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Monday, January 31st, 2005
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Brief Survival Guide in Gaelic
@Milesian: How about a Survival Irish Guide? Some simple stuff like "Hello" , "What's your name?", "How old are you", "Where can I get a beer", huh?
 Also, the pronounciation is very different from the writing (or so i've read), could you shed some light on that. Cheers
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Monday, January 31st, 2005
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Re: A History of the Breton Language
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MEETING SOMEONE Dia duit - Hello. (Literally: God to you.) Dia's Muire duit - Reply to hello. (Literally: God and Mary to you.) Cén t-ainm atá ort? What is your name? Éamonn atá orm. Éamonn is my name. Cad is ainm duit? What is your name? Síle is ainm dom. Síle is my name. Cé hé sin? Who is he? Sin é Seán. He is Seán. Cé hí sin? Who is she? Sin í Máire. She is Máire. How are you? Cén chaoi a bhfuil tú? - How are you? (Connemara) Caidé mar tá tú? - How are you? (Ulster) Conas tá tú? - How are you? (Munster) Tá mé go maith - I am good. Tá mé go hiontach. - I am wonderful. Tá mé go dona. - I am (feeling) badly. Tá mé tinn. - I am sick. Tá tinneas cinn orm. - I have a headache. Tá tuirse orm. - I am tired. Personal Information Cá bhuil tú i do chónaí? - Where do you live? Tá mé i mo chónaí i bPhiladelphia. - I live in Philadelphia. Cén post atá agat? - What job do you have? Is dalta mé. - I am a student. Is múinteoir mé. - I am a teacher. Is tábhairneoir mé. - I am a bartender. (publican) Is adhlacóir mé. - I am an undertaker. Pleasantries Ma's é do thoil é. - Please. Le do thoil. - Please. Go raibh maith agat. - Thank you. Tá fáilte romhat. - You're welcome. Ná habair é. - Don't mention it. Dia linn. - God bless you. (After a sneeze) Buíochas le Dia. - Thank God. Gabh mo leithscéal. - Excuse me. Cén fáth? - Why? B'fhéidir. - Maybe. Bí ciúin. - Be quiet. Is dóigh liom. - I suppose. Is cuma liom. - I don't care. Maith go leor. - Good enough / O.K. Go n'éirí an t-ádh leat. - Good luck. Goodbye Slán agat. - Goodbye. (Said by person leaving.) Slán leat. - Goodbye. (Said by person staying.) Slán abhaile. - Have a safe trip home. Slán go fóill. - Goodbye for now. You can hear audio clips here (seems to be spoken in Standard Irish) http://www.daltai.com/phrases.htm There are different dialects which are quite distinct from each other. Standrad Irish is based mainly on Munster Irish, the southern dialect. Connaught (western) and Ulster (northern) are the other major dialct divisions. And example of the Ulster dialect can be found on the BBC website
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The traditions of the Irish people are the oldest of any race in Europe north and west of the Alps, and they themselves are the longest settled on their own soil - Edmund Curtis (A History of Ireland: From Earliest Times to 1922) The Irish are one of the most ancient nations that I know of at this end of the world, and are from as mighty a race as the world ever brought forth. For it is certain that Ireland hath had the use of letters very anciently and long before England; that they had letters anciently is nothing doubtful, for the Saxons of England are said to have their letters and learning, and learned men, from the Irish. - Edmund Spenser (writer, and British Government Official in Ireland, AD 1596). The renaissance began in Ireland seven hundred years before it was known in Italy. And Armagh, the ecclesiastical capital of Ireland, was at one time the metropolis of civilisation. - Arsene Darmesteter, Professor of Old French and Literature Ireland can indeed lay claim to a great past; she can not only boast of having been the birthplace and abode of high culture in the fifth and sixth centuries . . . but also of having made strenous efforts in the seventh and up to the tenth century to spread her learning among the German and Romance peoples, thus forming the actual fountain of our present continental civilisation. - Heinrich Zimmer, Professor of Celtic and Sanskrit, Member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences
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Friday, February 4th, 2005
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Re: Brief Survival Guide in Gaelic
Milesian,
Isn't it true that you can say "cheers!" in Gaelic by saying Sláinte!?
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Friday, February 4th, 2005
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Re: Brief Survival Guide in Gaelic
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The traditions of the Irish people are the oldest of any race in Europe north and west of the Alps, and they themselves are the longest settled on their own soil - Edmund Curtis (A History of Ireland: From Earliest Times to 1922) The Irish are one of the most ancient nations that I know of at this end of the world, and are from as mighty a race as the world ever brought forth. For it is certain that Ireland hath had the use of letters very anciently and long before England; that they had letters anciently is nothing doubtful, for the Saxons of England are said to have their letters and learning, and learned men, from the Irish. - Edmund Spenser (writer, and British Government Official in Ireland, AD 1596). The renaissance began in Ireland seven hundred years before it was known in Italy. And Armagh, the ecclesiastical capital of Ireland, was at one time the metropolis of civilisation. - Arsene Darmesteter, Professor of Old French and Literature Ireland can indeed lay claim to a great past; she can not only boast of having been the birthplace and abode of high culture in the fifth and sixth centuries . . . but also of having made strenous efforts in the seventh and up to the tenth century to spread her learning among the German and Romance peoples, thus forming the actual fountain of our present continental civilisation. - Heinrich Zimmer, Professor of Celtic and Sanskrit, Member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences
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Friday, February 4th, 2005
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AW: Brief Survival Guide in Gaelic
Yes. I am not at all familiar in Celtic languages. I would like a simple guide to the alphabet and pronounciation so that I can say those without sounding like a moron.
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Saturday, February 5th, 2005
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Re: Brief Survival Guide in Gaelic
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Milesian? Confirmation?
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Saturday, February 5th, 2005
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Re: Brief Survival Guide in Gaelic
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Thursday, February 15th, 2007
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Re: Brief Survival Guide in Gaelic
Pronunciation of Gaelic is really a tough thing...with all these h-s and diphthongs...
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