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Hello in Gaelic
I need to learn how to say common Irish Gaelic(Scottish Gaelic would be alright too) phrases, such as Hello, Good-bye, Ireland, Yes, No, Counting, the alphabet, and basic things like that. It would also help if someone could help me learn to write and read Gaelic. I will gladly help you learn English in exchange.
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Re:Hello in Gaelic
hi! i wanna learn gaelic too but i cant find anyone who can teach! Sophie
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Re:Hello in Gaelic
Ok, here the phrases you request and a few more besides.
Hello = Dia Dhuit
Good bye = Slán leat, or just slán
Ireland = Eireann / Eire
Yes & No = actually these are slightly complicated. In Irish you don't answer a question such as "Are you happy" with "yes" or "no" instead you say "I am". Similarly if you're asked "can you sing" you'll say "I can" or "I can't". Basically, when asked a question you have to respond using the same verb which appears in the question.
So if you're asked the question "Do you understand?" which in Irish is "An dtuigeann tú". The reply to this would be either "Tuigim" (I understand) or "Ní thuigim" (I don't understand).
Ok, on to numbers:
1 = aon
2 = dó
3 = trí
4 = ceathair
5 = cuig
6 = sé
7 = seacht
8 = ocht
9 = naoi
10 = deich
However, when counting objects you don't use those numbers! Yeay! So if you want to say "one" it's "aon" but if you want to say "One house" it's "teach amhain" (teach = house, amhain = one for counting things). Two houses would be "dhá dteach" I think.
Then for counting people there's a whole other set of numbers.
Alphabet, hhmmm... Irish children don't really learn the Alphabet in Irish, at least I didn't. There are some letters that are missing from Irish, those would be K, J, Q, X, Z and maybe some others. In terms of sounds in Irish we have a lot of gutteral sounds, such as gh, ch, etc. These are sounds which aren't in English, though they do occur other languages such as German.
Other useful phrases include
Thankyou = Go raibh maith agat
And = agus
The (singular) = an
The (plural) = na
A = an
How are you? = Conas atá tú (or "cén choai ina bhfuil tú", or "cad é mar atá tú")
I am well = Táim go maith (or Tá mé go maith)
I am happy = Tá athas orm
I am sad = Tá brón orm
"orm" means "on me" literally, so when you say "Tá athas orm" or "Tá brón orm" you are actually saying "There is happiness upon me" or "There is sadness upon me".
To apply this to someone else you would use "on him", "on you" etc. eg:
Tá brón air = he is sad (there is sadness on him)
Tá brón ort = you are sad (there is sadness on you)
Ok, that'll do for now. Be warned my spelling and grammar are atrocious as it's years since I spoke any Irish...
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Re:Hello in Gaelic
Ok, here the phrases you request and a few more besides.
Hello = Dia Dhuit
Good bye = Slán leat, or just slán
Ireland = Eireann / Eire
Yes & No = actually these are slightly complicated. In Irish you don't answer a question such as "Are you happy" with "yes" or "no" instead you say "I am". Similarly if you're asked "can you sing" you'll say "I can" or "I can't". Basically, when asked a question you have to respond using the same verb which appears in the question.
So if you're asked the question "Do you understand?" which in Irish is "An dtuigeann tú". The reply to this would be either "Tuigim" (I understand) or "Ní thuigim" (I don't understand).
Ok, on to numbers:
1 = aon
2 = dó
3 = trí
4 = ceathair
5 = cuig
6 = sé
7 = seacht
8 = ocht
9 = naoi
10 = deich
However, when counting objects you don't always use those numbers! Yeay! So if you want to say "one" it's "aon" but if you want to say "One house" it's "teach amhain" (teach = house, amhain = one for counting things). Two houses would be "dhá dteach"
Then for counting people there's a whole other set of numbers. Sorry you asked yet?
Alphabet, hhmmm... Irish children don't really learn the Alphabet in Irish, at least I didn't. There are some letters that are missing from Irish, those would be K, J, Q, X, Z and maybe some others. In terms of sounds in Irish we have a lot of gutteral sounds, such as gh, ch, etc. These are sounds which aren't in English, though they do occur other languages such as German or Dutch.
Other useful phrases include
Thankyou = Go raibh maith agat
And = agus
The (singular) = an
The (plural) = na
How are you? = Conas atá tú (or "cén choai ina bhfuil tú", or "cad é mar atá tú")
I am well = Táim go maith (or Tá mé go maith)
I am happy = Tá áthas orm
I am sad = Tá brón orm
"orm" means "on me" literally, so when you say "Tá áthas orm" or "Tá brón orm" you are actually saying "There is happiness upon me" or "There is sadness upon me".
To apply this to someone else you would use "on him", "on you" etc. eg:
Tá brón air = he is sad (there is sadness on him)
Tá brón ort = you are sad (there is sadness on you)
Ok, that'll do for now. Be warned my spelling and grammar are atrocious as it's years since I spoke any Irish...
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