How To Read, Pronounce & Understand Irish

[@thomasreynolds6355]

This is a great video Dane, found it so useful and helpful, could you do more like this please. Love the channel you are a natural teacher .

[@LearnIrish]

Appreciate your comment thank you very much

[@michaelwolfe8686]

Go hionntach ar fad, great stuff. Nice casual way of learning. Im Irish from origin , but let as a young man 50 years ago. Still love our language. Tir gan teanga ......... Anois agus aris, beidh me ag amhraniocht as gaeilge. Ta me i mo chonai anois san Isiltir. Sin e a chardai.

[@LearnIrish]

Ah tá go leor muileann ansin, fan slán agus beannacht.

[@hyugatisi]

Thank you! I'm learning English to learn Irish ahahaha (I have not found resources in Spanish). Wish me luck :D

[@LearnIrish]

Interesting! Best of luck.

[@simplesigh9813]

sėkmės, hows your progress???

[@Patrick-xc4ul]

Sounds like dedication to improve /Expand/open your mind comes naturally. I say good luck!

[@eileencarroll6418]

BEST VIDEO SO FAR. Jam packs vocabulary, grammar and how phrases are used all in one lesson. As there are often no direct translations from English to Irish, this is so helpful to start understanding how to express a particular meaning. More of the same please.

[@LearnIrish]

Thanks very much, glad to hear that you found it useful 🙂

[@gaeltachtgreenville546]

Físeán iontach! These passages had a lot of new words for me.

[@LearnIrish]

Go raibh maith agat! Looking forward to seeing your new video soon 😊

[@kobito610]

This is great Dane, would love to see more videos like this.

[@LearnIrish]

Beidh sé ag tarlú, míle buíochas

[@101dnp]

Go raibh mile maith agat, Dane! Chabhraigh sé seo liom a lán!

[@hughstanley6544]

Very useful format ..would appreciate more!

[@LearnIrish]

Thanks for the suggestions 😊

[@pompikaushal4604]

Dia dhuit Dane! That's great!I always wanted such a video cuz I can't speak Irish before first translating it Irish from English! This is a great video cuz you just didn't translate from Irish to English,but you explained every word which is a great way of explaining ! Mhínigh tú go han-mhaith! Thaitin an físeán alán! Go raibh míle maith agat agus slán go fóill!

[@LearnIrish]

Thanks very much 🙂

[@LearnIrish]

It's good to be kind

[@deirdremarie76]

Your videos are excellent. I'll subscribe to your patron when I get through youtube

[@LearnIrish]

Thank you in advance, glad to see that you found the videos useful and informative.

[@smiths6311]

Wonderful lesson. Thanks so much.

[@LearnIrish]

My pleasure

[@smiths6311]

I have taken to listening to your videos as I go to sleep at night. Without the distractions of the day, it sinks in really well. You must have had training as a teacher - the order and clarity really help with my understanding. Thanks so much for doing this for us all. As soon as I can I'll be a patreon supporter of yours. Just getting through a rough patch. Sending very best wishes. J 💚☘

[@LearnIrish]

You are very kind, agus táim fíorbhuíoch díot (I'm very grateful to you) listening at night before you sleep is a great way to learn so well done 😊

[@mattuboyle5891]

What A GREAT CHANNEL! IM from the North..living in Chicago.. always taught myself bits of Irish here and there. I just found your channel today and plan to watch all videos. I wonder have you done a video on the National Anthem. Always wanted to learn it. Go raibh maith agat for your fine work

[@LearnIrish]

That's a good idea for a future video, glad to see that you found the videos useful and informative, this is a short one on amhrán na bhFiann... kzbin.info9-uz7h22O10?feature=share

[@DirahEvans]

Thank you

[@jamiecampbell2637]

Thanks, Dane. I’m practising all day with the first piece. There are a lot of useful phrases you point out, such as ‘dá bhrí sin’ and so on. I’m trying to fit them into the day. Just now I’ve been re-combining the phrases to make other little speeches. I’ve got a couple of sentences beginning with “dá bhrí sin” - can that phrase start a sentence? I wrote this piece down like taking dictation, trying not to look at the screen unless I was stuck. That helped putting sounds and spelling together. “Caithfidh mé a rá” has been coming up lots of times today! You’re right, it’s a great phrase! Thank you 💐

[@LearnIrish]

You seem to be well prepared and motivated, well done. Best of luck with the learning 👍

[@sadiavt]

This was a great video to learn some handy short phrases. I only wish you could give it a title that mentions that, as I had trouble re-finding the video because of its name. I learned alot of new phrases here.

[@LearnIrish]

Thank you very much! It's a bit tricky naming videos because it can be hard to be concise and specific. Your best bet is to just search Learn Irish and go to my KZbin channel and search in there.

[@dgcb3165]

Very interesting video!

[@LearnIrish]

I like to think so, hopefully I'll do another similar one soon

[@vibekes2416]

Great video again 😊 Thanks Dane

[@LearnIrish]

Best wishes 🙂

[@vibekes2416]

@@LearnIrish Thanks 😉😊

[@LearnIrish]

Stay safe

[@vibekes2416]

@@LearnIrish You too 😊

[@renatofigueiredo603]

thanks. I could understand few sentences in Irish.

[@LearnIrish]

Only way is up then in that case

[@melodywilson]

Hello my name is melody, im 71% irish and i thought it would be great to learn the language. Do you have any tips or adice to where i can start or books through?

[@LearnIrish]

Congratulations on having 71% Irish DNA, you're very lucky. You could try the Ling app and the book Motherfoclóir

[@melodywilson]

@Learn Irish what I found interesting and exciting my mom told me that her dad's mom was/is full blooded irish and when I was younger, on my dad's side of the family there's a family crest with a lion on it somewhere in ireland.

[@LearnIrish]

A rich history awaits

[@edwardmorris3453]

Could you offer help in pronouncing phonemes correctly? Like why does bhf = w in this place and not that. That's been my difficulty with Irish. Like, how does "caithfidh" sound like "kai"? How do you read these letters and know which ones to throw away????

[@LearnIrish]

Through practice and repetition, it can depend on the dialect as well

[@deannecoghlan7693]

Would be great to purchase some Irish books, but understanding how to pronounce each word would be difficult for most..

[@LearnIrish]

Try www.focloir.ie

[@mcp1228]

i’m slowly learning the basics from your videos, others videos and ling, i tent to fall asleep to videos to this so i soak up as much as possible is that any good? go raibh maith agat

[@LearnIrish]

That sounds good, as long as you are not falling asleep due to boredom 🙂. Learning late at night can be beneficial. Take small regular steps and forget about becoming fluent, it's not going to happen.

[@mcp1228]

@@LearnIrish i’m more focusing on being able to hold a conversation, for my birthday i’m going to look for one to one lessons

[@LearnIrish]

Good plan, and once you can feel comfortable holding a conversation you can go from there.

[@mcp1228]

@@LearnIrish my great granny was born in donegal and had to learn english, she passed a phew years ago but when she used to wake up she could only really speak irish until she was fully awake

[@LearnIrish]

Lord a mercy on her, a true Gael.

[@margaretpatroniti9880]

Tá sé seo iontach.

[@LearnIrish]

Míle buíochas

[@12donegal]

Caithfidh mé a rá Bhi sin iontach físeán Amharc ag súil an chéad do físeán Go raibh maith agat slan go fóill pol

[@LearnIrish]

Go hiontach, míle fáilte agus ádh mór

[@bomaite1]

What does that mean, "does be"? That is not English, or at least not any English that I have learned after going through college and grad school. Please explain further, because I only hear this in studying Irish, and each time someone tries to explain it, I immediately zone out, because the words just don't make sense. Like someone describing the floor between this one and the next. There isn't one.

[@LearnIrish]

That's a feature of Hiberno English, does be means something is ongoing without being specific. For example Donald Trump does be a bit deluded.

[@geroutathat]

It's called the habbitual tense. That means something that you do as a habit. It is a tense in Irish, and so Irish people invented the tense in the English language. You will also hear it in African American and Afro Caribean English speakers. "That do be good man". The words make absolute perfect sense. If you play golf all the time, and someone asks me where you are "He does be playing golf". Does = something you do. If you wanted to change the sentence "He does his homework", and not use the word "does" you could say "He performs/partakes/executes his homework", sure its clunky but its the same thing. Be = exists, to take place, to occupy on an ongoing basis "be happy", is different to "is happy", different tense of the same word.. Be happy means you should exist on an ongoing basis in a state of happy. So what is a habit? You bite your nails, its a bad one. You perform nail biting on an ongoing basis. So "do/does be" describes a habitual action very well. Also, don't think this tense was brought to english by farmers or uneducated and makes zero sense. It was brought by the most educated people in Europe, the people who invented lots of things in English like the space, the full stop etc. They wanted to explain a missing tense, a very hard thing to do, and they came up with a good way. So when do you use it? Well anytime you can say "usually" or "Normally". "Always", is good "Hes normally playing golf", "He is always biting his nails", "He does be biting his nails". There is a slight difference in meaning, but its a good marker of *when* habitual can be used.

[@LearnIrish]

Well that's a very detailed explanation!

[@AlexMcGaughan]

@@geroutathat​​⁠​⁠​⁠ excellent explanation. You deserve credit for being so generous with the effort you put into that explanation, especially given the unreceptive tone of the question and the likelihood of their “zoning out.” You are impressive in both your clarity and your equanimity. 👏

[@sliabhgorm]

Go maith ar fad a mhúinteoir. Tá do chuid Gaeilge go lonrach. Go raibh míle maith agat.Rugadh agus tógadh i gContae Shligigh mé san am fadó nuair a bhí an Ghaeilge sa seanchló. Is aoibhinn liom an Ghaeilge.Táim i mo chónaí i gCeanada anois i bhfad 47 bliain. Chaill mé mo chuid Gaeilge leis na blianta. Mar sin, is aoibhinn liom do chúrsaí i nGaeilge ar You Tube. Tá siad i bhfad níos fearr ná Duolingo.Míníonn tú na habairtí go han-mhaith. Nár lagaí Dia thú!😉🎉

[@LearnIrish]

De réir cosúlachta tá a lán Gaeilge agat agus mar sin de maith thú agus fan slán. Tír gan teanga tír gan anam.

[@dr.feelgood.1330]

I give up lol

[@LearnIrish]

Sometime that's all you can do 😑