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Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2005 12:56 pm

i hate irish in school i got an e in my test! its too hard but ive been doing it all my life in school and im not aloud quit because its a must if your irish
nil me liom scoil, ta me loim leaba agus bhi me liom teilifis. i spelt half the words wrong and half them are wrong any way, im better at german
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Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2006 12:30 pm

Jesus, seriously. All I can remember is basic greetings, "How do you say ______ in Gaeilge," and "I/you/he/she/we/they/you(pl.) have a ___."

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Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2006 1:19 pm

I'm in 1st year learning Irish, my brother has an expemtion(dyslexia) I got an A/+(can't remember) on my report. I didn't think I deserved I mean I did awful in the exam.

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Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2006 8:13 am

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Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2006 9:20 am

Blue haired chipmunk

Yukito Yu

I'll update this as much as I can, every time with new words. Usually they'll have a theme like weather or family. This is Irish Gaelic (As opposed to scottish or Welsh).

(Since Gaia doesn't do accents very well, I've omited the fadas)

Basic Irish Words

My name is Bob
Is Mise Bob (Pronounced: Ish Misha Bob)

Welcome
Failte (Pronounced: Fallcha)
Rhina: borrowing this for the game XD
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Hello
Dia duit (Pronounced: Deeya Gooch)

Cheers
Slainte (Pronounced: Slanta)

Bye
Slan (Pronounced: Slawn)

Good
Go Maith (Pronounced: Goma)

Very Good
Go-han Maith (Pronounced: Go-han ma)

Thank You
Go Raibh Maith Agat (Pronounced: Go-rev-ma-haga)

Please
Le do thoil (Pronounced: ley-du-hull)

Excuse Me
Gab mo leithsceal (Pronounced: Go ma lash-gail)

I'm so happy you took the time to post this although I have to make a few corrections:

It's Gabh mo leithsceal with a h and dia duit is pronounced deeya guitch and the pronounciation of is mise is...is mise not pronounced with a h sound.

Yes, I've seen some variation from what I've learned as well. I'm still a VERY early beginner, but I think the differences you all are seeing here is due to dialect, not so much correct or incorrect.
Also.....OMG your sig! I luffit!

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TeaParty

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Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2006 9:17 am

gods.... and I barely survive in my school classes.. how the heck am I suppose to eden try to learn this.... @.@;

Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2006 11:43 am

I'm doing irish in school now for the leaving cert and i don't think it's too bad.

we have to do poety, pros, do comprehentions, stories, letters etc.
I love it, but, as its mandatory and i've been studying it since i started primary school, there can be days when you feel like killing it, but i guess thats the same with any language.

I think i'll head to the gaeltacht this easter to improve my irish for the all important LC (the gaeltacht areas are areas in [mostly but not all] the west of ireland where a large percentage of the population speak irish as an everyday language. they're great if you want to improve cause there are collages there which aim to make you interact more using irish in dances [ceile], games, classes and trips around the area. they're v popular with tourists)

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L o l l i

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Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2006 5:05 am

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Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 9:10 am

Woop! I got a B in my Irish LC mocks, I just got the results! Woop!

Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2006 2:36 pm

Yukito Yu

I'll update this as much as I can, every time with new words. Usually they'll have a theme like weather or family. This is Irish Gaelic (As opposed to scottish or Welsh).

(Since Gaia doesn't do accents very well, I've omited the fadas)

Basic Irish Words

My name is Bob
Is Mise Bob (Pronounced: Ish Misha Bob)

Welcome
Failte (Pronounced: Fallcha)

Hello
Dia duit (Pronounced: Deeya Gooch)

Cheers
Slainte (Pronounced: Slanta)

Bye
Slan (Pronounced: Slawn)

Good
Go Maith (Pronounced: Goma)

Very Good
Go-han Maith (Pronounced: Go-han ma)

Thank You
Go Raibh Maith Agat (Pronounced: Go-rev-ma-haga)

Please
Le do thoil (Pronounced: ley-du-hull)

Excuse Me
Gabh mo leithsceal (Pronounced: Go ma lash-gail)

And
Agus (Pronounced: agus)

But
Ach (Pronounced: ack)

Big
More (Pronounced: more)

Small
Beag (Pronounced: bee-ogg)

Tall
Ard (Pronounced: ard)

Dirty
Salach (Pronounced: salock)

Clean
glan (Pronounced: glawn)

Weather

It Is...
Ta se... (Pronounced: Ta Shay...)

Windy
Gaofur (Pronounced: Gweefur)

Cloudy
Scammalach (Pronounced:Skamalack)

Dry
Tirim (Pronounced: Tear-im)

Wet
Fluich (Pronounced: Fluck)

Cold
Fuar (Pronounced: foor)

Warm
Te (Pronounced: teh)

Cool
Fionnuar (Pronounced: fin-or)

Outside
Amuigh (Pronounced: Am-wig)

Here
Anseo (Pronounced: Ansha)

Today
Inniu (Pronounced: In-new)

Isn't the weather nice?
Nach bhfuil an aimsir go brea? (Pronounced: Knock will an aim-sheer go bra)

It is cloudy
Ta se scammalach (Pronounced: Ta shay skamalack)

Thank you! biggrin *goes off to practice* stressed

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Suulewen

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Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2006 2:12 pm

Is there a resource on the web that teaches Gaelic? Can anybody send me some links? I would love to learn more. biggrin heart

Posted: Sat Apr 01, 2006 5:57 am

Scrait The Great

I think after highschool Im going to go backpacking around southern Ireland, That would be so badass.

Wicklow is the best to me (I'm in a scout troop) The hike I've been on is in Glendalough (glaciated valley) I camped over night there (which is illegal so shush)

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Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2006 5:48 pm

wow that is very amazing.

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