LESSON 3: I WAS, I GOT, I WENT, I DID, I CAME,

[@seamusha1]

I may be 3 years late but this guy is a top teacher!

[@rosemarydeornellas2613]

My brother Martin died very suddenly on 8th April 2017. He was a marvelous barrister and fluent Irish speaker. His intention was to retire to Donegall and write up his PHD.in Irish. I have found your lessons very helpful as I have decided as his legacy to learn Irish. I hope you will do many more posts. Go raibh maith agat. Rosemary

[@murraymicha]

Ceist agam ort (dha bhliain in a dhiadh do bheart: ar eirigh leat I a fholam? Ba mhaith liom a chloisteal gur eirigh. Le gach dea-mhein.

[@brucemccrae4961]

These lessons are really excellent, from a wonderful teacher. This video is a 'must' for learners of good Irish.

[@EP-ym5lg]

Eh, does anyone have a time-machine?! I want to go back and have this man as my Irish teacher! Thank you!

[@debclosser5808]

Absolutely the BEST Ulster lessons available anywhere ! Go raibh maith agat !!!!

[@jacklinnane1161]

Possibly the greatest language teacher I've had. Seriously, outside of Buntús Cainte, the best resource I have... And that's saying something because as a Connemara Irish supremacist, you make the Ulster dialect bearable.

[@alangillespie672]

Hated Irish at school but now having a great teacher really enjoying it. Thanks Alan Gillespie

[@carlostma643]

These are brilliant lessons. Nice to learn the Ulster dialect as an Ulsterman myself. Go raibh maith agat go léir.

[@lawlesstom]

Keep up the good work, I found this very useful, just getting back into Irish again and found it helped me a lot. PLEASE keep doing these💪👍

[@seamusha1]

This man is a brilliant teacher

[@maccaj6565]

Go raibh míle maith agat for this brilliant series. It's difficult to find resources for Ulster Irish in my bit of the US, so discovering you has made my week. I know all the arguments about "just pick a dialect, it doesn't really matter, they're all mutually intelligible in the end" etc but Ulster Irish has always been the one that makes the most inherent sense to my mind/tongue so I prefer Ulster Irish resources when I can find them. Thanks as well for one of the clearest explanations of irregular verbs I've ever seen. I've learnt it all before (more than once!) but the way you've presented it, it feels like it's going to stick better this time. (Been trying to tackle Irish off and on for about fifteen years now. Determined to crack it this go round!)

[@anbocmor]

go raibh maith agat féin, a Sheanchaí! Glad you are getting some benefit from it! There will be loads more, hopefully.

[@petermark9423]

Seán, anothwrnoutstandingly good lesson!! Really enjoying your series - and those wee Strabane accent elements (coming from a Belfastman) are just the cherry on top!!

[@c.v.yardley]

Very interesting videos! I had to laugh when you said about 'I done', because my Dad, who was from Dublin, used to say that, and I (we lived in England) always told him off about it when I was a child, because to my mind it was grammatically wrong. Having taught English in Germany for 40 years now, I would still say it is wrong, because obviously it's not what I would teach my students ;-)

[@tomeaston1844]

Great lesson there Sean ( sorry don't know how to add fada) and now I am waiting for the rest of the irregular verbs , hopefully you'll get some time and post three more . This is an outstanding resource for learning the Irish language .

[@paulabowen840]

Great idea of giving gaelic lessons on line my compliments!

[@fullarmour1234]

Thank you so much for your videos. I'm able to use these things with my kids and it makes a huge difference. Looking forward to seeing more.

[@SmithBillyBob]

Likewise, Seán Mór, go raibh míle maith agat i gcomhair ceachtanna Gaeilge ar an idirlíon! These have been so helpful, not only because of the excellent explanations of grammatical points, but because you give such good and thorough pronunciation guidance. All the better that your focus and examples are in Ulster Irish. I agree with the previous comment, in that as a learner, ignoring the dialect differences can lead to confusion and frustration, especially when you take those first awkward steps to speaking and are unsure as to whether your pronunciation or vocabulary choices are correct. Your guidance in these videos has been very very valuable. I wish you were still making these videos. Slán agus beannachtaí agat. Jim

[@LaCosaPeluda76]

I enjoyed the three lessons a lot, Seán, thank you very much from Albacete, Spain.

[@quantumcelt]

Love these Seán , have been making an attempt at learning my native tongue for about a year now and it's great to have another learning resource available , especially in the Ulster dialect. I, like a lot if adult learners have most difficulty when it comes to actually speaking the language. The fear of making a mistake seems to tongue tie me every time. I'm fine when it's a specific topic in a classroom setting but take me out of that comfort zone and my brain or my tongue , or both , just refuse to work!. I don't know how many times I've walked away from a conversation with an extremely sympathetic gaeilgeoir , thinking " Oh , they were just asking how I enjoyed the weekend !" , why didn't I understand that simple sentence five minutes ago?. Anyway keep up the great work , I need all the help I can get.

[@dequidaqwadoa1553]

It may get harder later on but for now you're making it very easy to learn ! Go raibh maith agat ❤

[@sirchess3095]

Awesome job. Keep up the good work.

[@rachaelhaines2200]

Thank you for your lessons. They are very helpful 🙂

[@johngough2958]

I got taught an Caighdean Oifigiúl at school in Drogheda, with teachers from all over the country. I was taught to pronounce Greim like the name Graham - my pronunciation is all over the place. Éistfidh mé le do chuid físeáin. Beidh sé seo siumiúil. Sláinte!

[@anbocmor]

Here's greim in the 3 dialacts, John. www.teanglann.ie/en/fuaim/greim

[@MatthewClarkeKernowPods]

I wish there was a series of videos like this in Munster dialect. Cad ceacht iontach é

[@Tjmce]

Learn Irish uses the Munster dialect

[@windsaw151]

I've been learning irish for about three months now. I had some experience with different languages, be it by trying to learn them or just out of curiosity. In my experience Irish is a medium difficult language. I have seen much more difficult languages but also several that are easier, especially to people that are familiar with germanic or romance languages. Take the grammar, for example. Japanse grammar is much easier. Different, yes, but not hard. On the other hand languages like Finnish or even my native German have much more difficult grammar. When it comes to pronounciation I also think that it is medium difficult. From my german perspective it is quite easy. From an english or french perspective perhaps not so much. It is without a doubt much easier than for someone trying to learn French or English. (as a german learning english pronounciation was only easy because I am constantly immersed in it. Without that, English would have been horrible) When it comes to actually learning the vocabulary, it is difficult to day. It is definitely a indo-european language and the huge number of loan words also make things easier. Personally I do not have many problems here yet. But it is too soon to tell. At this point I did not yet problems with Japanese yet for example. But in the end, the vocabulary caused me to give up Japanese. (because they have only few syllables, eventually all words started to sound alike. I also could no longer find memory hooks. Irish does not sem to have this problem)

[@anbocmor]

thank you for your interest in this, Windsaw!

[@daithionuallain5902]

Seán Mór come on Sean your the man with the plan we need more Daithi

[@tomeaston1844]

Great lesson Sean , full of useful advice and essential information.

[@ineedsomeprozac]

Please do a video on the conditional tense! :)

[@tonypayne2063]

I've been learning Gaelic now since my visit to Galway earlier this year and have several Books, Recordings Etc and find your teachings the best..Whether it suits the English tongue better than some other dialects I don't know? But for me its good and you come across as enthusiastic and passionate ..it seems a while since you last did any lessons on Verbs , tenses and ways in which day to day phrases are used.... Please let's have more bites like the getting your kids up in the morning which was so helpful... So come on Sean I'm sure I'm not the only one who's waiting for your return. Tony

[@maureenbrannan1131]

Thank you for what you are doing here! I'm looking for, and, as yet, have been unable to find, the second half of the irregular verbs. Can you direct me?

[@catherinejames6737]

Grma do sin, tá sé an mhaith! I am starting Teg level A1 this year and I think these are brilliant and really helpful! More please

[@karenthacker2877]

So good to find these! I,ve come to live in ireland again and cant find any lessons near here,portstewartI,d had classes in sheffield and didnt want phrases again! This is just what i want,important grammar Thank you so much. Beannachtai .

[@pearlfinn7326]

Fhfuir me an tussle caithi; f Gomrainh maith agat🙏

[@frizzyred1292]

Hey Sean, excellent lesson as always, one question: Beir greim ort fein - how come "fein" gets pronounced with an h at the beginning? would it matter if i pronounced it with an "f" ?

[@anbocmor]

Excellent question, Fizzy Red! Almost all native speakers in Ulster, and I think in the other dialects too (but Im less sure of myself there!) do not pronounce the F. Worse still they pronounce it as if it were written "théin" with a lenited T. It probably has a historical reason, but it has carried on into the modern era. But yes, it is perfectly fine and correct to also pronounce the F, and I have a feeling that if the language lives on into the future the F might become the predominant form. So, on this occasion, you can F and Blind all you like. 😁😁

[@brenainnmacthomais]

Seán is so right! That said, I cringe when I here an “f” and not a “h”! 😂 Go raibh míle maith agat, a Sheáin!

[@eleanorchapple8772]

Did you ever do the other 5 irregular verbs as you have done here?

[@sleepsmartsmashstress8705]

Go raibh maith agat !

[@sleepsmartsmashstress8705]

Seán Mór, go raibh míle maith agat i gcomhair ceachtanna Gaeilge ar an idirlíon!

[@mairtin1015]

Amazing. GRMA

[@chalazonclark6810]

Sounds to me like he's saying"will tu" Other than that I think he's great.

[@chalazonclark6810]

An rill tu?

[@frizzyred1292]

Seán, on the, feic lesson you said dont use "mé" when responding to a question, I dont understand because in the previous sections of this lesson you were responding to questions with, mé. Could you clear that up for me please. For instance If someone asked, An bhfaca tú an nuacht ar maidin? I thought I could reply, Chonaic mé, an nuact ar maidin.

[@АврелийИскандер]

frizzy red when someone ask you in particular (not to someone else, but only you), an bhfaca tú..., you confirm that you have seen it, so just say chonaic without mé, coz you confirm the fact that you did it. But when you're part of the group and someone ask an bhfaca sibh... and you want to say that no matter have anybody read it or not, but you did it, you say chonaic mé or chonaic mise (the last one is better to use).

[@kellywoodard785]

Is leat, and tu interchangeable?

[@anbocmor]

No, they have specific roles in different sentences. Tú just means 'you'. But Leat could mean 'with you', 'to you', etc. If you see a sentence such as "Is maith leat" (meaning You Like) you might mistakenly think it means just "you", but when you understand the Irish structure in that sentence (it is good with you = you like) then you can see it is not just like the word 'tú'.

[@kellywoodard785]

@@anbocmor thank you 😊

[@maryduffy1653]

Go raibh maith agat a Seán

[@12donegal]

cad e mar ata tu sean you haven,t been on you tube for a while have you stop doing the videos

[@dominicmccloskey2749]

Go raibh cead mile Maith agat Sean lean aghaidh

[@12donegal]

I send you a message last year but you never got back to me why have stop doing videos on you tube ta áirithe Gaeilge agam ach ni dhéanamh moran Gaeilge inis dom le do thoil pol

[@kevincosgrove5854]

iontach maith a chara.