For Bliain na Gaeilge 2018, this is a list of twenty tips for people who are thinking of learning Irish. Don’t forget that the best tip of all is START NOW AND DO A LITTLE EVERY DAY!
Learn a song from YouTube, and hunt down the lyrics on Wikipedia or other sources. (Suggestions: Coinleach Ghlas an Fhómhair, Don Oíche Úd i mBeithil, Éamonn an Chnoic.)
Write shopping lists in Irish. By the time you’ve written oinniúin or trátaí or bainne twenty times, you’ll never forget it!
Extend this to to-do lists, caithfidh mé na héadaí a iarnáil, caithfidh mé arán a cheannach, caithfidh mé dul chuig an gharáiste, ba mhaith liom an chistin a ghlanadh, ba mhaith liom siopadóireacht a dhéanamh.
Listen to Irish music by Clannad or Altán.
Use online resources like Duolingo and Transparent Irish.
Use Focloir.ie to find interesting phrases and check pronunciations.
Write a list…
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Thank you fir sharing o
Og…now it makes me wanna learn it..
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You’ll be my best friend in the Philippines if you do. 🙂 Thanks for reading, Mich.
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Thanks Og…happiest new year…
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Happy new year to you, too. 🙂
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I love the post-it notes idea! I’d like to try it as I’m going shopping, too. I wonder if I do that often enough, my neighborhood might start speaking Irish? 🤔 lol. Thanks for sharing!! xo
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A woman speaking Irish can be very alluring. Also, the more Irish speakers your neighborhood has, the higher the overall IQ will be. These are not my opinions, but scientific facts. 🙂 Thanks for reading Rose, hope all is well. 💗
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Thanks for sharing this, Oglach! You find me guilty of not having learned any Irish by now! 😂 But I haven’t forgotten about it and these tips will be very useful in the near future!
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You’ll never regret learning even a little Irish. I’ll be posting Irish language themed posts throughout the year. Thanks for reading Sarah, I hope your mother is on the mend. 🙂
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That’s a cool idea! I look forward to read your posts! My mum’s a bit better now, thank you for asking, Oglach! 😊
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Gur post Maith e sin Oglach.
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Go raibh maith agat . The Duolingo Irish course is free, and it’s pretty good, especially for vocabulary and small talk.
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Oh! Oh! OR…marry an Irishman! (Or Woman…)
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That would be doing things the hard way. 🙂 Thanks, KC
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Uill, aig a’ cheud dol a-mach … afaik Irish has no word for ‘NO!’ — LOL!
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It’s why we keep getting invaded. 🙂
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I was thinking more at a person to person level :-))
As to invasion, I think geography had a lot to do with it, Ireland being in effect at the ‘end of the world’, pre-Colombus at least.
OTOH you did manage to invade Scotland and pretty much picted off the Picts 🙂
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These seem very practical for learning any language, I think. Great list!
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Right you are. Thanks for reading, K E 🙂
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