Um. Yeah. I didn't really get that. ^ You're pretty fluent.

Did you say you're Maura? And you live in County Claire??? Anyway, yeah why don't you take over this thread? Cause honestly, I can remember very, very little Gaelic.

Haha yeah my name's Maura and I'm from county Clare =P
I'm pretty awful is what I am! haha >.<

There doesn't really seem to be a thread to 'take over' ...lol so where are you from?

Oh, you should PM a mod and tell them the Gaelic Mod hasn't been around for ages and you could take over. And if they really need another mod, I could do it.

I used to live in Antrim, but we often took holidays in the South.

Anyway, carrying on with the lessons:
Conas ata tu? ~ How are you?
Ann bhfuil tu go maith? ~ Are you all right?
Someone looking closely will notice that some of the words are similar to French. This is because the french language used some gaelic.

But don't quote me on that, because I'm not 100% sure. XD

Haha, well there wouldn't be much point if nobody ever comes on here =]

But hey, I suppose answering those two should be next...

Táim go maith, agus tú féin? = I'm good, and yourself?
Táim go híontach ar fad! = I'm brilliant!
Táim ar fud an domhain = I'm on top of the world
Táim ar fheabhas = I'm very well

Go dona = not at all well
Go hainnis = terrible

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Lol I thought it was because they're all derived from Latin?


So how'd I do? =P

Yeah probably. But PM a Mod and tell them anyway.

Ummmmm. Maybe, but I thought Gaelic was around before Latin?

Wow... what did you say?

Conas ata tu? Sweet... I picked that up. xD

Yeah... uh... Maura.. I think you should take over! The Irish Mod hasn't been on for over a month. And you have me visiting.

Hmmm... I dunno now :S

Haha thanks prongs =P
But I wouldn't even know where to start with 'teaching irish'

I'm not very good at it myself XD

Well you're certainly better than the rest of us Just teach people random phrases!

I'm not sure if this is right, but isn't whiskey in Gaelic translated as "water of life"?

*checks dictionary* whiskey... 'uisce beatha' ... haha XD yup, that's water of life allright! haha =P

Random phrases...

Aithníonn ciaróg ciaróg eile = Takes one to know one
Ní lia duine ná tuairim = everybody has his own opinion
Níl aon dabht faoi = There's no doubt about that
I ndeireadh na Dála = At the end of the day

lol not exactly random.. but I can't think of random things to say at the moment =D
Should I put next to them how to pronounce the words?

Yeah, I think so. People will want to say them as well as write them.

I didn't know most of those. You learn something new every day

Lol nkk...
Aithníonn ciaróg ciaróg eile
Aithníonn = 'a' (as in baa) 'knee' 'on' ....... or 'at' but with a silent 't'
Ciaróg = 'keer' (as in keyring) 'óg' (as in oh-ge ['ge' like the 'g' in garden])
Eile = 'ella'

Níl aon dabht faoi = There's no doubt about that
Níl = 'kneel'
Aon = 'a' (as in may') 'on' (but with a soft 'o')
Dabht = 'doubt'
Faoi = 'f' ( like in fence) 'we'

Sorry, that's all I've got time for at the moment! >.< gotta run!

is anyone teaching?

I'm here... but I'm not exactly a teacher >.<
Anyone know where the mods are?

They don't seem to come on SS anymore.

Yeah... nobody really goes on HP sites anymore... which is kinda depressing =[
Though to be honest, I never really came onto these forums before now XD

I think a lot of people have stopped coming because the 7th book is over.