Irish Language Practice

Sorry for replying in English, but I am very out of practise as Gaelige,,, Not used any since I was in secondary school and that was over 25 years ago.. My great Granny was from, what people in Donegal refer to as the "Back Country".. She was a native speaker, but none of her children, grandchildren or great grandkids ever had the priviledge.. Talk soon .

Don't worry Anthony about the English we'll have you takin' in Gaelic in no time at all, a tall!

If you are UK based and want to have a chat on the phone please contact me on

mandjhughesataok@waitrose.com

and we will take if from there.

Do I take it that as your granny was from Donegal your did Ulster Gaelic at school?  

Slán

Michael 

Buckinghamshire

Dia dhuit Roisin! Is doigh go bhfuil freagra agat faoin am seo ach seo dhuit: is canuinti difruil iad (different dialects) ach cialaionn siad an rud cheanna (but they mean the same). Apologies for the spelling. Ta an mead sin meirg ar mo chuid Gaeilge!

Riona

Dia dhaoibh go leor! Taim i mo chonai san Nua-Shealainn ach is eirinigh me. Bhios is scoil lan-ghaeilge le haighaidh tri bhliana ach chroichnaigh me ansin sa bhlian 1999 mar sin ta an chuid meirg ar mo chuid gaeilge. Ni raibh me roimh go maith ag an gramadach no litriocht- tabhair maith dom! Friesin nil aon cnaipe ar an keyboard seo chun fada a usaid!

Taim ag iarraidh mo chuid gaeilge a chleactu- ta se deacair nuair a chonaionn tu i dtir nach bhfuil clu ag einne go bhfuil teanga ag daoine na hEireann! So ma ta tu ag iarraigh i a chleachtu dean teagmhail liom!

Riona

I just found this site a few minutes ago.  From what I've listened to it looks like it might be a good site to listen to Irish being spoken and music in Irish. It is a radio station on line and can be found at:

http://www.raidionalife.ie//index.htm

The wee bit that I've listened to was great music and the DJ did a great job and the music was 'easy listening'. 

Mise le Meas,

Doug

Hello,

Maripat is ainm dom.  Táim conaí Delta, PA, USA.  Tuigann beagán Gaelic.

Hello, my name is Maripat.  I live in Delta, PA, USA. I speak a little Irish.

My big problem is not being sure I have the sentence structured correctly.  And GRMA éammon for the abair.tcd.ie site-works great.

Táim problem mór nior bia sure táim a sentence structred correctly. And also, need always more vocab. Ach tá mé ag obair leat.  Táim gone to other sites, ach find seo go mhaith, everyone an-patient liom.  (DId I get this right?)

Dia Dhuit a Riona,

Tá  fáilte romhat.Is as Aotearoa  mé freisin,rugadh is tógadh mé ann.Bím i mo chónaí faoi láthair in Éireann,Baile Átha Cliath ag foghlaim mo chuid Gaeilge.Rugadh mé in Invercargill agus tógadh mé in Auckland.Cén cathair a' bhfuil chónaí ort?.Ar rugadh nó tógadh in Éireann thú féin?.

úsáid an cnaipe "Alt Gr",chun fada a bhaineadh.b'fhéidir go n-oibróidh se sin leat.Oibríonn an cnaipe sin liomsa.

Tá súil agam go bhaineann tú taitneamh as  do chonaí in Aotearoa.

ádh mór leat.

Tristan.

Dia Dhuit Maripat,If you want to learn sentence structure I would recomend  excellent books;

"Buntús cainte" part 1 comes with CD

"Progress in Irish" by Mairéad ní Ghrada.

These are graduated lessons for beginners and avoids complicated grammer.

They worked for me and are very easy to read and listen to.

Slan is Beannacht.

Tristan.

Go raibh maith agat Tristan!

Sin iontach go bhfuil tu ag foghlaim an Ghaeilge i mBaile Atha Cliath. Ta Gaeilge blasta agat!

Rugadh me i gContae Chill Mhantain agus togadh ansin me. Thanaig me anseo i mi Iuil 2008. Taim i mo chonai i dTaupo ag obair sna serbhisi sosialta. Cad a ta tu a dheanamh (seachas an Gaeilge a fhoghlaim!) i mBaile Atha Cliath? An bhfuil tu ag baint taitneamh as an tsaol ansin? Is doigh gur fada leat an ghrian! Is brath liom an aimsir anseo!

Go raibh maith agat as an teachtaireacht re: an ALT GR cnaipe- sin an cnaipe a bhaineaim usaid as ar mo laptop o Eire ach nil se ar na roimhairi anseo! Nil ach ALT!

Cuir roimh post liom mas mian leat!

Riona

Tá mé ag foghlaimm an Buntús cainte anois. An tá mé an-dóna?

GRMA

Dia Dhuit Maripat.

Heres a few tips on sentences with I/me .

Táim ag foghlaim Gaeilge. I'm learning Irish.

An bhfuilim ag foghlaim Gaeilge? am I learning Irish?

An bhfuilim an dona? Am I very bad?

                          Past   tense         

Bhí mé   I was    ní raibh mé  I was not  an raibh mé?  was I?  nach raibh mé? wasn't I?

                      present tense

Tá mé (or) Táim  I am    Nílim  I am not   an bhfuilim? Am I?  nach bhfuilim?  am I not?

Also remember the pronouns;

mé   I/me     Tú  you      Sé he       Sí  she     Sinn (or) muid  we   Sibh  you(plural)      Siad they

Táim    I am  Tá tú You are  Tá  Sé He is  Tá Sí  She is  Táimid(Tá+muid) we are Tá Sibh You are  Tá Siad They are

Hope this helps.

Tristan.

Dia dhaoibh!

Líle is ainm dom, tá mé 21 bliain d'aois, agus chónaigh mé i gContae na Mí. D'fhoghlaim mé Gaeilge ar scoil, ach ní raibh mé an-mhaith! Ba mhaith liom iarracht arís, agus ba mhaith liom a fháil "cara ríomhpoist" chun cabhrú liom le mo Gaeilge scríofa.

Send me a message if you'd like!

Fad is fearr libh!

- Líle

Hello everyone!

My name is Líle, I'm 21, and I live in Meath. I learned Irish in school, but I wasn't very good! I'd like to try again, and I'd like to find an "email friend" to help me with my written Irish.

Send me a message if you'd like!

All the best!

- Líle

(PS. I certainly didn't get all that Irish from memory, and there are probably some mistakes, sorry!)

Dia duít
Líle. Nick ainm dom. Bhí mé ag déanamh staidéir ar Gaeilge de bhliain amháin anois. Níl a fhios agam an bhfuil mo gramadach ceart, mar sin tá mé ag lorg cabhair a roinnt ar struchtúr abairte . Chónaigh mé i Luimneach ar feadh bliana beagnach, agus roghnaíodh mé suas an chuid eile de mo chuid Gaeilge chomh maith ar an mbealach. Tá súil agam go léir Is maith leat agus do theaghlach.
Slán

ok, i'm learning as well and i want to try this...

Dia duit. Cad é mar atá tú? Tá mé go maith. Tá sé fliuch, tá sé ag báisteach, tá sé fuar- arís!

Yay i spoke irish! wel typed it anyway...

ta x

Slán anois!

Slainte go foil. La Padraig.. I am like you and fear getting stuff wrong.. Ta se an fluich .. I also dont have an Irish spellchecker to add the fadas when needed'''........ My Grammer is good.. just formulating sentances is a problem.Bhi mo Gaelige go than deas in 1979, ach in 2010 ...reasunta  olc...will struggle thru more language later,, Have a good Patrick's day. Slainte