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I will never understand the abhorrent practice of language surpression. There's a sami language in northern russia with two speakers. TWO. And that was in 2010... Just.. Breaks my heart. All languages deserve to live and prosper. To be spoken, read, written and performed in. That's exactly why I want to learn Irish. Thank you for providing these videos!
Good attitude, if language suppression is carried out it makes you wonder why the aggressors are so insecure. In the North of Ireland there is still a struggle for Irish to be recognised, signs suffer from vandalism and certain political figures have mocked it. Very Sad.
Of course my friend all languages need to be respected and everybody should try to save or promote(depending on the condition of the language)them and one should never poke fun on or suppress the use of a language. In my opinion linguistic fanaticism is as bad as any other fanaticism or discrimination!👍
I’m doing what I can to help contribute to the survival of this beautiful language. I have no known Irish ancestry, but I’ve traced back my Scottish ancestry to the area around Paisley, and given its proximity to Ireland I think there’s a good chance some of my ancestors probably spoke a Gaelic tongue at one point. Anois táim ag foghlaim Gaeilge leis an idirlíon. Go raibh maith agat! (Is that right?!)
Thanks for an excellent video! It’s interesting to see how those that had to leave Ireland brought Irish to the places they ended up in. In Australia one surprising borrowing from Irish one could be didgeridoo from dúdaire dubh or dúdaire dúth "trumpeter or horn-blower", dubh, "black" and dúth, "native”. The idea being that a group of Irish convicts came across aboriginal people and tried to communicate/ describe/ ask what they were holding. The aboriginal people then came across English speaking convicts and repeated the word thinking that all the convicts spoke the same language. The English speakers then would have thought that the word was the indigenous word and so it gets borrowed into English.
Go raibh maith agat! Irish language will certainly survive! I am from Greece and I am trying to learn Gailge... So I want to thank you. Espesially for this video. There are some words in ancient Greek that are are similar to Irish.
Thank you for your support, very interesting, please email me any similar words to danetyghe@gmail.com and perhaps I could do a video on that topic soon 🙂
@Christiaan BaronThank you maybe I will try it. So I will send you the three words that I've sent to Dane also. Earrach- Εαρ, Páiste- Παις, Eaglais- Εκκλησία.
Dia duit από την Αμερική! Labhairim Gréigise agus Béarla επίσης ach είναι πολύ δύσκολο να βρω κανείς που μιλάει Gaeilge δυστυχώς... Αν θες να μιλάς liom as Gaeilge θα είμαι στα σχολία εδω λολ
@@iotapyrli6561 I was talking about ντουνιάς(douniás) agus daoine with a friend of mine as well, they were thinking that they could be old cognates. Greek as many words for people however.
Thank you so much! I find your videos very informative. I found it very interesting that the Irish word for church is so similar to iglesia which is the Spanish word for church.
Hi. Dia Dhuit. I live in New Zealand, I'm from mixed English Irish heritage, mainly Irish. I don't speak Gaelic. I teach English for a living to second language speakers. New Zealand is all about supporting the Maori language. It's very good, for the Maori culture especially. I think I must be a duine leisciúil because I haven't learnt it too much at all. I always think - wouldn't I be better to learn Celtic, if I want to support my own cultural heritage... so today I start Tosaím inniu.
Supporting minority languages is important and a fascinating window on the past, if you learn Irish you are putting yourself in the shoes of your ancestors and seeing the world the way they saw a Celtic Island. Go n-éirí leat agus bain sult as.
Keep working to bring the Irish language back to the forefront. To let it die out would be a shame. I'm American of Irish ancestry and learning the language of my ancestors is like having them with me...💚☘️🇨🇮
I enjoy your class. I just try to keep up. I can't write as quickly as you speak. I have a notebook for all of my Irish language homework. Duolingo is good, you are very helpful as well...☘️💚🇨🇮
Actually "Bóín Dé" - Ladybird as gaelige, is interesting . It translates as "God's little Cow" or "Cow of God" in many languages in slightly different variations but essentially the same translation. Example in Russia " Bozh'ya korovka" (Божья коровка) meaning "Cow of God". Would that suggest a very old link between the languages, I wonder?
Yes I've heard that, and similar to Polish as well! I think this certainly indicates some form of common ancestry, they all have common Indo-European beginnings. The Celtic languages would be have been spoken all over Europe centuries ago!
And then there is Italian "coccinella" which is nothing at all like Gaeilge. It seems like there is a closer affinity between Slavic and Celtic languages than the Romance and Celtic as most of the roots seem pretty different.
@@LearnIrish you would know better than I. I see a few things like capall for cavallo, ban for bianco but there are a ton of other words like toradh for frutta, madra for cane and ron for foca that I feel like I don't have an edge and am learning all new. My mother's family is from County Cork but they kept no Irish language whereas my Italian side was still speaking dialect when I was born. Anyway thank you again and keep up the great work!
Yes. The Irish Language can even survive this old man who's trying to get rid of his American accent! LOL. Listening to your pronunciation while seeing the words has helped a great deal. Go raibh maith agat.
I've just recently found your channel and it is brilliant! I've learnt so much already. Go raibh míle maith agat! I do want to just point out that Normans didn't speak Norse. Normans spoke Norman French, Vikings spoke Norse. Both have had an impact on Irish, though. I'm sorry if you already knew this/I misunderstood what you meant.
Yes a very important event but I had to focus on things directly related to the journey of the language, although incorporating the 1916 rising into a future video on Irish history could be a good idea, maybe 50 words that describe Irish history!
Go raibh míle maith agat! I am progressing quite quickly with my grammar but pronunciation is still rough for me. I tend to default to Italian pronunciation as it is the first language I learned after English as a child (from my Italian-American neighborhood and elementary school growing up). Aside from listening to you (which is incredibly helpful) can you recommend any other resources?
In 1942, the Fianna Fáil government at the time tried to make it a criminal offence for parents to send Children to a school that didn't teach Irish. A bill was sent to the President Douglas Hyde but he referred it to the Supreme court and it was deemed unconstitutional as it impeded a parents choice to send children to a school of their own choosing.
That's very interesting, I wasn't aware of that. That is of course going to far the other way. Dev was very passionate about the language but his methods were questionable at best.
unfortunately the English did much worse than just prohibit the language from being taught or spoken in school there are horrible tales of students being beaten with a cane sometimes in front of the whole class just for speaking their native language this also happened in wales. My great great grandfather John Sullivan fled from Cork to Canada and unfortunately there was a lot of bad stigma in about the Canada due to the Fenian revolt lead by a group of Irish Americans who attacked the Canadian border in 1867. Many Irish hid their Irish roots as a result.
@@LearnIrish i am not saying you're wrong but If you look it up on Google you will see irish was spoken in the 4th or 5th century!? 🤔 Unless there wrong. There probably wrong
@@LearnIrish and I learned a bit of manx and most of their language that was lost. they barrowed from Canúint Uladh after I am fluent In irish which will be a long time I will learn manx
Did you get the message i sent to you on TH-cam could you put up a VIDIEO on how to say cani i have a mug of tea or a mug of Coffee or how tó say in irish can i have a pint or glass of orange or how to say in irish can i have a half of Powers with water or a half a paddy with water or a half Jameson with water i Know uisce beatha is the irish for whiskey or tabhair dom is give me in as Gaeilge and how to say as Gaeilge what kind of soup do you have or what the soup of the Day go raibh maith agat Pól
Yeah I got that thanks Paul, I'll definitely be doing a video on how to order food and drink in a bar/restaurant, it's a great idea for a future video.
The elephant in the room: British army records show one half total regiments stationed in Ireland 1845-1850. Why? To protect Irish food exports (only potato crop failed). NB Irish food supported British army during recent wars with Napoleon. Are you afraid to offend the British if you mention this?
The British have a shameful and horrible colonial history and I certainly am not afraid to offend them. But I'd have to look into these claims as I don't have any up to date information.
We're still dealing with the consequences of the Famine/Genocide because no other country in the Western world has a population less than what it was in 1840.
@@LearnIrish aw I dunno. I’d hoped my father would see it. He died at 93 six months ago. The north is now a shite place and now that my father’s gone,I’ll be gone soon too. A hundred years of crap has taken its toll. I’m probably gonna head for good ole GB once I sell my dad’s house.
@@LearnIrish northern Ireland is run if one can call it that, by worse which I know sounds odd considering the Tories. Sure I may not end up in England. There's always Scotland where I've lived before. Proper mountains n I can understand the English n the Scottish spoken there....
By 1840 half the English army was made up of Irish,5years,later the policy was to export food out the country rather than feed the people, so much for English government. Slainte mhath.
@@LearnIrish ONE video what aboot the other 179 countries that have felt this disgusting behaviour, Erinn was certainly probably the main victim. I am a Scottish protestant to the day I die and feel no need to bang any drum for the Queen of England. Slan leat. The Scottish Borders, every town and village felt it.
True, there was a huge clearing of the Highlands in years gone by. I'll never understand how the Scottish people had independence in their own hands in 2014 and they said no thanks. Astonishing.
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I will never understand the abhorrent practice of language surpression. There's a sami language in northern russia with two speakers. TWO. And that was in 2010... Just.. Breaks my heart. All languages deserve to live and prosper. To be spoken, read, written and performed in. That's exactly why I want to learn Irish. Thank you for providing these videos!
Good attitude, if language suppression is carried out it makes you wonder why the aggressors are so insecure.
In the North of Ireland there is still a struggle for Irish to be recognised, signs suffer from vandalism and certain political figures have mocked it. Very Sad.
Of course my friend all languages need to be respected and everybody should try to save or promote(depending on the condition of the language)them and one should never poke fun on or suppress the use of a language. In my opinion linguistic fanaticism is as bad as any other fanaticism or discrimination!👍
Привет из России. Сам учишь язык?
I’m doing what I can to help contribute to the survival of this beautiful language. I have no known Irish ancestry, but I’ve traced back my Scottish ancestry to the area around Paisley, and given its proximity to Ireland I think there’s a good chance some of my ancestors probably spoke a Gaelic tongue at one point. Anois táim ag foghlaim Gaeilge leis an idirlíon. Go raibh maith agat! (Is that right?!)
A good chance indeed, well done and best wishes, go n-éirí leat.
Bravo like you I also have started my struggle to preserve and promote my Irish !
Best wishes
Thanks for an excellent video! It’s interesting to see how those that had to leave Ireland brought Irish to the places they ended up in. In Australia one surprising borrowing from Irish one could be didgeridoo from dúdaire dubh or dúdaire dúth "trumpeter or horn-blower", dubh, "black" and dúth, "native”. The idea being that a group of Irish convicts came across aboriginal people and tried to communicate/ describe/ ask what they were holding. The aboriginal people then came across English speaking convicts and repeated the word thinking that all the convicts spoke the same language. The English speakers then would have thought that the word was the indigenous word and so it gets borrowed into English.
That is an interesting story, and I have never heard it, fascinating though 🙂
Go raibh maith agat! Irish language will certainly survive! I am from Greece and I am trying to learn Gailge... So I want to thank you. Espesially for this video. There are some words in ancient Greek that are are similar to Irish.
Thank you for your support, very interesting, please email me any similar words to danetyghe@gmail.com and perhaps I could do a video on that topic soon 🙂
@Christiaan Baron My friend I am a beginner and can not use Irish fluent but I suspect that you ask for an example. Am I right?
@Christiaan BaronThank you maybe I will try it. So I will send you the three words that I've sent to Dane also. Earrach- Εαρ,
Páiste- Παις,
Eaglais- Εκκλησία.
Dia duit από την Αμερική! Labhairim Gréigise agus Béarla επίσης ach είναι πολύ δύσκολο να βρω κανείς που μιλάει Gaeilge δυστυχώς... Αν θες να μιλάς liom as Gaeilge θα είμαι στα σχολία εδω λολ
@@iotapyrli6561 I was talking about ντουνιάς(douniás) agus daoine with a friend of mine as well, they were thinking that they could be old cognates. Greek as many words for people however.
This is a beautifully comprehensive presentation of Irish language and vocabulary through recent history!
Im here to try improve my Irish before the junior cert your videos are good
Thank you, and good luck with your exams, hopefully they'll be able to go ahead 🤞
We loved this episode. Thank you for all your hard work. Jarlath, TIna and Mikey.
Míle fáilte romhat agus go raibh maith agaibh 😁
great video, it's so important for us to invest in and protect our culture!
You're not wrong, thank you and stay safe ❤️
Excellent post, very informative. Thanks Dane.
My pleasure, thank you Paul
Very good and informative video, thank you.
My pleasure, thank you
Thank you so much! I find your videos very informative. I found it very interesting that the Irish word for church is so similar to iglesia which is the Spanish word for church.
Interesting, that might have spread here through various trade links with the continent.
Hi. Dia Dhuit. I live in New Zealand, I'm from mixed English Irish heritage, mainly Irish. I don't speak Gaelic. I teach English for a living to second language speakers. New Zealand is all about supporting the Maori language. It's very good, for the Maori culture especially. I think I must be a duine leisciúil because I haven't learnt it too much at all. I always think - wouldn't I be better to learn Celtic, if I want to support my own cultural heritage... so today I start Tosaím inniu.
Supporting minority languages is important and a fascinating window on the past, if you learn Irish you are putting yourself in the shoes of your ancestors and seeing the world the way they saw a Celtic Island. Go n-éirí leat agus bain sult as.
Keep working to bring the Irish language back to the forefront. To let it die out would be a shame. I'm American of Irish ancestry and learning the language of my ancestors is like having them with me...💚☘️🇨🇮
I like your attitude.
I enjoy your class. I just try to keep up. I can't write as quickly as you speak. I have a notebook for all of my Irish language homework. Duolingo is good, you are very helpful as well...☘️💚🇨🇮
Glad to hear that you are finding the videos useful and informative and best wishes on your journey.
@@LearnIrish, I still have a long way to go before I get good at it.
De réir a chéile a thógtar na caisleáin
an-hálainn, Dane. Wonderful conclusion 👏👏👏Go raibh mîle maith agat! Keep up the good work!
Nice to finish with a small bit of hope and optimism, the Irish language has had some challenging times that could have killed it off.
Actually "Bóín Dé" - Ladybird as gaelige, is interesting . It translates as "God's little Cow" or "Cow of God" in many languages in slightly different variations but essentially the same translation. Example in Russia " Bozh'ya korovka" (Божья коровка) meaning "Cow of God".
Would that suggest a very old link between the languages, I wonder?
Yes I've heard that, and similar to Polish as well! I think this certainly indicates some form of common ancestry, they all have common Indo-European beginnings. The Celtic languages would be have been spoken all over Europe centuries ago!
And then there is Italian "coccinella" which is nothing at all like Gaeilge. It seems like there is a closer affinity between Slavic and Celtic languages than the Romance and Celtic as most of the roots seem pretty different.
I've found much more similarities between Irish and the Romance languages in comparison to Polish.
@@LearnIrish you would know better than I. I see a few things like capall for cavallo, ban for bianco but there are a ton of other words like toradh for frutta, madra for cane and ron for foca that I feel like I don't have an edge and am learning all new. My mother's family is from County Cork but they kept no Irish language whereas my Italian side was still speaking dialect when I was born. Anyway thank you again and keep up the great work!
An-súimiúil, very interesting! In Dutch a ladybird is called "Lieveheersbeestje" which translates as "Sweet little animal of God".
I recently discovered this channel, and I'm glad I did! Great work, I'm gonna stay tuned. Saludos 👋
Glad to help, thank you agus bain sult as 🙂
Great video, thank you so much!
Always a pleasure, best wishes
Yes. The Irish Language can even survive this old man who's trying to get rid of his American accent! LOL. Listening to your pronunciation while seeing the words has helped a great deal.
Go raibh maith agat.
Thank you, nice to hear that, all my videos have subtitles to help you but you must switch on your TH-cam subtitles to avail of them 🙂
I've just recently found your channel and it is brilliant! I've learnt so much already. Go raibh míle maith agat! I do want to just point out that Normans didn't speak Norse. Normans spoke Norman French, Vikings spoke Norse. Both have had an impact on Irish, though. I'm sorry if you already knew this/I misunderstood what you meant.
Glad to hear that you found the videos useful and informative. Best wishes.
It was a very interesting video
Thank you, I had been meaning to do a video like this for a while 🙂
I am an Indian I came to know that my great grandmother and grandpa were Irish I am from India in asia
A lot of good people in India, best wishes and stay safe
What about the 1916 rising?
Yes a very important event but I had to focus on things directly related to the journey of the language, although incorporating the 1916 rising into a future video on Irish history could be a good idea, maybe 50 words that describe Irish history!
@@LearnIrish
Fear maith. Go raibh maith agat.
Beannachtaí 👍
Go raibh míle maith agat! I am progressing quite quickly with my grammar but pronunciation is still rough for me. I tend to default to Italian pronunciation as it is the first language I learned after English as a child (from my Italian-American neighborhood and elementary school growing up). Aside from listening to you (which is incredibly helpful) can you recommend any other resources?
You could try Gaeilge i mo chroí TH-cam channel or Ciara ní É
@@LearnIrish thanks I'm subscribed to the first and will look into the latter!
What is the Irish word for Afternoon
Tráthnóna
Is tá dóchas agam sa Ghaeilge right
Maith thú
In 1942, the Fianna Fáil government at the time tried to make it a criminal offence for parents to send Children to a school that didn't teach Irish. A bill was sent to the President Douglas Hyde but he referred it to the Supreme court and it was deemed unconstitutional as it impeded a parents choice to send children to a school of their own choosing.
That's very interesting, I wasn't aware of that. That is of course going to far the other way. Dev was very passionate about the language but his methods were questionable at best.
Go raibh maith agat, Dane. Is maith liom do videos go mórmhór an staire agus na focail ag ceangailt leis Éireann. Maith thú!
Is breá liom an Ghaeilge a labhairt agus ag dul chun cinn 😊
What is outin galic is it toris
Not sure
I mean galicfor tory as far as i know its outlaw in english…
Yes I think so - outlaw or a wonderer
unfortunately the English did much worse than just prohibit the language from being taught or spoken in school there are horrible tales of students being beaten with a cane sometimes in front of the whole class just for speaking their native language this also happened in wales. My great great grandfather John Sullivan fled from Cork to Canada and unfortunately there was a lot of bad stigma in about the Canada due to the Fenian revolt lead by a group of Irish Americans who attacked the Canadian border in 1867. Many Irish hid their Irish roots as a result.
You're certainly not wrong, how things have changed thankfully.
Mo Sean athair bho tir conail, Sanquhar is translated to Sean cathair old chair!
Bail ó dhia ort
Wait..
Norse is Viking and Norman is French... Right?
Right but not completely
Mhaith tú arís Dane 👍
Go raibh maith agat 👍
I thought irish was first spoken in the 4th century
Who really knows? It was probably proto Gaelic or proto Celtic at that point in time
@@LearnIrish i am not saying you're wrong but If you look it up on Google you will see irish was spoken in the 4th or 5th century!? 🤔 Unless there wrong. There probably wrong
It was probably only recorded from the 5th or 6th centuries but in all likelyhood spoken well before that.
@@LearnIrish and I learned a bit of manx and most of their language that was lost. they barrowed from Canúint Uladh after I am fluent In irish which will be a long time I will learn manx
Sounds like a plan, and you might even squeeze in Scottish Gaelic too.
GRMMA a Dhane. Bhì è sin an simiúil af fad. Caithimid a troid ar son àr teanga duachas agus bì bródúil faoi i gconaì. Tog aire duit fein, a chara.
Gan amhras. Tír gan teanga tír gan anam.
1798 yes......Forgot 1916 Dane!
Only so much I could get in
Did you get the message i sent to you on TH-cam could you put up a VIDIEO on how to say cani i have a mug of tea or a mug of Coffee or how tó say in irish can i have a pint or glass of orange or how to say in irish can i have a half of Powers with water or a half a paddy with water or a half Jameson with water i Know uisce beatha is the irish for whiskey or tabhair dom is give me in as Gaeilge and how to say as Gaeilge what kind of soup do you have or what the soup of the Day go raibh maith agat Pól
Yeah I got that thanks Paul, I'll definitely be doing a video on how to order food and drink in a bar/restaurant, it's a great idea for a future video.
The elephant in the room: British army records show one half total regiments stationed in Ireland 1845-1850. Why? To protect Irish food exports (only potato crop failed). NB Irish food supported British army during recent wars with Napoleon. Are you afraid to offend the British if you mention this?
The British have a shameful and horrible colonial history and I certainly am not afraid to offend them. But I'd have to look into these claims as I don't have any up to date information.
We're still dealing with the consequences of the Famine/Genocide because no other country in the Western world has a population less than what it was in 1840.
It was PARTIAL independence. Six counties are still not independent…..
Won't be too long now...
@@LearnIrish aw I dunno. I’d hoped my father would see it. He died at 93 six months ago. The north is now a shite place and now that my father’s gone,I’ll be gone soon too. A hundred years of crap has taken its toll. I’m probably gonna head for good ole GB once I sell my dad’s house.
You're going to head to Brexit GB run by Tory Conservatives? Jesus good luck, you will need it.
@@LearnIrish northern Ireland is run if one can call it that, by worse which I know sounds odd considering the Tories. Sure I may not end up in England. There's always Scotland where I've lived before. Proper mountains n I can understand the English n the Scottish spoken there....
@@LearnIrish UK will be broken up before long. The so called Celtic periphery will cut itself adrift.
Ar fheabhas! GRMA.
Best wishes
By 1840 half the English army was made up of Irish,5years,later
the policy was to export food out the country rather than feed the people, so much for English government.
Slainte mhath.
I plan to make a series of videos on the Famine to shed light on the criminal sectarianism and robbery of English imperialism.
@@LearnIrish ONE video what aboot the other 179 countries that have felt this disgusting behaviour, Erinn was certainly probably the main victim.
I am a Scottish protestant to the day I die and feel no need to bang any drum for the Queen of England.
Slan leat.
The Scottish Borders, every town and village felt it.
True, there was a huge clearing of the Highlands in years gone by. I'll never understand how the Scottish people had independence in their own hands in 2014 and they said no thanks. Astonishing.
@@LearnIrish that was ethnic cleansing same as the Scottish Borders and look at where they went!North East of Ireland 🇮🇪,
You're certainly not wrong