One Minute Irish - Sample Video
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the irish we learn in school is shite. im going into junior cert honors irish and ive learnt one phrase this year 'tog a bog e' (take it easy) and i only learnt that because all the lads in my year wer goin around yellin it at evryone :L nd i had to ask one of the lads what it actually meant. so the irish i learnt this year came from a 14yr old lad, not my retarted teacher. all the teachers do is give u an essay in irish and u learn it off and write it down on the paper not knowing wat it means.
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Barely anybody speaks it because of the standard of which it is taught. The courses are both retarded, for higher and ordinary level, and teach you about stuff you dont need to know about. Because of this, we know more bullshit irish than basic Irish. I hve been doing Irish in school for almost 11 years, and can only keep up a conversation for about 5-10 minutes. Its disgraceful, to be honest.
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ROFL! THAT IS SO TRUE!!
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In Ireland are many people who cant speak Gaelic (immigrants in particular) but most of the real Irish still can speak fluently and write correctly. So conclusion: we do speak gaelic
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in ulster we were taught to pronounce foill as foil (as in tin foil)
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they DO speak irish, actually.
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Hi, i'm form Poland and would like to know (but with no prejudice or sth like this) why you DON'T speak Irish in Ireland at all. That is, I know, what happended through your history, your opression by the UK, but it seems to me unimaginable not to speak one's home language. It's very sad, especially when compared to languages/people opressed by Germany or Russia. Cheers
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Gawta luv irish!!!! This 1 min is what we spend a hoel year learning at school!!
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Bhí sé sin an-dheacair go deo!
Canúint Chonnachta abú!
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Indeed man:D
As we explain on our website and in the accompanying materials to One Minute Irish, learning a language is about showing a willingness to communicate with people who speak that language. It is very unlikely that any attempt by non-native speakers to speak Irish or indeed any other language would be met with anything other than appreciation.
radiolingua 3 years ago
Eoin, our Irish teacher, is an experienced Irish teacher from Dublin. The pronunciation of Irish varies across the country, and indeed the phrase "dia duit" is pronounced differently in different areas of Ireland. The word "dia" is pronounced "jia" (as in the "j" of "jack") in some parts of the country. Elsewhere it is pronounced more like a "d". The "d" of "duit" is also pronounced differently in different areas, as some comments suggest.
radiolingua 3 years ago
To all posters of messages below:
This video is one of a series of ten lessons published as a podcast from the Radio Lingua Network. The purpose of these lessons is to provide a very basic - and indeed very slow - introduction to the Irish language. The One Minute series also features lessons in Polish, Russian, Norwegian, Luxembourgish and German, with further languages to follow.
radiolingua 3 years ago