Re: As Gaeilge (In Irish)

[eimeare07]

Mhaith an cailín!!!! Maith thú, bhí a fhios agam ar an chéad nach bhfuil tú i do chonai in Eireann ach is brea liom do canúint Meiriceanach!!!! Ba bhrea liom a bhfuil túsa agus daoine eile i Nua Eachrac ag caint as Ghaeilge!

[Brenn2k9]

Anyone else find it hard to believe that an american learned irish, in america aswel, have to say huge amount of respect to you! its a shame more irish people dont have the interest you do. Ní mbíonn an seans agam a labhairt as gaeilge, anseo, i mBaile Átha cliath, mar tá cairde agam, ach, an rud tábhachtach! Níl aon suim acu. Deirim " Is éireannach thú agus is fearr leat an bearla labhairt?" ach, deireann siad "I don't care", is amadán ea iad dar liomsa ha, ar aon nós, Maith thú!

[ocomaing]

caide ? is gaeilic thir chonaill ata aici !!!!! donegal irish she has!

[ManxyBoy1]

What course did you take and what University did you go to?

[thischarmingmeg]

@ManxyBoy1 Hiya, this was through NYU's Irish studies program (though bear in mind about six years ago now!). I ended up with a minor in Irish Studies, but it was kind of incidental and not my primary course of study.

[jordanaus75]

Nicely done and great to see. I knew straight away you weren't Irish though as your American accent is pretty strong. 

[gazzyN2k8]

It sounds arabic lol weird, Ide rather welsh >8P x

[SimCity4IE]

Woah. Tá do chuid Gailge go hiontach, is as Meireiceá tusa i ndáiríre? Ceapaim go bhfuil Gaeilge Mumhain agat; úsáideann tú a lán focail a d'úsáidfaí i gCúige Mumhain. Táim líofa i nGaeilge, ach níl iad m'athair is mo dheirfiúr. Cén fáth nach n-úsáidtear an teanga timpeall na tíre? B'fhearr go mó liomsa a bheith in ann ag caint inti ar scoil...

[SimCity4IE]

Oh, agus físeán uamhnach a ba é chomh mhaith :P

[mcgarrie1]

Tá sé aontach a fheiceail!!!!

[acidglow]

You are lovely

[DaughterUnderChrist]

jealousssssssss

[thewheelturns7]

Caighdeán Líofacht: 7/10

-Maith go leor

Stór Focail: 4/10

-Caithfidh tú níos mó obair a dhéanamh anseo

Coinneál suas an dea-oibre ar aon nós :)

[draoi99]

Tá Gaeilge mhaith líofa agat, a chailín. Go maire tú.

[backpacc]

wow...you speak gaeilge with a beautiful accent =)

all I could understand was the "and"'s lol (agus) and that you learned it in New York lol

[Seamus616]

Guím gach rath ort! maith an chailín

[prendizzle101]

Ionatch ar fád!! Maith thú!

I'm 15 years old and I did the Junior Cert last year, agus mise á ra leat go bhfuil caighdéan Gaeilge thar cionn agat!!

You standard of Irish surpasses the students who have been learning the language for over 10 years...Trust me!! Ar fhéabhas!!

[thewheelturns7]

Where are you going with your fadas?

[irishpride9999]

eirin go braugh that is so spelled wrong lol GO IRELAND OR IRELAND FOREVER

[BrackenwoodAirsack]

very good (wish i could speak irish =D ), although the audio and video arnt in sync.

[gealgaire]

ana dheas a chailin! coimead leis. Taimid broduil as do chuir iarachtai. Taim fhein i mo chonai i gcorcaigh anseo agus ta an meid cheann gaeilge i nua eabharc! Cinnte.

[drifter1995]

its great hearing americans but not only americans other countrys to speaking irish :) in school every one hates the irish exam's

[sirchristian12]

But Irish is such a beautiful language. The most beautiful I say.

I am starting to learn Gaeilge. It's better than learnin English, haha

[bacabu30]

Maith thú! Tá Gaeilge iontach agat agus is maith liom an blas Meiriceánach sa Gaeilge atá agat! Lean ort leis an dea-obair! An mbaineann tú taitneamh as, bheith ag foghlaim an Ghaeilge?

[cossaloops]

cant believe you managed to learn irish in america! u must have been really motivated :) cos i find it hard enough to learn it and im irish and have to do it for school... its so random hearin an american talk irish! maith an cailin!

[Stoirmeacha]

Most of us Americans that try to learn it have a hard enough time and have to scrounge around on the net or get our libraries and bookstores to order books on learning Gaeilge. But, those of us who are dedicated enough are successful like this girl.

[Xallyman]

Wow, maith thú! Is mise Xally agus is mise foghlaim Gaeilge gid a big (?)

tóg go bog é!

( Ok i tried to say "well done, im xally and im learning (im aware i said learn, dont know how to say learn-ing) Gaeilge bit by bit... take care" Can anyone correct any mistakes? go raibh maith agat

[Xpeanut360]

The first bit was good! But you can't say "is mise foghlaim". That means you are learning. As in, you are learning personified. It's " Tá mé ag foghlaim" or " Táim ag foghlaim" if you want to contract the 'tá' and the 'mé' as we do in Munster Irish.

[maitiudeburca]

you would/could say , "taim/ta me ag foghlaim" (fadas omitted)

[Xallyman]

go raibh mile maith agat

[duinex]

Cuteness ar fad. Is maith liom. I'm so excite!

[Xpeanut360]

Wow Megan, you're American! I never would have guessed it. Sounds pure Connemara to my southern, Cork City ears. Well done. Your Irish sounds better than mine and I've been speaking it since I was five years old!

[pbrucpaul]

When I visted Ireland, I heard something like this somewhere just a bit North of County Claire. I thought it sounded almost like a Slavic language and I thought I was in another country altogether. I have Irish blood (Yay!) and just heard Gaelic 'Hello' and 'How are you' when I was growing up from a Granduncle (Cusack was his last name) in America. I'm fascinated by languages and I'd like to learn this one. Slainte'

[deargciarog]

A chara Meg,

It's great to hear you speak, even without subtitles. Here in Orlando, there's no place to learn Irish formally. Do you have any recommendations for a casual learner? I use BYKI dot COM's demo, visit ENGLISHIRISHDICTIONARY dot COM, and some other sites currently. Have you heard if GAELTALK dot NET courses are any good? I'm especially keen to learn Munster Irish but the BYKI product's speaker is from Connemara... Any help would be appreciated. Mise le meas.

[thischarmingmeg]

Thanks for your comment! Unfortunately since I was lucky enough to take classes I don't know much about teach-yourself resources to recommend. All I can say is I liked listening to Clannad, reading Beo. ie, and watching Irish Sponge Bob episodes on Youtube.

[NRsAnro]

lol I've seen every episode of spongebob in English so when I watch it in Irish I know it lol!

Spogebob Rocks

[UrbanZenpk]

god thats hot ! nothing like a sexy gal speaking irish ! Dam ! 5 stars!

[Sneaklemming]

Wow, your accent is so cool, I've learnt Munster Irish, so it all sounds a bit strange; but I am surprised that you aren't irish!!! What inspired you to learn the language? agus is maith liom do video!

[thischarmingmeg]

go raibh maith agat! i have great-grandparents and great-uncles who speak/spoke it (used to get cryptically irish birthday cards in my youth) but really it came down to a whim while browsing the university course book!

[neibotlai]

i dig it, i read a book about tribal civilizations, it talked about how the irish language is almost identical to that of the Algonquin tribes of the midwest, have ever heard that?

[everheart66]

Is that true? That's incredibly interesting... can you please tell me the name of that book?

[neibotlai]

i dont have tth book here to spell it correctly, and the title is in lokota so im not going to try.

but if you post on my site, that will remind me to send it your way. peace

[everheart66]

I tried through your myspace site, if that's what you mean, but I need your surname or email adress. What can I do?

[neibotlai]

im sorry it took so long, but the book is called "mutakuye oyasin"-we are all related- written by a cat Dr. A.C.Ross

[everheart66]

Thanks very much, man. Sounds like interesting stuff! I'll find it!

[zagwitz]

an bhfuil tú as an tuisceart??

[gre0481]

I'm interested in the gaelic tongue. Props to those who teach :) I'm American by birth, I cannot just claim one ethnicity. But I aspire to learn all aspects of my various backgrounds. ( Irish being one of them ) Good luck to you in all your endeavors. Ignore the negativity. They're just jealous or have nothing else better to do with their time :)

[grfgrf528]

Yeah...I've got a comment...duh...what??

[mags0258]

she is speaking as gaeilge!....duh???...

and le haidgh an daoine eile ag caint as gaielge bhi an buachaill sin amadan mor dar liom, bhuel cailini go neiri an t-adh leat!

[ArildNL79]

Rawr!

[laugharooster]

Apart from the fact that it sounds ultrasupercool

and also that I did not understand heck!

Congrats to you and the rest that keep the language

alive!

Thumbs up.

[ahhaurface]

ha sounds lyk ulster gaeilge ... nice job! :D

[SeanFlowers747]

You speak Gaelic very well. When did you first learn?

[thischarmingmeg]

Thanks. I only started at university and took it for four or five years.

[coldeus]

I'm not a native english speaker. I mean I'm neither from the United Kingdoms nor from Ireland but I can say this is not that beautiful to hear...this is actually more or less close to German (not so close but sounds a bit like) but I definitely prefer German...

[FallenForever]

is that all you have to say back ?

[dbacks4division2]

ha ha ha, what does dingerbiela mean? that sounds so sweet, and i dig the accent, makes your hottt

[itsukawatashino]

jesus crist, that is DEFINETLY noooooooooooot hot.

[thischarmingmeg]

Folks, this may shock you, but I did not make this video to be "hot". Unsolicited opinions about my appearance or speculative sexual interest, whether positive or negative, are unwelcome.

[0y0e0a0]

rofl sounds like the sims!!

[dratsab1980]

FatherWarhol that is...

[Balisinger]

Hahahah xD What a funny language <3

[FatherWarhol]

So what's your problem? The problem is you're Irish. All Irish are barstards.

[Cimnu]

explain yourself on that comment!!

[dratsab1980]

you are a twat.

[dekonfrost7]

what you lil bastard?

[thischarmingmeg]

I'm rather confused by this, though I should know better than to expect intelligent discourse in YouTube comments.

1. Did I say I had a problem?

2. I'm American.

[TacticalSiege]

Thanks for sharing that it's great ot her cultural languages.. A lot of people think that Ireland never talk in their original language even though you're like a stones throw away from my country (England). But it's a real nice language anyhoo =-)

[flybynightfilms]

i agree! ha ha como?

[ANALVOMIT666]

you're very pretty

[bobmon54]

please no politics from anyone especially dim wits"ullster commando" you ugly toad

[luckyspunk27]

what did she just say?

[luckyspunk27]

huh?!?!?!

[UlsterCommando]

who would want 2 learn gaylick its finished along with all the scumbag ira haha!

[MrChoke]

Not this ^^^ 13 year old ass fuck!! LOL

[jimothy33]

maith an cailin!

[NIKIwillEATyou]

irish isn't a language. gaeilge is.

[SunshynMaker]

scottish galic or gaelic (whatever) is so much better

[MmmmGreenBalls]

IRLEAND ROXS DONKEY DICK LOL...yah im frm irelandnd been learnin it for 12 years nd me r none of my friends can even pu a sentence together lol......

[edmundo91]

What?????

[FisherOfMen06]

I didn't know Irish was a language...Seriously, I didn't know that. :P

[Patriot3022]

what da fuck was that!

ke rayos fue eso?

[celticgirl08]

I love irish gaelic... i hope i could speak like her... *sigh*

[xxpollypocket]

bhuel, caithfaidh me rá, tá tú nios fearr ag an gaeilge ná atá cuid is mó d na daoine in Eirinn.Ní raibh fhois agam bhí daoine ag foghlaim an gaeilge i dtiortha diffruil!!ta se ar feabhas!!

coimead é suas!!

[ailrugby]

Good on you! keep up the Gaeilge.

[seankisaragi]

Wow you're American! Bhuel, rinne tú impreasan mór orm le do chaighdean an-ard Gaeilge!

An raibh tú beagainín nearbhíseach? Ná bí! Ní raibh fhios agam go raibh daoine ag foghlaim ár dteanga ar fud an domhan :) I ndáiríre níl gaeilge foirfe ag a lán daoine!

Choimead é suas :)

[antoconno]

Tá gaeilge maith agat. Maith an cailín.

[promontorium]

Irish is Gaelic, there is Irish,Scottish,Welsh, Briton Gaelic, they're all dialects of the original language spoken by the Celts, who were originally spread across Europe but were isolated, defeated, or assimilated into the Germanic tribes, the Roman Empire, and eventually countries like Spain and France. Thus driving the Celts onto the British isles.

[SchmedleyDoRight]

Exactly. Clarity is paramount.

[IciePanther]

Is Mheircanach thu! Ta tu nios fearr a labhairt na an chuid is mo daoine in Eireann :D

[paschan83]

i think,irish is a interesting and nice language.Irish language and irish culture must survive along centuries, because of this peaople have a great culture and honour.

i send my loves and respects to my IRISH friends from TURKIYE.

[capslock86]

ye ur hot

but accept it, England won!

[Shasta5657]

Is gaelic related to the scandinavian languages or Icelandic, it resembles those languages in sound anyway.

[pilotguy415]

Gaelic is where irish is derived from and yes there are scandinavian relations. Back in like 800AD the vikings were a major part of ireland either by invasion or trade so for obvious reason the gaelic language evolved with more scandinavian like sounds.

I hope I made that clear, oh and she is speaking Irish which is not gaelic, simular but not the same.

Tha Thu Breagha. 'S mise Padraig. De 'n aois a tha thu? A bheil sin ceart?

[erikmatt]

It does sound a bit like Icelandic (Islandsku), but you don't roll the r's in Gaelic.

[AdamEnigma]

Wheres the part when you drink a beer?

[rich1913434]

silim go bhfuil caighdean nios fearr agat na a lan daoine i mo tir duchais inniu. go raibh maith agat, ta se ar fheabhas go bhfuil daoine on tiortha eile ag caint as gaeliege.

[Aldoliquidillusion]

errrrrrrrrr.... what?

[virtubabe]

cathfaidh mé a rá tá sé go hiontach go bhfuil daoine ó tiré eile ag usáid an teanga Gaeilge :)

go raibh míle maith agut xxxxxxx Kate

[ShabashJawan]

You're a SIX.

[dave84irl]

SO AMEIRCAN!!

[Mwuhahahahamwu]

I caught some of the words.. How do you say OMG YOU ARE SO HOT? :-)

[CitizenGeek]

I think it's "A dhia, tá tú có te!" - but that's a grammatical catastrophe to be honest!

Also, cool vid! I really like your accent!

[imtheusertoo]

How come the lips are out of sync, looks fake

[thischarmingmeg]

haha, what? why would it be fake? it was my first try uploading anything to youtube and i think the quicktime video format that came out of the camera isn't up to youtube's optimal uploading specs.

[imtheusertoo]

Hey, chill, Charming I said looks fake, not that it was, besides it's cute, not that I understood a word...gave it 4 stars

[Kyle359]

Because the audio and video are out of sync. It's a common problem on YouTube.

[imtheusertoo]

Thanks Kyle, Charming already informed me, first time upload, that's one more I ever done.

[betis73]

co??????:)))

[elektra72]

I am learning Scots Gaelic and could understand a little bit. Irish is also a beautiful language.

[brendo97]

maith thú a meg. is mise breandain agus is brea liom gheailge. maith thú

[elmarcoco]

Maith thu!

[JeffreyJ123]

An iontach maith.

[fionull]

Maith thú Meg! Is deas an Ghaeilge atá agat

[01Xenon01]

直 指 人 心

[diarmuidh]

Fair play to you! youdeserve an Irish passport for that!!

[AnTreasach]

Ar dóigh! An as na Stáit Aontaithe nó Éire thú féin? Gaeilge den scoth agat cibé! Léigh mé gurb as Cúige Uladh do mhúinteoir? Mise i mo chónaí i mBéal Feirste in Ulaidh fosta, ag déanamh staidéir ar an Ghaeilge, thuig mé do chuid Gaeilge go breá :) maith thú

[learnirish]

maith thú a Mheg! coinnigh ár dteanga lasta

[Jesjes1]

Oh, I am your 2000th view of this video!

Maith thú as ucht an teanga a foghlaim, agus tú i Méircea!! Ar mbeidh tú ag teacht anseo, Éireann, ríomh?

[thischarmingmeg]

2000?! yikes! Agus dia duit - thug me faoi deara do fhisean freagra do MokongX3m go direach areir! Caithfidh me dul ar ais agus iad uilig a feachaint.

Chaith me seachtain is leith i gCorcaigh nuair a bhi me timpeall se bliana dheag, agus rinne me staidear ar "tearma shamhraidh" (se seachtaine) i mBaile Atha Cliath le NYU. Ba bhrea liom dul ar ais la eigin! Ca bhfuil tu in Eirinn?

[cjknmusic]

oh mo dhia! ni creidim é! as nua eabhrac? sin COMH greannmhar agus comh maith!

[Evry1lovesmegadeth]

great ... well done. however dont forget to pronounce the "dhuit" in "dia dhuit" as gwitch (remeber that "dh" isnt pronounced as "d" but rather as "g")

[Aodhan]

íontach- tá sé thar a bheith ait gaeilge a chloisteáil leis an blas sin- cuireann sé áthas orm go bhfuil daoine ann sa Stáit Aontaithe ag bainnt usáid as ár dteanga alainn

[dialoguentai]

Tá do chuid gaeilge ar fheabhas is tá luachar orm go bhfuil na daoine ag foglaim na Gaeilge sna stait aontaithe fosta! Séan (as Béal Féirste)

[mangaire1]

Tá aeilge maith agat.

Ceapaim go bhfuil canúint Ultach agat ?

[thischarmingmeg]

Go raibh maith agat! Ta, b'as Uladh mo mhuinteoir.

[fionull]

An áit is fearr! Beannachtaí ó Bhéal Feirste!

[omiochain]

D'fhoghlaim tú do chuid Gaeilge in Ollscoil i Nua Eabhrac!?Wow, sin dochreideach!!Tá caighdean maith agat!!An ndearna tú céim sa Ghaeilge?!Rinne mé staidéar ar an Ghaeilge agus mé san Ollscoil fosta ach i mBaile átha Cliath (U.C.D)!!Tá sé ar fheabhas go bhfuil daoine ag cruthú físéan ar YouTube anois!!Ba cheart dúinn aon mhodh chumarsáide a úsáid chun an teanga a chur chun cinn agus a chaomhnú!!

[MilesianMark]

lol! plz replace ur "for the lark" comment with "for the craic" meg :P lol but yeah tá tú ag cáint as Gaeilge ró-mhaith! ohh agus réaltaí óir i hope mokong! :D

[MokongX3M]

ah good point, cúig réaltaí óir do meg

[trevor7744]

This is really cool!

[B0X0]

Hah, thats great, i've never heard an american accent in irish .

[MokongX3M]

You learnt your Irish in New York? I didn't realise they teach it outside of this little island, wow, that is awesome. And your accent is great (better than mine and i been learning Irish since I was 4) i thought you were from Ireland until you said you were from America.

Seo mo céad físéan freagra fresin go dí mo físéan, agús tá sé do céad físéan ar Youtube. Ar fheabhas! Maith an cailín tú féin.

[thischarmingmeg]

thank you! my university happened to have a good teacher - i took one semester as a lark and stayed with it for four years! but i can think of several places in nyc that offer classes.

this video stuff is addicting, i'm trying to think of what i could talk about next... ;-)

[MokongX3M]

Cool i look forward to seeing more, i bet you get way more subscribers than simply because your a girl but thats cool (so word of warning be prepared for so pervs) My "As Gaeilge" vid is actualy my most viewed vlog vid, its nearing 900 views which i didn't expect as most of my vlog vids stuggle to get even 100 views, i'm thinking of doing more in Irish, just not sure what to say

[chungfuduck]

Agus tá mé ag foghlaim i San Diego. (I hope I got that right =D) I'm only into week 5 of a free class.

Please post more vids. Listening to RTÉ is ok, but both of your postings were just so much better. Go raibh maith agat!

[MokongX3M]

ána mhaith, céad míle fáilte roite á dheanamh fíesean freaga dom. Cúig Realtí duitsa :)