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JuniperWilde

Thirty-Two Words for Field | MANCHAN. MAGAN

My read -
Just started this one and am looking forward to the lyrical writing and historical information.

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GingerAntics

Pimsleur Irish Quick & Simple Course - Level 1 Lessons 1-8 CD: Learn to Speak and Understand Irish (Gaelic) with Pimsleur Language Programs | Pimsleur

so-so

Not a bad place to start. It‘s certainly the easiest source to find for learning the Irish language. My concern comes mostly from the sudden piling on of mostly new vocabulary at lesson 8, where all the other lessons added a limited amount of new information mixed in with review from the previous lessons. 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻 #Irish #IrishLanguage #AncestralLanguage

GingerAntics Also, the entire thing is dedicated to going to a pub and talking to someone for the first time, and how to respond to an invitation to their home within 10 minutes (something not likely to happen in real life). It is certainly more realistic than duolingo, but still not really useful beyond the first 5 or 6 lessons. 2y

quietlycuriouskate One for my husband's radar: he's been learning Irish on Duolingo and complains about the nonsensical sentences it asks him to translate. 2y

GingerAntics @kathedron this was definitely better, and I felt like I at least had a handle on actually saying something useful in Irish. It‘s a starting point for sure. I think the number one thing with this is you actually get human, native speakers of Irish. I‘ve recently found a few more beginner Irish audiobook/lessons, so I look forward to seeing how those expand my vocabulary, and hopefully he can find something he likes, too. 2y

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GingerAntics

Pimsleur Irish Quick & Simple Course - Level 1 Lessons 1-8 CD: Learn to Speak and Understand Irish (Gaelic) with Pimsleur Language Programs | Pimsleur

The description says this has 8 lessons, I‘ve also found a transcript online for 8 lessons, but mine has 10… so I‘m a little confused on that front. Anyway, I started this at the beginning of the year. Instead of doing a lesson a day for 10 days, I did a lesson a week (and listened to it 6-7 times, once a day). I stalled at lesson 8 oddly enough. I haven‘t listened lately, but I‘m picking it back up.
#Irish #IrishLanguage #AncestralLanguage

GingerAntics I have always wanted to learn Irish, and this year I chose to actively do something about it as part of my personal spiritual practice… so magically this is now tying into our #DeadPhilosophersSociety read. Just look at me go! 😂 2y

GingerAntics My current plan is to finish with this by July to move on to my next Irish Language learner audiobook. I have to say, I adore the sound of Irish, and I like that I am starting to understand some basic things when I hear them. 2y

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TheSpineView

The Midnight Court: A New Translation of "C�irt an Mhe�n O�che" | Ciaran Carson, Brian Merriman

#poetrymatters @TheSpineView
Prompt: Custom

Read the whole poem here: https://poets.org/poem/midnight-court-twas-my-custom-stroll

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GingerAntics

Collins Very First Irish Dictionary | Collins Dictionaries

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This is one of the very few dictionaries for the Irish Language I‘ve found. It‘s meant for kids but isn‘t bad for adults. It has a great section in the back that explains the basics of Irish grammar without being overwhelming, that is so helpful to someone trying to learn Irish. These might not be the most useful 500 words, but they certainly are words of interest to kids and are probably useful for educators as well.
#Irish #IrishLanguage

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AkashaVampie I'm Irish on both sides (mother and father) so I feel a great connection with Irish things. Someday 🤞🤞🤞 I hope to go to Ireland. I might have to check this book out 5y

GingerAntics @AkashaVampie I‘m hoping to find one day, too. 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻 I‘ve got Irish on both sides as well. 5y

GingerAntics @AkashaVampie I think I‘d suggest a phrase book or even Pimsleur Irish. Those are going to be far more useful. Unless you‘re planning to visit a zoo while in Ireland, there isn‘t going to be a lot of use for the contents of this particular book for a tourist in Ireland. 5y

AkashaVampie @GingerAntics thanks hun 5y

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GingerAntics

Motherfocl�ir: Dispatches from a Not So Dead Language | Darach O' Seaghdha

so-so

This book is part memoir, part historical, part etymological and part big long list of mostly very loosely related words. The parts that are memoir are great. The history and etymology are interesting. If that‘s what this book was, it would be great. After the first few chapters, the book is mostly big long lists of words in paragraph form. It‘s tiring and not what I thought I was getting myself into. 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻

GingerAntics I wanted to love this book, but I‘m just exhausted with it. Ó Séaghdha‘s twitter account is great. Stick with that. #DarachOSeaghdha #Motherfolcoir #IrishLanguage #Irish 6y

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GingerAntics

Motherfocl�ir: Dispatches from a Not So Dead Language | Darach O' Seaghdha

This is so true.
#DarachOSeaghdha #Motherfolcoir #IrishLanguage #Irish

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GingerAntics

Motherfocl�ir: Dispatches from a Not So Dead Language | Darach O' Seaghdha

I must explore this literature!!!
#DarachOSeaghdha #Motherfolcoir #IrishLanguage #Irish

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GingerAntics

Motherfocl�ir: Dispatches from a Not So Dead Language | Darach O' Seaghdha

Totally different. I don‘t see why people get confused. It‘s so obvious.
🤣😂🤣
#DarachOSeaghdha #Motherfolcoir #IrishLanguage #Irish

Riveted_Reader_Melissa 😂. Of course they aren‘t! 6y

GingerAntics @Riveted_Reader_Melissa see!!! You see it, too!!! 🤣😂🤣 6y

Riveted_Reader_Melissa Even when I see a stout by the waterfall. 6y

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GingerAntics @Riveted_Reader_Melissa exactly. I don‘t get why everyone says Irish is so hard to learn. 😆 6y

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @GingerAntics It‘s probably all pronunciation emphasis, or article beforehand (like spanish), or the hand gesture that goes with it, or most likely context. You rarely catch and skin a waterfall? So totally obvious!! 6y

GingerAntics @Riveted_Reader_Melissa 🤣😂🤣 Irish actually doesn‘t have a word for “a,” but it does have a word for “the.” It‘s probably context and if it has an eclipse or lenition it would be different by gender. There are some adjectives that change based on if something is living or not, so that would be a clue. It‘s a really weird language. 6y

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @GingerAntics It sounds very interesting. 6y

GingerAntics @Riveted_Reader_Melissa I just figured out from my “very first Irish dictionary” picture dictionary that the basic sentence structure is verb-noun-adjective. So I feel more confident this evening than I did this morning. The pronunciation is so different, it‘s going to take me a while to get a handle on it. 6y

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @GingerAntics Pronunciation is always so hard, especially if you can‘t hear it. And from the only authentic Gaelic I‘ve ever heard, the sounds were so different...I‘m guessing true Welsh and Irish are equally different to the ear than the sounds we‘re use too from English. 6y

GingerAntics @Riveted_Reader_Melissa that‘s a good way to put it. I‘ve got some great pronunciation stuff from Pimsleur, but almost no pronunciation from Duolingo. I‘m hoping that in the next year or so I‘ll be able to do bite size Irish. That actually have video chat communities to work on pronunciation and discussion. (edited) 6y

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GingerAntics

Motherfocl�ir: Dispatches from a Not So Dead Language | Darach O' Seaghdha

Not going to lie, this is funny, yes, but it‘s also getting old. Long strings of words and meanings. I miss the memoir parts. Apparently that‘s just the first 1/4 to 1/3.
#DarachOSeaghdha #Motherfolcoir #IrishLanguage #Irish

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