Learn Irish - Lesson 1 (Introductions)

A series of Irish language lessons by Liam Ó Maonlaí. This lesson focuses on introducing yourself.

Full transcript in PDF format of all lessons available here: http://freepdfhosting.com/269b0f036d.pdf

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[Norskeviking001]

I have a question , does everyone in Ireland speak Irish ?

[SeanOBriain]

@Norskeviking001 no, only a minority of us do. Most people know the basics, but probably only about 10% can speak it reasonably well to fluently.

[Huisihuilke]

@SeanOBriain Is it growing in the times or instead is declining?

[SeanOBriain]

@Huisihuilke Growing.

[johnny45irish]

maybe it's down to munster gaeilge fast becoming a standard due to the effect it has upon learners. either following this or not, i'd just thought i'd point out that how are you in the munster dialect is 'conas atá tú', not 'conas tánn tú'. i personally prefer the munster version as it has more flow, but that's just me.

[SeanOBriain]

@johnny45irish 'Conas tánn tú' is a colloquial way of saying 'Conas atá tú'. You'll also hear 'Conas atá agat' and 'Conas taoi'. If you spend time in any Munster Gaeltacht, you'll hear these terms all the time.

[leafs121688]

This is a haaardd language

[suedonum]

Thank you so much for this. I have set myself a goal of studying this video for 30 minutes each night. I listen, repeat, write it down and wind it back and do it again anc concentrate on it for no less than 30 minutes each night. I'm on the 4th night.

I'm born of Irish parents and this is my way of connecting with my ancestry and keeping my parents and grandparents language alive.

I'll move on to the next video when I'm fluent in this one. Thank you!

[ozcrak]

i wanna learn this language! anyone recommend books~lesson other then this :D

[Brownton4]

@tdub585 munster



[tdub585]

What dialect is this?

[rjl0749]

@sophiesmurph Ok, thanks

[sophiesmurph]

@rjl0749 don't do irish ! It's not a common or easy language the only proper way of learning it is to come to ireland and go to a gaeltacht area. where they only speak irish

[Norskeviking001]

I speak Norwegian, Swedish, english ,portuguese and a little bit of a danish dialect called Föroyskt or faroese...now I am trying Irish ...awesome language !!