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I am Polish, lived in Éire. I picked up some Irish. And I liked the Hiberno English. My two Dublin born Polish boys started to speak Polish using Gaelic grammar. It was so funny. I understood them but had to correct their Polish.
It can be fun when people speak several languages. When I first started visiting Germany my German was not very good. Grammar was OK but my vocabulary wasn't great. Sometimes, when I didn't know a German word the Irish equivalent would pop out. Blank faces all around of course.
@@LearnIrish one day my older boy came back from school and says (all in Polish obviously): Dad, I know what the English word for teeth is, and he says: fiacla. I explained that this is actually the Gaelic word for it. He was so confused. He only started school and was not aware that he was learning two languages at school. Lots of stories like that. Later on he started to come up with words that mixed Polish and Irish. To confuse us. His parents.
Currently learning Mandarin at intermediate level, this is my favourite thing about the language. It's even more obvious in Mandarin than Irish/English (as someone who recognises the latin roots of certain words), and I love it
My lovely friend sent me two beautiful and compelling books your viewers and yourself might enjoy. " Tree dogs, Banshee Fingers and other Irish Words for Nature" and " Thirty-two Words for Field" both by Manchán Magan. Illustrated by Steve Doogan. I was delighted. I thought they complimented my Gaeilge lessons and journey well. Dane, your ur videos, some language apps and books like these, really help to immerse yourself into the realm of the language. I've a surgery soon, ( no worries it's not life threatening) and I look forward to having more time to study. Go raibh maith agat aris for all you do Dane. Take care. Oh, also I hope it was ok to mention the books. I just wanted to share.😊
Thank you for sharing the information about the books sounds like a really great way to compliment your language learning. Best wishes with your surgery.
I found your TH-cam channel yesterday and I'm already loving it. Your explanations are super clear and easy to remember. My best friend and I love anything related to Ireland and the Irish language. If you'd like to add Spanish subtitles to your content, please let me know, it would be so much fun and such a good way for my friends and I to keep learning more! Love from Argentina 🤗
Thank you so much for another lesson! A foyer will never be the same nor a landscape and wolf (the little lesson that is full of the dreaming of land and language). Reading and hearing the sounds that make up the words is challenging as I have years as an Italian teacher trying to convey to Australian children a different arrangement of letters to sounds! What were those dear old monks thinking! The short video with the writing and the sounds is such a terrific help!
This is super useful! I have been learning on and off for over 7 years, mostly on Duolingo, but it's really challenging to find speakers with whom I could practice every day! Even in Dublin.
Your videos are very thoughtfully done! Here in the tail end of the universe, where I live, I have been playing old Irish folk songs for a long time, and I hope to learn them in Irish. Thanks again!!
I love this so much! Interesting to note that eavesdropping is “cúléisteacht”. Especially given that gossip is “cúlchaint”! I love nerding out about how Irish works, míle buíochas as an bhfíseán seo!
The word forhalla and Valhalla are very similar and translated similarly as well!! Tje English word for hall as well ..like a great hall--- thanks for doi g these videos!!
I’d love to learn Irish but my brain is not retaining new information … however my soul loves the profound beauty of the Irish spirit hidden in its ancient language
I don't know why this was suggested in my stream. I dabbled with the language twice. The second time because I was assigned to look at it in a course. Still I wish all of you who stick with this language all the best with it. Personally, I'm already playing with a language learning app and looking at too many languages to even cover the ones I started without taking on another. I just wish you all if you can ever understand my spelling "ee a wa gutt!
Very interesting and your way of putting in the origin and then a context, so helpful. Is there anywhere that has short situational videos that go with learning a new point. Watching actual Irish programmes is very useful but they are a bit above my level. A series of situations where we could see the language being used would be so helpful, at a beginner and intermediate level as I think context really helps the memory. Of course just keeping on working at it surely helps. Thanks for the great videos.
As a fifth generation descendant of Irish stock on both sides of the family.... Heddwch. /. PEACE in the ancient tongue of the Cymru, my home. My children are now fluent in Welsh, and I hope you and yours can be fluent in the indigenous tongue of the Irish.
The channel "ILoveLanguages!" has a video comparing some of the basic vocabulary of Proto-Celtic and Proto-Italic. Some words are clearly similar, but you'd also see similar words when comparing them to other early Indo-European languages, so I don't know how significant that is. I would be interested in the evidence for the Italic and Celtic languages being closer to each other than to the other Indo-European languages.
Duolingo is just a fun app and fairly basic, reading in Irish and listening to radio and TV is a good idea, it is important to get a number of different sources of information.
Yes this is a good tip. I listen to RTE Radio na Gaeltachta online, Understand about one in 100 words at the moment (mostly “agus” and “go raibh mile maith” 😊) but it’s great for getting used to the sound of the language.
You're very kind, thank you so much for your support, this is what keeps the channel going for you and others following you so I'm very grateful 😀 hope you enjoy the videos 😀
The "aitheoir" in ardaitheoir has nothing to do with athraigh/athrú (change). Rather it is used with verbs that end in -igh ... ceannaitheoir, beannaitheoir, bailitheoir, srl ... none of these has anything to do with "change". The t/th that precedes the (e)oir ending is from the adjective form of the verb ... ól > ólta > óltóir, ceannaigh > ceannaithe > ceannaitheoir, srl.
Thank you for sharing your own opinion on this topic. I think it's easier for people to remember by linking words like this to the verb that sounds similar that way people can join the dots better.
Dane , there's a few bob to be had in a paperback, there's a fella over who does politics there're flying out . Ive just bought one for a tenner, sweet and simple. his name is Michael lambert, its all about brexit good read. Now, do the same recipe, chuck a bit of Guinness in it and a bit of blarney and Bobs yer uncle. or should I say , The big fella should have been yer President. 😊
Is maith an fhíseáin é seo Dane! If I may make two small suggestions? Since you are reading out the sentences for the videos yourself, I really think that learning just two things - 1. The slender R 2. How to tell the difference between the broad L and slender L and how to pronounce them Just mastering those two things would really bring your pronunciation up to the next level and improve the quality of your videos. Ádh mór ort
Haigh, sa mheanscoil d'fhoghlaim mé go raibh an focal ar 'receptionist' ná 'rúnaí', ní 'fáilteoir'. An bhfuil difríocht suntasach idir an dá théarma sin nó an bhfuil an brí go hiomláín mar an gcéanna? Go raibh míle!!
@@LearnIrish There is Ukrainian on "Duolingo" and "Memrise" . In Irish, by the way, there is a Ukrainian letter "Г" - "th" if it is in the middle of a word. Pronounced exactly the same :)) But in general, Ukrainian is not much different from Russian.
Why is the Irish language so important when the majority of Irish people don't speak it even in the republic of Ireland ??? Is it not out dated and therefore useless ???
It's part of our history, heritage and identity, are your ancestors useless? Are the memories and lessons that your parents and grandparents taught you useless? Do you not like the idea of respecting and honouring them? Food for thought. But if I have to explain and spell this to you then I suspect I'm flogging a dead horse.
@@LearnIrish I am Polish. My two Dublin born Polish boys picked up Irish in no time. They had already spoken Polish. English and Gaelic at school was not a bother- as Paddies say
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I am Polish, lived in Éire. I picked up some Irish. And I liked the Hiberno English. My two Dublin born Polish boys started to speak Polish using Gaelic grammar. It was so funny. I understood them but had to correct their Polish.
Bardzo dobre! You'll enjoy my video tomorrow on how the Irish language has influenced Hiberno-English, tomorrow at 3.00.
It can be fun when people speak several languages. When I first started visiting Germany my German was not very good. Grammar was OK but my vocabulary wasn't great. Sometimes, when I didn't know a German word the Irish equivalent would pop out. Blank faces all around of course.
Happened me in school too 😂
@@LearnIrish one day my older boy came back from school and says (all in Polish obviously):
Dad, I know what the English word for teeth is, and he says: fiacla.
I explained that this is actually the Gaelic word for it. He was so confused. He only started school and was not aware that he was learning two languages at school.
Lots of stories like that.
Later on he started to come up with words that mixed Polish and Irish. To confuse us. His parents.
He has a brain like a sponge, every day is a learning day!
As a new learner some of the longer words can be a bit intimidating. Breaking them into parts helps tremendously. 🔍
I think so too, it just helps to take it in small steps and hopefully people realise that it's not too difficult.
Currently learning Mandarin at intermediate level, this is my favourite thing about the language. It's even more obvious in Mandarin than Irish/English (as someone who recognises the latin roots of certain words), and I love it
My lovely friend sent me two beautiful and compelling books your viewers and yourself might enjoy. " Tree dogs, Banshee Fingers and other Irish Words for Nature" and " Thirty-two Words for Field" both by Manchán Magan. Illustrated by Steve Doogan. I was delighted.
I thought they complimented my Gaeilge lessons and journey well. Dane, your ur videos, some language apps and books like these, really help to immerse yourself into the realm of the language.
I've a surgery soon, ( no worries it's not life threatening) and I look forward to having more time to study.
Go raibh maith agat aris for all you do Dane. Take care.
Oh, also I hope it was ok to mention the books. I just wanted to share.😊
Thank you for sharing the information about the books sounds like a really great way to compliment your language learning. Best wishes with your surgery.
I’m learning Irish so this is very helpful thank you
Best wishes
I found your TH-cam channel yesterday and I'm already loving it. Your explanations are super clear and easy to remember. My best friend and I love anything related to Ireland and the Irish language. If you'd like to add Spanish subtitles to your content, please let me know, it would be so much fun and such a good way for my friends and I to keep learning more! Love from Argentina 🤗
Very glad to hear that, best wishes and thanks for the support 🙏
Thank you so much for another lesson! A foyer will never be the same nor a landscape and wolf (the little lesson that is full of the dreaming of land and language). Reading and hearing the sounds that make up the words is challenging as I have years as an Italian teacher trying to convey to Australian children a different arrangement of letters to sounds! What were those dear old monks thinking! The short video with the writing and the sounds is such a terrific help!
It's nice to hear that, I like to come at it from different angles
Another useful and informative lesson. Thank you.
Thank you, best regards.
Thank you so much for an excellent Irish lesson.
You're very welcome
This is super useful! I have been learning on and off for over 7 years, mostly on Duolingo, but it's really challenging to find speakers with whom I could practice every day! Even in Dublin.
Aitheioir - Alter. Fascinating.
Is there a book that breaks down Irish words like this? I love learning about how a language gets built.
I'm not really sure, but Motherfoclóir is a good book
You taught me how to drive, now you are teaching me Irish xD You are very talented.
Damian! You are one of the few people who can or have had a crossover between my driving lesson videos and these ones 😊
This guy is just great - invaluable resource as it's so clear and well paced
Thank you, glad to see that you enjoy it
Your videos are very thoughtfully done! Here in the tail end of the universe, where I live, I have been playing old Irish folk songs for a long time, and I hope to learn them in Irish. Thanks again!!
Tá sé i do chroí
Interesting stuff.
I like the -eoir suffix indicating a function/occupation ("Ardaitheoir" is hardly a professional elevator!)
😂That might be a stretch but an interesting thought.
I like these breakdowns :)
Thank you
Thanks
You're very kind, thanks very much
I love this so much! Interesting to note that eavesdropping is “cúléisteacht”. Especially given that gossip is “cúlchaint”!
I love nerding out about how Irish works, míle buíochas as an bhfíseán seo!
Míle fáilte romhat agus fan slán 😊
The word forhalla and Valhalla are very similar and translated similarly as well!! Tje English word for hall as well ..like a great hall--- thanks for doi g these videos!!
Interesting thanks for sharing
I’d love to learn Irish but my brain is not retaining new information … however my soul loves the profound beauty of the Irish spirit hidden in its ancient language
Irish is so beautiful.
Go raibh maith agat! I'm enjoying your lessons.
I'm enjoying making them! Glad to hear that you have found the videos useful and informative 😀
Thank you!
Best wishes
awesome channel, awesome content !
You're very kind, glad you like the videos, best wishes.
I haven’t visited your channel in so long ‘cause I’ve been so busy with work. Excited to brush up on it though.
Hopefully there's plenty of videos for you too enjoy, bain sult as agus beir bua.
I like this. The language of my ancestors!
You'll love tomorrow's video as well then.
Thankyou!
Stay safe
I don't know why this was suggested in my stream. I dabbled with the language twice. The second time because I was assigned to look at it in a course. Still I wish all of you who stick with this language all the best with it. Personally, I'm already playing with a language learning app and looking at too many languages to even cover the ones I started without taking on another. I just wish you all if you can ever understand my spelling "ee a wa gutt!
Good luck with your journey 😀
Very interesting and your way of putting in the origin and then a context, so helpful. Is there anywhere that has short situational videos that go with learning a new point. Watching actual Irish programmes is very useful but they are a bit above my level. A series of situations where we could see the language being used would be so helpful, at a beginner and intermediate level as I think context really helps the memory. Of course just keeping on working at it surely helps. Thanks for the great videos.
It's all about small constructive steps, thanks for sharing your thoughts and experience.
Sláinte Dane!
Sláinte 🙏
Very useful. Great pace. Thank you
Best wishes
As a fifth generation descendant of Irish stock on both sides of the family.... Heddwch. /. PEACE in the ancient tongue of the Cymru, my home. My children are now fluent in Welsh, and I hope you and yours can be fluent in the indigenous tongue of the Irish.
A true Celt, best wishes.
@@LearnIrish Diolch. Thanks.. No path begins complete. Keep on keeping on. Heddwch.
Good advice
What are your thoughts on the hypothetical grouping of the Italic and Celtic branches of the Indo-European language family into Italo-Celtic?
Interesting, I do notice quite a few similarities between Irish and Romance languages.
The channel "ILoveLanguages!" has a video comparing some of the basic vocabulary of Proto-Celtic and Proto-Italic. Some words are clearly similar, but you'd also see similar words when comparing them to other early Indo-European languages, so I don't know how significant that is. I would be interested in the evidence for the Italic and Celtic languages being closer to each other than to the other Indo-European languages.
It's certainly an interesting topic. I'll check out that other channel.
What do you think of supplementation beyond your lessons? Apps such as Duolingo and Babbel? Thanks
Duolingo is just a fun app and fairly basic, reading in Irish and listening to radio and TV is a good idea, it is important to get a number of different sources of information.
Yes this is a good tip. I listen to RTE Radio na Gaeltachta online, Understand about one in 100 words at the moment (mostly “agus” and “go raibh mile maith” 😊) but it’s great for getting used to the sound of the language.
Have foclóir.ie handy to look up some words
Go raibh mile maith agat ❤(Just joined on Patreon :)
You're very kind, thank you so much for your support, this is what keeps the channel going for you and others following you so I'm very grateful 😀 hope you enjoy the videos 😀
Focail an suimiúil. GRMMA Dane .
Gan amhras
The "aitheoir" in ardaitheoir has nothing to do with athraigh/athrú (change). Rather it is used with verbs that end in -igh ... ceannaitheoir, beannaitheoir, bailitheoir, srl ... none of these has anything to do with "change". The t/th that precedes the (e)oir ending is from the adjective form of the verb ... ól > ólta > óltóir, ceannaigh > ceannaithe > ceannaitheoir, srl.
Thank you for sharing your own opinion on this topic. I think it's easier for people to remember by linking words like this to the verb that sounds similar that way people can join the dots better.
Holy shit, Dane Taighe also teaches Irish!? I had no idea
😁 Teaches is a strong word, more sharing my knowledge of this beautiful language 😍
Dane , there's a few bob to be had in a paperback, there's a fella over who does politics there're flying out . Ive just bought one for a tenner, sweet and simple. his name is Michael lambert, its all about brexit good read. Now, do the same recipe, chuck a bit of Guinness in it and a bit of blarney and Bobs yer uncle. or should I say , The big fella should have been yer President. 😊
Thanks for the tips 😀🙏🙏
cul is like cul in cul-de-sac - the back of the sack, ie. a dead end street :)
Easy to remember 😀
Tir Welsh for land
Like Irish
It took me a ridiculously long time to figure out cathéide
Cath-éide
War clothes
Is maith an fhíseáin é seo Dane! If I may make two small suggestions?
Since you are reading out the sentences for the videos yourself, I really think that learning just two things -
1. The slender R
2. How to tell the difference between the broad L and slender L and how to pronounce them
Just mastering those two things would really bring your pronunciation up to the next level and improve the quality of your videos.
Ádh mór ort
Thanks for the tip, I'll certainly bear that in mind. I'm not necessarily a native speaker so things like that can fall through the cracks.
Why did you block and criticise Patchy Irish?
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Haigh, sa mheanscoil d'fhoghlaim mé go raibh an focal ar 'receptionist' ná 'rúnaí', ní 'fáilteoir'. An bhfuil difríocht suntasach idir an dá théarma sin nó an bhfuil an brí go hiomláín mar an gcéanna? Go raibh míle!!
Déanta na fírinne is fearr liom fáilteoir mar de ghnáth is é rúnaí "secretary" go sonrach.
Má tá tú ag smaoineamh ar fhoghlaim na Gàidhlig, cén fáth? Ní bheidh leid ag formhór mhuintir na hÉireann céard faoi a bhfuil tú ag caint!
Tá sé tábhachtach ar aon nós, tír gan teanga tír gan anam.
Learn Russian, and with its brother Celtic languages, thou will not have problems.
I'd rather learn Ukrainian.
@@LearnIrish There is Ukrainian on "Duolingo" and "Memrise" . In Irish, by the way, there is a Ukrainian letter "Г" - "th" if it is in the middle of a word. Pronounced exactly the same :)) But in general, Ukrainian is not much different from Russian.
I'd imagine so thanks for sharing
separate
Yes
Why is the Irish language so important when the majority of Irish people don't speak it even in the republic of Ireland ??? Is it not out dated and therefore useless ???
It's part of our history, heritage and identity, are your ancestors useless? Are the memories and lessons that your parents and grandparents taught you useless? Do you not like the idea of respecting and honouring them?
Food for thought. But if I have to explain and spell this to you then I suspect I'm flogging a dead horse.
Slíomadóir lofa is ea thú, agus sin é.
@@LearnIrish I am Polish. My two Dublin born Polish boys picked up Irish in no time. They had already spoken Polish. English and Gaelic at school was not a bother- as Paddies say
I'm married to a beautiful Polish lady from Kielce and children will pick up languages very quickly, it's good for their brain development.
@@LearnIrish Have you been to Poland yourself? My Irish friends love coming to Poland.
Thanks!