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How to COUNT in IRISH: numbers as GAEILGE! part 2 💚 people + dates

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Dog Days - Lurgan X Urdd - Gaeilge/Cymraeg

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Now You're Talking - Episode 4

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Ceann

While the word ceann is used in Munster to mean “head”, parts of Connacht (Galway and Mayo) and Ulster (all of it) favour cloigeann (skull), and ceann is used almost exclusively to refer to “one”.

For example,

Sin é an ceann a bhí mé ag caint faoi That’s the one I was talking about

Tá ceann de na rothaí pollta One of the wheels is punctured

It is also used in the plural:

How many horses do you have? We have three. Cé mhéad capall atá agaibh? Tá trí cinn againn.

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Essential Vocabulary 1: People Things

There’s a popular idea put forth that as long as you know a certain number of common words in the language you are learning, you should be able to hold a conversation well. Grammar notwithstanding, here is a vocabulary list of over 800 essential vocabulary words. Hover over each for English translations. 

Note: While doing these, I’ve realised that a lot of them are on Duolingo, so you should use that to supplement your vocabulary. A word of caution, though: do not use it as your primary source of learning. (Why?)

Edit: a very kind reader put this up as a course on Memrise, with Connacht pronunciations!

Essential Irish Vocabulary on Memrise

People

Mac, inion, máthair, athair, tuismitheoir, leanbh, fear, bean, deartháir, deirfiúr, teaghlach, clann, seanathair, seanmháthair, fear chéile, bean chéile, rí, banríon, uachtaran, comharsa, buachaill, cailín, páiste, duine fásta, cara, íospartach, imreoir, leantóir, slua, plód, duine

All posts on daoine

Body

Ceann, cloigeann, muineál, aghaidh, féasóg, gruaig, súil, béal, liopa, srón, fiacail, cluas, deoir, teanga, droim, ladhar, méar, cos, lámh, gualainn, croí, fuil, inchinn, glúin, allas, galar, aicíd, cnámh, glór, guth, craiceann, corp, gortú

Posts tagged people (daoine)

Jobs

Muinteoir, dalta, dlíodóir, dochtúir, othar, freastalaí, friothálaí, rúnaí, sagart, gardaí, póilíní, arm, saighdiúir, ealaíontóir, údar, bainisteoir, tuairisceoir, iriseoir, aisteoir, post

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Pronouns

Mé, mise, tú, tusa, sé, seisean, sí, sise, muid, muidne, sinn, sinne, sibh, sibhse, siad, siadsan

Posts on emphatic pronouns

Pronouns join with verbs: see all posts on forainm

Clothing

Hata, guna, culaith, sciorta, léine, t-léine, bríste, bróga, póca, cóta, smál, éadaí

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How to say 'what's wrong?' in Irish? A really nice easy and practical way question you can use every day

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The Ulster Dialect (part 2) Gaeilge Uladh 💚

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WORDS and VERBS from the ULSTER DIALECT! 💚

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How to: have a conversation as Gaeilge 🇮🇪🗣 useful questions & answers in Irish!

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How to: start a CONVERSATION in IRISH! 🇮🇪 as Gaeilge 💚

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‘Tá sé na rudaí beaga’ - It’s the little things

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Meet my DOG Snoop 🐶 | BEGINNERS IRISH (as Gaeilge)

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Talking to a NATIVE ULSTER IRISH speaker 😃 🇮🇪 (as Gaeilge)

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If you use Duolingo, maybe don't anymore? The company is moving to be "AI-first" and is using AI to generate their content. Meaning, AI is now generating your language lessons.

They announced that they were going to use AI for this a while back but now they're annoucing that they're getting rid of the contractors reviewing the AI generated content. So, very soon Duolingo is just going to be AI generated slop that might not even be correct.

For alternatives, I'd recommend checking with your local library. For instance, mine offers Rosetta Stone for free if you have a library card.

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A little tip to learn and memorize some vocabulary in your target language: you can download and play a Hidden Objects games in your target language. (You can do this by going into the language settings of the game). Depending on how familiar you are with the language this may or may not be slow and difficult at first, but before you know it you'll have the names of countless everyday objects ingrained in your memory.

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heyyyy so since duolingo is replacing all its staff with ai nows a good time to get a library card and use the Mango app to learn languages :) it actually helps learn them too instead of just being a little game that rewards you for using it every day without teaching you anything :)

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My favorite Japanese Grammar Guide online for free: Sabuki Yesterday's Grammar Guide. I like this one because it's easy to understand and the quickest read of the grammar guides I have found.

There's also Tae Kim's Grammar Guide, which is free and understandable.

Imabi is also good, especially if you'd like to read up on a grammar point in depth. It is hard to read quickly to get a quick overview, however, which is how I usually read grammar guides as a beginner.