#irish gaelic

[ceilidhtransing]

Gàidhlig vs Gaeilge

The languages Scots Gaelic* (Gàidhlig) and Irish Gaelic (Gaeilge, also known in English as simply “Irish”) are two separate languages, yet in English they are often both called Gaelic.

However, they are pronounced completely differently.

Gaelic (Scottish) rhymes with Alec

Gaelic (Irish) sounds like Gay-lick

As a fun fact, it's easy to tell apart Scots Gaelic and Irish Gaelic visually because in Gàidhlig 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 all the accents are grave - “welcome to Scotland”, which you'll see driving over the border, is “fàilte gu Alba” - while in Gaeilge 🇮🇪 all the accents are acute - “welcome to Ireland” is “fáilte go hÉirinn”.

This has been a very friendly PSA from a Scot who has heard Scots Gaelic mispronounced as “Gaylick” too many times - and now you can go on your merry linguistic way confident in your pronunciation of these two words which look identical but sound totally different and refer to two separate things.

*not to be at all confused with the Scots language, which is its own separate thing and very much not included under “Gaelic”

#langblr #languages #learning languages #language learning #linguistics #gaelic #scots gaelic #gàidhlig #irish language #irish gaelic #gaeilge #my posts

[nibmoss]

did you hear there’s a new short film that is GAY?? LESBIAN, even???

AND it’s filmed in a minority language?? a CELTIC language, one might say??

AND that it’s available for FREE, with SUBTITLES in both irish AND english??

“FAN” (2024) dir. by cúnla ní bhraonáin morris

watch here 🫶

#fan #fan film #short film #irish film #irish short film #gay short film #lesbian #gay #irish #gaeilge #irish language #langblr #minority language #endangered language #gaelic #irish art #irish gaelic #stay #gearrscannán #gael #celtic #irish langblr #bloc tg4 #tg4 #romcom #comedy #lighthearted #romance #gay romance #lesbian romance

[do-you-speak-this-language]

*also known as Irish Gaelic, Gaelic, Gaeilge

note: this is a remake of a now-privated older poll.

reblogs are encouraged :-) please be respectful when commenting!

#poll #linguistics #irish #irish gaelic #gaelic #gaeilge

[kaizey]

The number of americans and non-gaelic speakers saying that its either over-reaction at how many of us are taken aback by this, or feel "vindicated" that their pronounciation was right all along, just know; This has now overtaken the actual, irish and scottish gaelic pronounciation resources

This is not over-reacting, its a legitamite justified response to another example of some american cunt team deciding that instead of being faithful to a culture a media is borrowing from and exposing new people to it, they bastardise a term, and now, god knows how many people are going think the mispronounciation is real, and will feel justified in future ignorance when exposed to our languages

The original japanese is actually accurate. Thisis literally just another case of yankee localisers deciding to fuck with another aspect of gaelic folklore and language to be palatable for monolglots and anglophones. This is another small thing in the pile of small things thats made Gaelic of any variety viewed as either a joke, "broken" english or just gibberish by outsiders. When so many of us who speak our mother tongue have to constantly deal with yanks and brits boosting incorrect info and whitewashing actual aspects of our folklore that people might actually find interesting

Its "Kat-shee", or "Ke-at-shee"

Ar son Dé. Le do thoil. Stop é seo a dhéanamh.

#irish language #scottish language #scottish gaelic #irish gaelic #gaeilge #gaidhlig #final fantasy 7

[pademelonluck]

If this post gets 10k notes, I'll tell my crush I like her in Irish.

#Am NOT going to reblog or reply on this post #so... #It's all up to you guys #lesbian..hehe #gay #queer #irish gaelic

[iwanttobepersephone]

So, I got bored and decided to start taking Irish Gaelic lessons on duolingo, cause it can never hurt, right? Well, I did ONE lesson on duolingo, and immediately made this meme

#funny #duolingo #irish gaelic #languages #language memes

[kiwibirb1]

Yo I need someone who's fluent in Gaeilge what would be a word that's close to clairvoyance? Like with this meaning:

I'm tryna do a thing here but Google translate won't give me shit and I'm not that good at my Gaeilge.

#WAIT I CAN ASK MY AUNT #pls still help tho #gaeilge #irish #irish gaelic #ireland

[ajarofpickledtears]

I love Duolingo

#cylas speaks #duolingo #irish #gaelige #irish gaelic

[cryptid-aac]

Should I learn Irish or Norwegian? (Want to learn both but can't decide which to learn first)

#irish language #irish gaelic #gaelic language #irish langblr #norwegian #norwegian language #norwegian langblr #language learning #langblr #langblog #studyblr

[silvertoadz]

Lists of Queer terms in various Celtic languages!

#celtic #gàidhlig #scottish gaelic #gaelic #welsh #cymraeg #irish gaelic #gaeilge #manx #gael #brezhoneg #breton #cornish #kernewek

[best-non-english-word-torunament]

Round two: Craic vs שלימזל, shlimazl

(poll at the end)

Craic (Irish Gaelic)

[kɾˠac]

Translation: Fun, good time, chat, but can also be used in ways like "what's the craic?" to say "what's up?"

Irish Gaelic is an Indo-European language belonging to the Celtic branch. It has 141 000 native speakers in Ireland and 1 030 000 people speak it as a second language. It is taught in schools as a second language, but the population actually speaking Irish Gaelic on a daily basis either live in small areas where English never took over (around 2% of Ireland’s population) or are groups in urban areas mostly speaking it as a second language. Many only speak Irish Gaelic within the education system.

Motivation: The spelling is pretty cool, it’s a culturally specific word, and I love how confused people get when I use it, it’s funny to see people thinking I am talking about drugs when I am not.

שלימזל, shlimazl (Yiddish)

[ʃləˈmɑːzəl]

Translation: A person with perpetually bad luck

Yiddish is an Indo-European language belonging to the Germanic branch, today spoken by 409 000 people. It originated among Jews in Germany who mixed German with Hebrew from the Tanakh, with records going back to the 8th century. After 1250 the Yiddish-speaking Jews got contact with Slavic Jews and spread the language there. The dialect that evolved in contact with the Slavic languages later on became the prominent one. Yiddish was spread beyond Europe due to persecution of Jews in eastern Europe that led to emigration. Around half of the Yiddish-speaking community was murdered in the Holocaust, and due to that as well as further prosecution in Soviet and voluntary switching to Hebrew, there are far less speakers now than before WWII, when Yiddish had 11 million speakers.

Motivation: It’s a fun word

#best non english word tournament #poll time #round two #irish gaelic #yiddish #craic #shlimazl

[concoctionboy]

Hey, so welcome to the first post in what I hope will be an occasional series called

Language Learning With Concoction Boy

I'm kind of interested in languages, so I figure in each installment of this series I'll pick a language and go over some useful everyday phrases in it.

Today's language is:

Irish Gaelic (Gaeilge)

Note that I'm not fluent in Irish Gaelic, so I welcome corrections by native speakers. That being said, as best I could work them out, here are a few useful Irish Gaelic phrases:

I am a magic potion : Is dineach draíochta mé

Please do not drink me : Ná hól mé le do thoil

I also identify as a slime : Déanaim ionannú chomh maith le ramallae

I was created in a vat by an evil wizard : Cruthaíodh mé i ndabhach ag drochdraoi

I do not contain vanilla extract : Níl sliocht fanaile ionam

#Well they're useful everyday phrases for me #languages #language #Irish #Irish Gaelic #Gaeilge #potion #potionposting #potion posting #language learning with concoction boy

[kitkatabasis]

I’m considering naming a character Uilliam, but I cannot for the life of me find a good pronunciation guide for it. If any Irish folks are able and would like to help, that would be lovely!

(No problem if not, of course!)

#Irish #irish gaelic #irish language #asking the void for help #Character names #d speaks

[modernitywitch]

Some pretty random modern associations I make with An Morrígan

Because I’m tired and can’t sleep (excuse the mess this post is about to be

Obviously the color purple, red, and black (reminiscent with a bruise/injury)

Black notebooks

Earthy incense 🌱 specifically things that smell like dirt/grass (that of a battlefield)

Bl00d in art

Dragon shows/movies anything dragon associated

The moon, specifically a crescent moon 🌙

Nightmares (a given)

Cold weather, hard rain

Goth attire

Black obsidian, clear quartz, amethyst, garnet

Crows, rats, ravens, cows, wolves

Milk, red meat, bread

Rainy days in Starbucks

Old childhood sad memories

Shadow-work

Song associations:

Roslyn - Bon Iver & St. Vincent

Let me follow -

Fleetwood Mac - Crystal

#the morrigan #witchblr #celtic paganism #witchcraft #witches #witchythings #witchcore #journal #aine #irish gaelic #irish folk magic #irish paganism #irish folklore

[ultimate-word-tournament]

are any of you guys IPA knowing Irish speakers?

If so, I'd love to figure out the IPA for druchtineach. the best ive got is [d̪ˠɾuːxt̪ˠiːnəx] from a combination of the wiktionary page for drucht and talking with a friend who knows a little Irish (but doesnt know IPA very well). Am I close?

#druchtineach #irish gaelic

[queenofswords]

hello, i’d like to get in touch with irish gaelic language and irish culture folks side of tumblr, can anyone help me check out who to follow?

#irish #ireland #irish gaelic #chatter