aige (ag sé) - he has a job Tá post againn (ag sinn) - we have a job Tá post agaibh (ag sibh) - you all have a job Tá post acu (ag siad) - they have a job

The same pattern is used to express:

1. Languages, skills and qualities

Tá Gaeilge agam - I speak Irish (literary ‘I have Irish’) Tá Iodáilis aige - he speaks Italian Tá Béarla acu - they speak English

Tá tiomáint agam - I can drive Tá snámh againn - we can swim

Tá dílseacht acu - they are loyal

2. Interests (the word for ‘interest’ is either spéis or suim)

Ta spéis agam san seoltóireacht - I’m intrested in sailing Tá suim aici san aisteoireacht - she’s intrested in acting

3. To have a permission, to be allowed to do sth

Níl cead aige dul - he’s not allowed to go Níl cead agam a rá libh - I’m not allowed to tell you

4. To express that you love someone

Tá grá agam duit - I love you

5. To say that you have something done

Tá an obair déanta agam - I have done the work Tá an teach glanta aige - he has cleaned the house

6. As an equivalent to Eglish ‘-ing’

ag déanamh - doing ag ithe - eating

7. As ‘from’ or ‘because of’

Tá mé fuar ag an sneachta - I’m cold from the snow Tá me tuirseach ag an obair - I’m tired because of the work

Of course there’s a plenty of more uses that ag has, but these are the most common ones. As always, feel free to correct me if you spot any mistakes!

[gaeilge101]

Omg thank you so much for making this masterpost!!! I just started learning gaeilge and this is gonna be so helpful. Really excited for the films and music especially! Hope you're having a good week

My pleasure! Fáilte romhat! :)

[gaeilge101]

Can you share Male names (with meaning) too?

sure thing :)

#iknowitsdelicate

[gaeilge101]

irish words that would make great tattoos?

saoirse — (freedom)

grá — (love)

croí agus anam ��� (heart and soul)

“tír gan teanga, tír gan anam” — (a country without a language is a country without a soul) (Pádraic Pearse quote)

go n-éirí an bóthar leat  — (good luck on your journey) (lit. may the road [i.e. the journey] be successful for you)

is fearr Gaeilge briste, ná Béarla clíste — (broken Irish is better than clever English)

níl aon tinteán mar do thinteán féin — (there’s no hearth like your own hearth)

saol, grá, sláinte — (life, love, health)

#Anonymous

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‘Nuair a stopann tú ag foghlaim, stopann tú ag fás’ - When you stop learning, you stop growing.

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Hi, I just wanted to ask if you use duolingo for gaeilge, does it not play audio for a lot of the sentences for you? I'm trying to use it but at least 80% of the sentences they give me have no audio, leaving me near clueless how to actually say them. Im asking since want to know if it's a duolingo thing or if it's just my phone.

Hey anon! No it’d definitely duolingo, not your phone. I didn’t notice until I started Spanish any everything has audio! Irish doesn’t have as much resources obviously but they are supposed to be updating it and making the tree longer. If you need any help with any sentences in particular let me know. Or maybe I can start posting the duolingo sentences with their pronunciation.

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