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Acmhainní:
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZPLrZ2lP7A
• https://www.celtic-languages.org/Guide_to_Irish_to_be
• https://archive.org/details/studiesinmoderni01onol/page/n18
Acmhainní:
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZPLrZ2lP7A
• https://www.celtic-languages.org/Guide_to_Irish_to_be
• https://archive.org/details/studiesinmoderni01onol/page/n18
Trá An Clochán
‘Clifden is a beach’
S: An Clochán ‘Clifden’
P: trá ‘a beach’
‘Clifden is a beach’
S: An Clochán ‘Clifden’
P: trá ‘a beach’
November 5, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Trá An Clochán
‘Clifden is a beach’
S: An Clochán ‘Clifden’
P: trá ‘a beach’
‘Clifden is a beach’
S: An Clochán ‘Clifden’
P: trá ‘a beach’
Raidió Teilifís Éireann
‘Ireland’s Television is a Radio’
S: Teilifís Éireann ‘Ireland’s Television’
P: Raidió ‘(a) Radio’
Nílimíd in inmhe an ainm a thuiscint in aon slí nách abairt chopaile í.
‘Ireland’s Television is a Radio’
S: Teilifís Éireann ‘Ireland’s Television’
P: Raidió ‘(a) Radio’
Nílimíd in inmhe an ainm a thuiscint in aon slí nách abairt chopaile í.
October 27, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Raidió Teilifís Éireann
‘Ireland’s Television is a Radio’
S: Teilifís Éireann ‘Ireland’s Television’
P: Raidió ‘(a) Radio’
Nílimíd in inmhe an ainm a thuiscint in aon slí nách abairt chopaile í.
‘Ireland’s Television is a Radio’
S: Teilifís Éireann ‘Ireland’s Television’
P: Raidió ‘(a) Radio’
Nílimíd in inmhe an ainm a thuiscint in aon slí nách abairt chopaile í.
Teach Mo Chara
‘My Friend is a House’
S: Mo Chara ‘My Friend’
P: Teach ‘a House’
‘My Friend is a House’
S: Mo Chara ‘My Friend’
P: Teach ‘a House’
October 22, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Teach Mo Chara
‘My Friend is a House’
S: Mo Chara ‘My Friend’
P: Teach ‘a House’
‘My Friend is a House’
S: Mo Chara ‘My Friend’
P: Teach ‘a House’
Iarnóin maith!
‘Goodness is an afternoon!’
S: maith ‘goodness, a good thing’
P: iarnóin ‘afternoon’
‘Goodness is an afternoon!’
S: maith ‘goodness, a good thing’
P: iarnóin ‘afternoon’
October 19, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Iarnóin maith!
‘Goodness is an afternoon!’
S: maith ‘goodness, a good thing’
P: iarnóin ‘afternoon’
‘Goodness is an afternoon!’
S: maith ‘goodness, a good thing’
P: iarnóin ‘afternoon’
Óstán bealach isteach
‘An entrance is a hotel’
S: bealach isteach ‘a way inside, entrance’
P: óstán ‘a hotel’
‘An entrance is a hotel’
S: bealach isteach ‘a way inside, entrance’
P: óstán ‘a hotel’
October 11, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Óstán bealach isteach
‘An entrance is a hotel’
S: bealach isteach ‘a way inside, entrance’
P: óstán ‘a hotel’
‘An entrance is a hotel’
S: bealach isteach ‘a way inside, entrance’
P: óstán ‘a hotel’
Leabhar Gaeilge liom
‘An Irish book of mine’ an bhrí ba thúisce a tuigfí as san ach is féidir ciall chopaileach a bhaint as leis:
‘a Gaelic language of mine is a book’
S: Gaeilge liom ‘a Gaelic [language] of mine’
P: leabhar ‘a book’
‘An Irish book of mine’ an bhrí ba thúisce a tuigfí as san ach is féidir ciall chopaileach a bhaint as leis:
‘a Gaelic language of mine is a book’
S: Gaeilge liom ‘a Gaelic [language] of mine’
P: leabhar ‘a book’
September 26, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Leabhar Gaeilge liom
‘An Irish book of mine’ an bhrí ba thúisce a tuigfí as san ach is féidir ciall chopaileach a bhaint as leis:
‘a Gaelic language of mine is a book’
S: Gaeilge liom ‘a Gaelic [language] of mine’
P: leabhar ‘a book’
‘An Irish book of mine’ an bhrí ba thúisce a tuigfí as san ach is féidir ciall chopaileach a bhaint as leis:
‘a Gaelic language of mine is a book’
S: Gaeilge liom ‘a Gaelic [language] of mine’
P: leabhar ‘a book’
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We will also comment on errors that we see in the Caigheán as well, including the one at the start of Chapter 3
irishlanguage.ie/an-caighdean... #irishlanguage #irish #gaeilge
irishlanguage.ie/an-caighdean... #irishlanguage #irish #gaeilge
An Caighdéan Oifigiúil: Chapter 3: Definite and Indefinite Nouns, Abbreviations and the Nominative Form in place of the Genitive (pp. 37-56) - IrishLanguage.ie
This is Chapter 3 of the unofficial translation of An Caighdeán Oifigiúil based off of the 2017 version. You can find all other chapters here.
irishlanguage.ie
September 1, 2025 at 11:12 AM
We will also comment on errors that we see in the Caigheán as well, including the one at the start of Chapter 3
irishlanguage.ie/an-caighdean... #irishlanguage #irish #gaeilge
irishlanguage.ie/an-caighdean... #irishlanguage #irish #gaeilge
4 Structures to Understand the Copula | Irish Sentence Structure: 2
YouTube video by An Spideog
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August 26, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Ní hábhair é a chara.
‘His friend is not subjects.’
S: (é) a chara ‘his friend’ (agus fo-ainmní ann)
P: ábhair ‘subjects, matters’ (iolra den fhocal ‘ábhar’)
Copula: ní (an fhoirm dhiúltach)
‘ní ábhair’ a bheadh ceart de réir an chaighdeáin, ach is sine an nós ‘h-’ a chur tar éis ‘ní’ na copaile
‘His friend is not subjects.’
S: (é) a chara ‘his friend’ (agus fo-ainmní ann)
P: ábhair ‘subjects, matters’ (iolra den fhocal ‘ábhar’)
Copula: ní (an fhoirm dhiúltach)
‘ní ábhair’ a bheadh ceart de réir an chaighdeáin, ach is sine an nós ‘h-’ a chur tar éis ‘ní’ na copaile
June 2, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Ní hábhair é a chara.
‘His friend is not subjects.’
S: (é) a chara ‘his friend’ (agus fo-ainmní ann)
P: ábhair ‘subjects, matters’ (iolra den fhocal ‘ábhar’)
Copula: ní (an fhoirm dhiúltach)
‘ní ábhair’ a bheadh ceart de réir an chaighdeáin, ach is sine an nós ‘h-’ a chur tar éis ‘ní’ na copaile
‘His friend is not subjects.’
S: (é) a chara ‘his friend’ (agus fo-ainmní ann)
P: ábhair ‘subjects, matters’ (iolra den fhocal ‘ábhar’)
Copula: ní (an fhoirm dhiúltach)
‘ní ábhair’ a bheadh ceart de réir an chaighdeáin, ach is sine an nós ‘h-’ a chur tar éis ‘ní’ na copaile
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One interesting rule of #irish #grammar that many people struggle with, but it seems well alive in native Irish. A 🧵.
If a proper name (of person or place) is referring to the name itself, & not to a specific person, it’s treated as indefinite after the copula.
#gaeilge #gaelainn #gramadach
If a proper name (of person or place) is referring to the name itself, & not to a specific person, it’s treated as indefinite after the copula.
#gaeilge #gaelainn #gramadach
May 13, 2025 at 1:33 PM
One interesting rule of #irish #grammar that many people struggle with, but it seems well alive in native Irish. A 🧵.
If a proper name (of person or place) is referring to the name itself, & not to a specific person, it’s treated as indefinite after the copula.
#gaeilge #gaelainn #gramadach
If a proper name (of person or place) is referring to the name itself, & not to a specific person, it’s treated as indefinite after the copula.
#gaeilge #gaelainn #gramadach
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reading an article (in Irish) about an Irish language influencer with thousands and thousands of followers (who's also apparently working on advanced courses and charges people for their content) but their Irish is so poor that I'm struggling to understand and read the article... ☹️
February 16, 2025 at 2:59 PM
reading an article (in Irish) about an Irish language influencer with thousands and thousands of followers (who's also apparently working on advanced courses and charges people for their content) but their Irish is so poor that I'm struggling to understand and read the article... ☹️
Reposted by An Chopail gan Choinne
Deirtear nach gcáintear leabhra Gaeilge sách minic.
Mar sin, déanfaidh mé cáineadh beag ar Scott Pilgrim as Gaeilge: ní thuigeann an t-aistritheoir an chopail agus tá cuid den aistriúchán in áiteacha eile chomh ciotach sin go bhfuil sé barrúil.
Mar sin, déanfaidh mé cáineadh beag ar Scott Pilgrim as Gaeilge: ní thuigeann an t-aistritheoir an chopail agus tá cuid den aistriúchán in áiteacha eile chomh ciotach sin go bhfuil sé barrúil.
February 5, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Deirtear nach gcáintear leabhra Gaeilge sách minic.
Mar sin, déanfaidh mé cáineadh beag ar Scott Pilgrim as Gaeilge: ní thuigeann an t-aistritheoir an chopail agus tá cuid den aistriúchán in áiteacha eile chomh ciotach sin go bhfuil sé barrúil.
Mar sin, déanfaidh mé cáineadh beag ar Scott Pilgrim as Gaeilge: ní thuigeann an t-aistritheoir an chopail agus tá cuid den aistriúchán in áiteacha eile chomh ciotach sin go bhfuil sé barrúil.
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January 5, 2025 at 12:13 PM
An Túr Solas?
‘Is Light a Tower?’
S: Solas ‘Light’
P: Túr ‘a Tower’
copula: an …? (the interrogative form)
‘Is Light a Tower?’
S: Solas ‘Light’
P: Túr ‘a Tower’
copula: an …? (the interrogative form)
December 16, 2024 at 11:32 AM
An Túr Solas?
‘Is Light a Tower?’
S: Solas ‘Light’
P: Túr ‘a Tower’
copula: an …? (the interrogative form)
‘Is Light a Tower?’
S: Solas ‘Light’
P: Túr ‘a Tower’
copula: an …? (the interrogative form)
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The guide I wrote a while ago about ‘being’ in Irish (the tá/bí verb vs the copula ‘is’). It’s fairly comprehensive and, I hope, helpful to learners:
https://celtic-languages.org/Guide_to_Irish_to_be
#gaeilge #Spéiríní #SpéirGhorm
https://celtic-languages.org/Guide_to_Irish_to_be
#gaeilge #Spéiríní #SpéirGhorm
November 28, 2024 at 12:36 AM
The guide I wrote a while ago about ‘being’ in Irish (the tá/bí verb vs the copula ‘is’). It’s fairly comprehensive and, I hope, helpful to learners:
https://celtic-languages.org/Guide_to_Irish_to_be
#gaeilge #Spéiríní #SpéirGhorm
https://celtic-languages.org/Guide_to_Irish_to_be
#gaeilge #Spéiríní #SpéirGhorm
#SpéirGorm
‘A green-blue colour is sky’
Subject: Gorm ‘(An instance of) green or blue colour (of some specific object)’
Predicate: Spéir ‘Sky’
#BluecolourIsSky
‘A green-blue colour is sky’
Subject: Gorm ‘(An instance of) green or blue colour (of some specific object)’
Predicate: Spéir ‘Sky’
#BluecolourIsSky
November 27, 2024 at 3:00 PM
#SpéirGorm
‘A green-blue colour is sky’
Subject: Gorm ‘(An instance of) green or blue colour (of some specific object)’
Predicate: Spéir ‘Sky’
#BluecolourIsSky
‘A green-blue colour is sky’
Subject: Gorm ‘(An instance of) green or blue colour (of some specific object)’
Predicate: Spéir ‘Sky’
#BluecolourIsSky
sr. Beag Liam
‘William’s Smallness is a street’
S: sr[áid] ‘a street’
P: Beag Liam ‘William’s Little Amount, William’s Smallness’
‘William’s Smallness is a street’
S: sr[áid] ‘a street’
P: Beag Liam ‘William’s Little Amount, William’s Smallness’
October 12, 2024 at 7:36 PM
sr. Beag Liam
‘William’s Smallness is a street’
S: sr[áid] ‘a street’
P: Beag Liam ‘William’s Little Amount, William’s Smallness’
‘William’s Smallness is a street’
S: sr[áid] ‘a street’
P: Beag Liam ‘William’s Little Amount, William’s Smallness’
Ionaid bialanna beir leat sa Chathair
‘Take-away restaurants in the City are places’
P: Ionaid ‘places’
S: bialanna beir leat sa Chathair ‘take-away restaurants in the City’
‘Take-away restaurants in the City are places’
P: Ionaid ‘places’
S: bialanna beir leat sa Chathair ‘take-away restaurants in the City’
October 12, 2024 at 7:35 PM
Ionaid bialanna beir leat sa Chathair
‘Take-away restaurants in the City are places’
P: Ionaid ‘places’
S: bialanna beir leat sa Chathair ‘take-away restaurants in the City’
‘Take-away restaurants in the City are places’
P: Ionaid ‘places’
S: bialanna beir leat sa Chathair ‘take-away restaurants in the City’
Turas d’anam
‘thy soul is a journey’
S: turas ‘journey’
P: d’anam ‘thy soul’
B’fhearr linn ‘t’anam’ le t’ neamhghlórach áfach. Is féidir tuiscint eile a bhaint as ‘d’anam’ leis: an réamhfhocal ‘do’ + ‘anam’ (‘a journey for a soul’).
‘thy soul is a journey’
S: turas ‘journey’
P: d’anam ‘thy soul’
B’fhearr linn ‘t’anam’ le t’ neamhghlórach áfach. Is féidir tuiscint eile a bhaint as ‘d’anam’ leis: an réamhfhocal ‘do’ + ‘anam’ (‘a journey for a soul’).
October 12, 2024 at 7:35 PM
Turas d’anam
‘thy soul is a journey’
S: turas ‘journey’
P: d’anam ‘thy soul’
B’fhearr linn ‘t’anam’ le t’ neamhghlórach áfach. Is féidir tuiscint eile a bhaint as ‘d’anam’ leis: an réamhfhocal ‘do’ + ‘anam’ (‘a journey for a soul’).
‘thy soul is a journey’
S: turas ‘journey’
P: d’anam ‘thy soul’
B’fhearr linn ‘t’anam’ le t’ neamhghlórach áfach. Is féidir tuiscint eile a bhaint as ‘d’anam’ leis: an réamhfhocal ‘do’ + ‘anam’ (‘a journey for a soul’).
Ár bia mara
‘Seafood is slaughter’
S: bia mara ‘seafood’
P: ár ‘slaughter’
Chuir duine an íomhá so chugainn tá fada ó shin ach níor roinneamair anso í fós. Ná hithidh ach glasraí lenúr dtoil, a chairde.
‘Seafood is slaughter’
S: bia mara ‘seafood’
P: ár ‘slaughter’
Chuir duine an íomhá so chugainn tá fada ó shin ach níor roinneamair anso í fós. Ná hithidh ach glasraí lenúr dtoil, a chairde.
September 28, 2024 at 9:25 PM
Ár bia mara
‘Seafood is slaughter’
S: bia mara ‘seafood’
P: ár ‘slaughter’
Chuir duine an íomhá so chugainn tá fada ó shin ach níor roinneamair anso í fós. Ná hithidh ach glasraí lenúr dtoil, a chairde.
‘Seafood is slaughter’
S: bia mara ‘seafood’
P: ár ‘slaughter’
Chuir duine an íomhá so chugainn tá fada ó shin ach níor roinneamair anso í fós. Ná hithidh ach glasraí lenúr dtoil, a chairde.
Halla Deuglán
‘Deuglán is a hall’
Gaelchló a roinn an íomhá so ar an suíomh eile ⁊ ghoideamair uathu í.
‘Deuglán is a hall’
Gaelchló a roinn an íomhá so ar an suíomh eile ⁊ ghoideamair uathu í.
September 28, 2024 at 12:25 PM
Halla Deuglán
‘Deuglán is a hall’
Gaelchló a roinn an íomhá so ar an suíomh eile ⁊ ghoideamair uathu í.
‘Deuglán is a hall’
Gaelchló a roinn an íomhá so ar an suíomh eile ⁊ ghoideamair uathu í.
Líne Glas an Luas
‘Speed is a Line of Locks’
Subject: an Luas ‘(the) Speed’
Predicate: Líne Glas ‘a Line of Locks’
‘Glas’ gan séimhiú mar is ginideach iolra atá ann.
‘Speed is a Line of Locks’
Subject: an Luas ‘(the) Speed’
Predicate: Líne Glas ‘a Line of Locks’
‘Glas’ gan séimhiú mar is ginideach iolra atá ann.
April 21, 2024 at 10:19 AM
Líne Glas an Luas
‘Speed is a Line of Locks’
Subject: an Luas ‘(the) Speed’
Predicate: Líne Glas ‘a Line of Locks’
‘Glas’ gan séimhiú mar is ginideach iolra atá ann.
‘Speed is a Line of Locks’
Subject: an Luas ‘(the) Speed’
Predicate: Líne Glas ‘a Line of Locks’
‘Glas’ gan séimhiú mar is ginideach iolra atá ann.
Níl aon chopail le fáilt sa sampla so cé go mbeifí ag súil léi gan amhras.
Seans ná tiocfaidís fiú dá mbeadh coinne acu leis an gCopail, faraor.
Seans ná tiocfaidís fiú dá mbeadh coinne acu leis an gCopail, faraor.
March 27, 2024 at 12:27 PM
Níl aon chopail le fáilt sa sampla so cé go mbeifí ag súil léi gan amhras.
Seans ná tiocfaidís fiú dá mbeadh coinne acu leis an gCopail, faraor.
Seans ná tiocfaidís fiú dá mbeadh coinne acu leis an gCopail, faraor.
Ceol Acadamh Ríoga na hÉireann
‘The Royal Irish Academy is music’
S: Acadamh Ríoga na hÉireann ‘the RIA’
P: ceol ‘music’
(ciall eile is féidir a bhaint as ‘music of the RIA’ ach sa chás san b’fhearr leis an athair Peadar féin ‘Ceol Acadaimh R. na hÉ.’ le foirm an ghinidigh)
‘The Royal Irish Academy is music’
S: Acadamh Ríoga na hÉireann ‘the RIA’
P: ceol ‘music’
(ciall eile is féidir a bhaint as ‘music of the RIA’ ach sa chás san b’fhearr leis an athair Peadar féin ‘Ceol Acadaimh R. na hÉ.’ le foirm an ghinidigh)
February 26, 2024 at 11:40 PM
Ceol Acadamh Ríoga na hÉireann
‘The Royal Irish Academy is music’
S: Acadamh Ríoga na hÉireann ‘the RIA’
P: ceol ‘music’
(ciall eile is féidir a bhaint as ‘music of the RIA’ ach sa chás san b’fhearr leis an athair Peadar féin ‘Ceol Acadaimh R. na hÉ.’ le foirm an ghinidigh)
‘The Royal Irish Academy is music’
S: Acadamh Ríoga na hÉireann ‘the RIA’
P: ceol ‘music’
(ciall eile is féidir a bhaint as ‘music of the RIA’ ach sa chás san b’fhearr leis an athair Peadar féin ‘Ceol Acadaimh R. na hÉ.’ le foirm an ghinidigh)
Muintir an Cheathrú Rua
“Carraroe is a people”
S: an Cheathrú Rua ‘Carraroe’
P: muintir ‘a people’
tá fíor brón orm
“there is a figure of sorrows upon me”
fíor ‘a figure’ (alt. reading ‘truth’)
brón, gen. pl.: ‘of sorrows’ (gan séimhiú mar go bhfuil an focal sa ghin. iolra)
“Carraroe is a people”
S: an Cheathrú Rua ‘Carraroe’
P: muintir ‘a people’
tá fíor brón orm
“there is a figure of sorrows upon me”
fíor ‘a figure’ (alt. reading ‘truth’)
brón, gen. pl.: ‘of sorrows’ (gan séimhiú mar go bhfuil an focal sa ghin. iolra)
February 26, 2024 at 8:59 PM
Muintir an Cheathrú Rua
“Carraroe is a people”
S: an Cheathrú Rua ‘Carraroe’
P: muintir ‘a people’
tá fíor brón orm
“there is a figure of sorrows upon me”
fíor ‘a figure’ (alt. reading ‘truth’)
brón, gen. pl.: ‘of sorrows’ (gan séimhiú mar go bhfuil an focal sa ghin. iolra)
“Carraroe is a people”
S: an Cheathrú Rua ‘Carraroe’
P: muintir ‘a people’
tá fíor brón orm
“there is a figure of sorrows upon me”
fíor ‘a figure’ (alt. reading ‘truth’)
brón, gen. pl.: ‘of sorrows’ (gan séimhiú mar go bhfuil an focal sa ghin. iolra)