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Re: Fáilte/Welcome

MacStibhin — Fri, 04 Sep 2015 00:41:47 GMT

Lann Abhaigh is Glenavy in English. It's in County Antrim. It's a small village just outside of Belfast.

Re: Fáilte/Welcome

Dale D — Thu, 03 Sep 2015 20:14:55 GMT

Fáilte romhat, a Dhaithí!

Tá mé fiosrach...agus ní maith liom atá amharc agam ar mo léarscáil Éireann. Cad é an "Lann Abhaigh" as Béarla? Cé é an chontae? Cén áit an bhfuil suite?

Is mise Dale. Tá mé i mo gconaí i Woodland, California sna Stáit Aontaithe. Tá beirt deartháireacha agus cuigear deirfiúracha agam. Tá beirt mac agus iníon againn, ach tá gach triúr duine fásta iad. Bhí mé in Éire dhá bliana i 1973-75, agus bhí mé i mBéal Feirste, Lios na gCearrbhach, An Baile Meánach, Carraig Fhearghais, Baile Átha Cliath, Port Láirge, agus Corcaigh.

Tá mé ag foghlaim Gaeilge fós.

Keep working at it.

Dale D

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seano — Thu, 03 Sep 2015 19:01:39 GMT

Fáilte isteach, a Dhaithí! Thuig mé gach aon rud. Maíth thú. Bí cúramach leis an struchtúr atá mar an gcéanna le 'have' i mBéarla. Tá beirt iníonacha agam, Caitlín agus Aoife an leagan ceart. D'úsáid tú sin le Gaeilge - tá Gaeilge agam. Tá súil agam go mbainfidh tú sult as an tsuíomh seo! Beir bua, Seáno.

Re: Fáilte/Welcome

MacStibhin — Thu, 03 Sep 2015 11:51:09 GMT

Dia daoibh a chairde,

is mise Daithí MacStibhin. Is as Béal Feirste mé ach tá mé í mo chónai í Lann Abhaigh. Tá gaelige agam beag ach tá mé ag foghlaim.

Tá mé beirt iníon, Caitlin agus Aoife.

Hopefully that makes sense and if there are any issues, feedback is always welcome.

Go raibh mile maith agaibh

Daithí

Re: Fáilte/Welcome

LauraHuntORI — Tue, 10 Feb 2015 01:22:24 GMT

Is í sin.

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seano — Sun, 08 Feb 2015 18:27:42 GMT

Fáilte isteach, a Laura! Tá áthas orainne go bhfuil tú ag foghlaim Gaeilge fosta. Is breá an teanga í! :-)

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LauraHuntORI — Sun, 08 Feb 2015 15:42:05 GMT

Dia Daoibh.

Is mise Laura. Tá áthas orm go bhfuil mé ag foghlaim Gaeilge.

Re: Fáilte/Welcome

Dale D — Mon, 12 May 2014 11:23:27 GMT

Haigh, Saralyn.

Failte romhat ar fhóram!

Although it is not a "beginner" book necessarily, I do recommend An Prionsa Beag, which I have purchased, and it is a lot of fun to read. In general it follows the English translation fairly closely, but the Irish idioms are faithfully executed. You would have to purchase the English version, The Little Prince, separately, but it should still be available.

As to other possibilities, might I recommend that you look around on www.leabhar.com as they feature a number of books for different levels of Irish learners. They also include some comic books! One that looks intriguing is called An Tóraíocht which is a comic-book retelling of Tóraíocht Diarmad agus Grainne. I have a published version of the story that a friend gave me when I was in Ireland in the '70s, and it is a challenge to read. The comic version, based on the panels they show on their website, looks much simplified as a lot of the actions are visualized so you're mostly reading just dialog. Anyway, when you go to their Siopa/Shop link, they break down all their available offerings into categories, such as Children and Beginners, Teens and Adults, Comics, etc. I suspect you can probably find something of interest that would be useful, although I don't know that they have anything with both English and Irish together, if that's of concern to you.

Disclaimer: I am not in any way affiliated with www.leabhar.com or Cló Mhaigh Eo so I cannot vouch for them, and on the other hand I'm not remunerated in any way either. It does appear to me to be a good resource for getting Irish literature in appropriate levels.

Dale D

Re: Fáilte/Welcome

Saralyn — Tue, 22 Apr 2014 06:35:06 GMT

I just finished online lesson 28 and there are sticky notes all over my house now. I have not got up the nerve to post on Facebook yet, but I am beginning to find myself thinking of ways to incorporate words into the sentences that are in the lessons.

I'd like to find some simple books (children's books would do) to practice on ... especially if they have English and Irish together.

Re: Fáilte/Welcome

Bama — Tue, 11 Feb 2014 02:58:10 GMT

Hi Kay. ......Oh féach! Tá sé ag cur sneachta! Oh look! It's snowing! :-)

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kay1966 — Mon, 10 Feb 2014 20:12:15 GMT

i think this is me also. So far I have sticky notes on my bottle of white wine and whiskey. It's snowing outside so my facebook says 'oh look, sneachta' but i don't know how to say Oh look! in Irish.

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ponipelangi — Fri, 07 Feb 2014 15:59:44 GMT

dia daoibh... im panji from indonesia.. : ) only English and bahasa who studied in my country and irish language isn't popular

today, im trying to learn irish language and one day i had to go to ireland:)

go raibh maith agat ( terimakasih )

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thunderhead — Wed, 17 Jul 2013 01:24:57 GMT

Hi there. I'm a definite newby, as in I only have a few words in Irish. I decided to learn the language because I've gotten into Celtic music really hard core, and I'd like to be able to sing along. Also, I've gotten hooked on listening to Radio na Gaeltachta and it would be nice to understand what the DJ's are saying. I'm from the U.S. and don't have any Irish heritage that I know of, but I'm just in love with the language, so I'm trying to learn it. I literally just started by going on Youtube and trying to learn from some vids people upload, but that's a bit tricky, so I discovered this site.

Re: Fáilte/Welcome

cailingaelach — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 01:31:39 GMT

Dia dhiabh! :)

Sé sin mo chéad uair páirt a glacadh le suíomh trí mhean na gaeilge, ach ceap mé go mbeadh sé suimiúil go leor. Bíonn sé i gconaí iontach chun labhairt le daoine le gaeilge nó daoine atá ag iarriadh an teanga álainn seo a fhoglaim. :)

Hey everyone! This is my first time taking part in an online site through the irish language, but I thought it would be quite interesting as it's always great to talk to people with the language or people that want to learn it. I'm in my final year of college studying the irish langauge, and will hopefully go on next year to do some sort of a masters in it.

Ag tnuth go mór le páirt a glacadh! :)

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Keegah — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 23:20:49 GMT

Hey guys. Absolute, 100% beginner to the language. I'm of half Irish descent (English on the other side), and have been trying to get more in touch with that side of my heritage for awhile now. So, here I am, trying to learn the Irish language. It's going pretty slowly, but I guess it always does when you're first trying to learn a language. Still, the lessons seems to be put together very intuitively, and I'm feeling optimistic. I'm confident I'll achieve fluency eventually.

I will say this though - Irish pronounciation. Wow, is it difficult to get a handle on. Is "bh" a v or a w sound? Why does it seem like it's silent sometimes? I have no idea. I'm sure I'll get used to it eventually.

Anyway, thank you for having me, and I look forward to learning Irish with all of you fine people.