5 Best Irish Grammar Tips You'll Find Today

[@LearnIrish]

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[@Conor_Rafferty]

An í an chanúint Mumhneach nó an chanúint Connachtach, do chanúint?

[@LearnIrish]

Teanga amháin agus táim ag labhairt gach chanúint.

[@LearnIrish]

If only there was a market or demand for that, but you never know, stranger things have happened 🙂

[@malachymccloskey7839]

Dia duit. . I just ordered the set off 3 Collins books through your link.

[@LearnIrish]

Malachy thank you for your support, I'm sure you'll find them useful and informative.

[@MairinDuffy]

OMG I can finally stop flailing about with randomly placed urús and seimhiús now, thanks for such a clear & concise explainer!

[@LearnIrish]

You're very welcome, best wishes

[@kobito610]

This is extremely helpful thank you

[@LearnIrish]

Glad to help, best wishes

[@NewHeartChurchcrc]

Thank you I have irish roots so I thought it would be cool to learn irish God bless you

[@genderneutrallyspeaking927]

Good tip for fellow learners: i also becomes in when followed by words that aren't in Irish. So if you're saying a place name that doesn't have an Irish equivalent, you would use in, rather than i.

[@Tjmce]

Yes you would use cause your still speaking irish 🇮🇪

[@LearnIrish]

Indeed

[@curtisunit]

Déin, thanks so much for you videos. I’ve been slowly absorbing bits of Irish through osmosis since I landed in 2014. This is one of those nuggets that cuts through the thick and gets right to it. It really helps. I’m an objectively slow learner and I’ve been spending a lot of time in Fócloir and Teanglann and I could use some new sites to go when I’m not chatting with someone. These videos are very helpful. Stay well. Thumbs up.

[@LearnIrish]

Glad to hear that you found the videos useful and informative and yes www.focloir.ie is a great resource. Good luck with your journey.

[@fatimadyfan]

thank you this was way more than any Irish teacher has taught me

[@LearnIrish]

My pleasure, glad to help you 🙂

[@saxophone.4513]

I dossed all the way through Irish in school. I wish I had worked harder as I really appreciate the Irish language now and envy those who can speak it. I wish I had my time back and probably teachers who had a better way of teaching the beautiful language of Irish

[@LearnIrish]

Youth is wasted on the young 🙁

[@zulkiflijamil4033]

Ag - at, ag an - at the, ar - on , ar an - on the, i - in a , i mbus - in a bus. I am slowly learning Irish but your lesson is so excellent. Go raibh maith agat.

[@LearnIrish]

You're getting there

[@kathleenkeane4364]

Oh my god I feel the bata on my back the thump on the head , but you teach brilliant.

[@eggo8101]

My man a legend for doin this

[@LearnIrish]

Thank you

[@BarerRudeROC]

You produce some of the best Irish language videos, GRMA

[@LearnIrish]

I appreciate that - thank you 😊

[@tommartin3697]

You are a legend pal

[@LearnIrish]

Thank you

[@pompikaushal4604]

Dia dhuit Dane! Another great video I really loved it! You have explained the complicated(at least for me)grammatical rules very clearly! Físeán an-úsáideach nach mór do gach duine féachaint air! Go raibh maith agat agus slán go fóill !

[@LearnIrish]

Thank you for your support, best wishes and stay safe 😊

[@penguinabroad]

I know this is reall late, but thank you for having these videos up. It really clears some things up and you explain things so well. I really appreciate it.

[@LearnIrish]

It's a pleasure

[@naomiseraphina9718]

Go raibh mile maith agat, a Dane!! Is cruthu iontach an video seo! You answered several burning questions I've been struggling with in this one. Without doubt the most challenging thing the beginning student of Irish faces is the bewildering array of initial mutations in Irish words, and the seemingly random way in which they occur. In one short video you gave a predictable pattern to something that has hitherto kept me in confusion. Thank you again! I love your channel! Nar laga dia thu! Go n-eiri and bothar leat! --N

[@donaldmccormack7580]

GRMMA arìs a Dhane. Tà `mè fìorbhìoch diot. Certainly for many of us this is a very tough and confusing area. I really appreciate the ease and patience you showed in explaining it. Look after yourself, a chara.

[@LearnIrish]

Best wishes to you too! Míle buíochas.

[@MisterBlue55]

I recently took a course of Irish classes. One thing I asked the teacher was, why do so many Irish people say 'haitch' instead of 'aitch' for the letter 'h'. His only answer was, 'it's not only Irish people who pronounce the letter that way'. Although I am an Irish man born in London, I am trained as an ESOL (Engiish for speakers of Other Languages) teacher. One thing I made a point of teaching my students is, 'h' is the eighth letter of the English language and it is the only letter to be featured in the dictrionary as a complete word. It comes under 'A' and not 'H'.

[@clairemarie9597]

I was always told its a Catholic v Protestant thing, where Catholics says 'haitch' and Protestants or british influenced speakers say 'aitch' , I don't have any further reasoning or explanations though, so i could be wrong

[@timflatus]

This is so useful. I've been following the DCU course on futurelearn and frankly, I'm finding it hard going. It really helps to find the vids you've done on the same subjects as I find I retain it better the way you tell it.

[@pobyrnesinger]

Thanks

[@LearnIrish]

You're welcome

[@newglorydays-yu6bb]

This is gold thanks

[@LearnIrish]

My pleasure

[@tinast.germaine6651]

Go raibh maith agat, for your great videos. I started learning gaeilge watching your videos, and have since added duolingo and a play list of songs in gaeilge. I am still at a very beginner level, but love learning this beautiful language.

[@LearnIrish]

Good to hear that, it's a journey and I wish you every success.

[@48Niky]

Dia dhuit from the US! I bought the book with your link! I love your videos, they are so helpful! Go raibh maith agat! x

[@LearnIrish]

It's my pleasure, thank you very much for your support.

[@user-dt3rj8qm3k]

Found this video very helpful. Thanks

[@LearnIrish]

You're very welcome

[@rodeyboola4180]

Love learning more 😍

[@LearnIrish]

Learning is good, knowledge is power

[@rodeyboola4180]

This is helpful 😊😁

[@maryd2409]

You are a born teacher ! Go raibh míle maith agat.

[@LearnIrish]

You're very kind! Go raibh míle maith agat ❤️

[@Yabadabadoo16]

I'm Irish, but as you know I speak English. I'm learning Portuguese for culture and fun but Irish for school

[@LearnIrish]

Enjoy, the more languages we learn the better.

[@Tjmce]

Maith an féar dane bhí gramadach na Gaeilge Domsa. Tá brón orm for my bad irish mar tá mé Foghlaimeoir if my sentence was wrong. You can correct me I don't care. You are a great help 😊👍

[@dancatmaecomi]

Thank you👍🏻

[@LearnIrish]

My pleasure, stay safe

[@efthimiosmakris3476]

Hi, thank you for the new video,as it is very useful. I have bought the Grammar book on the internet. Yes, it seems very good but I could not find the chapter of the Double Consonants. You know what I mean. gn,lm,lg.bl,mn,nc,rb,rbh,rch,rg,rm,rn,thn,nbh. Very many thanks for the video again.

[@LearnIrish]

That's good I'm sure it can help you, I'm not familiar with the chapter on double consonants but there's lots of useful information in it.

[@matthewdooley9046]

How's it going dane, I see sometimes that a word starting with 's' sometimes has a 't' at the start of it, what's the overall rule for that?

[@johnnyw.mckelveyjr.2366]

Most of the words you are covering on your video i use on a daily basis. But I have never known what the real meaning of them and it seems that me and my family are miss using those words. I have been working on the family genealogy and I do find that most of my family did indeed come from Ireland and very little came from Scotland. I have always wondered as a child where do we get these words that we speak all the time from. I have always been made fun of for speaking the way I speak. Thank you for the insight

[@LearnIrish]

Like a jigsaw puzzle, each piece has a place.

[@corriemcclain7960]

Are free verses the same as the passive tense? Thanks

[@melimesfne8059]

👍👍

[@LearnIrish]

👍

[@bbfrain]

Dane, Another great video. Thanks for going over the uru and seimhu. In pronunciation I thought that the pronunciation for "bhí eagla ar Mháire" would sound something like "vee eggla or Wora" rather than "vee eggla or vora" because there's an A-fada in Máire next to the seimhu. Should seimhu sound slender? Hope you understand my question. If not, then it's all good.

[@LearnIrish]

Thank you Brian, what do you mean by the séimhiú sounding slender?

[@bbfrain]

@@LearnIrish Dane, I thought Mháire would sound like "wora" because the a has a fada.

[@deddmann5155]

In munster dialects they dont make the broad/ slender distinction for mh/bh. The sound will just be like a v. The time it sounds like a w is in the middle of words like amhrán

[@tommydahill437]

D'ordaigh mé é (an leabhar)--go raibh míle maith agat!

[@LearnIrish]

Dea-scéal, go raibh maith agat agus beidh sé eolasach 🙂

[@Karl_with_a_K]

Maith tú Dane.

[@LearnIrish]

Míle buíochas

[@zekkozen2087]

My irish teacher sucks, thanks a lot!

[@LearnIrish]

My pleasure, glad to be able to help you and others following you 😁

[@stevenoconnell2935]

A Dhanmhargaidh :P:) Go raibh míle maith agat as d'fhiseáin cabhracha seo. Tá siad ar fheabhas! Tá ceist agam...ag 0.50 i d'fhiseán nach bhfuil sé "a lán airgid" in ionad "a lán airgead" mar athraíonn "airgead" go dtí an tuiseal ginideach i ndiadh cainníochtaí agus méideanna?

[@LearnIrish]

Déanta na fírinne is cuma, tá sé ceart go leor bealach amháin nó bealach eile

[@Richter6585]

Go raibh maith agat!

[@LearnIrish]

Míle fáilte romhat agus beannachtaí 😊

[@sarahprocter686]

You pronounce "ar" like "er", but Duolingo pronounces it like "ed". Is this a regional difference? Or am I hallucinating it :)

[@LearnIrish]

Duolingo pronounce er like Ed? Are you serious?

[@sarahprocter686]

@@LearnIrish ar, like "ar an bpláta" sounds like "ed an blahta"

[@sarahprocter686]

@@LearnIrish Note that I am absolutely not saying that Duolingo knows better than you do! Just was wondering if it was a regional accent difference or the like.

[@LearnIrish]

That sounds strange, I'm not aware of any other way to pronounce this apart from ar which is pronounced as it's spelt.

[@darkntwisted833]

I’m slowly learning Gaeilge on Duolingo, as well as through watching videos like this. I was wondering if the name Saoirse ever changes depending on the words around it, and if so how does it change?Go raibh maith agat.

[@LearnIrish]

Not that I'm aware of, great name

[@heterianerin5191]

Dia duit. Slim go gceannóidh mé an leabhar. Mhol mo mhúinteoir dom é freisin. Tá an leabhar "Irisch für Anfänger"- "Irish for Beginners" agam (i nGearmáinis - Gaeilge. Is Gearmánach mé. Lá maith agat.

[@LearnIrish]

Go hiontach, tá súil agam go mbeidh mé ag taisteal go Gearmáinis go luath 🙂

[@Gaeilgeoir]

3:31 That's not entirely accurate (about “i”). “I” only means “in” not “in a.” Staid can mean both “stadium” (or state, etc) or “a stadium” (or a state, etc), as there's no Irish equivalent for a & an. But it's incorrect to state that “i” means “in a.” It only means “in.”

[@LearnIrish]

Wrong. So wrong.

[@12donegal]

Cad é mar ata cursai leat dane Bhi se fur inniu Le cumamh de gach aon rud mar a bhi ar ais go luath i mi Lúnasa no meam fómhair mar shampla gheobhaidh me an mbus isteach sa bhaile mór pol Slan leat dane tabhair aire duit féin

[@LearnIrish]

Tá sé beagán fuar gan dabht agus tá sé gaofar.

[@LarryFogarty]

iontach ar fad

[@LearnIrish]

Míle buíochas