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In this month’s Bitesize Live Q&A Ben and Niall welcomed you to submit your questions on how to pronounce words and sounds in the Irish Language. Topics covered included dialects, broad and slender consonants, and how and why the form of surnames in Irish can change. The boys also answered questions on adding ‘t’ to
How to say “Happy St. Brigid’s Day” in Irish How to say It’s Springtime! https://youtube.com/shorts/dra9soFfRvA More St. Brigid’s Day in the Irish Language See all our content on St. Brigid’s Day in the Irish language, including the origins of the day.
Let’s cut to the chase: St. Brigid’s Day celebrates St. Brigid. She lived circa the years 451 – 525. Yes, she was a real person. Her name is referred to as Brigid officially in Ireland in the Irish language. It would be incorrect to spell her name as Bridget. You may see references to “Brigit”,
Let’s learn how to pronounce a famous Irish historical motto. This phrase is often used by promoters of the Irish language to this very day. The phrase is Tír gan teanga, tír gan anam /cheer gon chon-ga, cheer gon on-um/, which means “A country without a language is a country without a soul.” Tír /cheer/
In this month’s Bitesize Live Q&A Ben and Eoin welcomed you to submit your beginner learners’ questions about the Irish language. Topics covered included blended approaches to learning, learning from poetry and song, prepositions, initial mutations, the Irish primary school system and preserving the linguistic and cultural richness of the language. Here’s a taste of
Looking back a year ago, did you have expectations about learning to speak Irish? And how did it work out? Did you manage to have fun, and enjoy the journey? Here’s a suggestion to consider taking smaller steps along your journey, and having fun while you’re at it. What if you dropped big expectations, and felt it
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