How to say Puppy in Irish

[@sula1529]

Love that you explain all the dialects how wonderful is that 😊

[@kitiamuriel]

Great lesson including a bit of Irish mythology, and how lovely your pronunciation of "puppy" sounds. Thank you and cheerio.

[@BitesizeIrish]

Our pleasure!

[@allenmurray7893]

Love these. Thanks.

[@jjamesmcguire6343]

Wow, that lesson was awesome! I wish you had the time to make more like that with more words and sentencing included! Love it! GRMMA!

[@BitesizeIrish]

Glad you liked it!

[@LaughingStockfarm1]

This is fantastic! I do a lot of dog sports with my dog, so she’s a big part of my life, but the language I need to talk about her is lacking from the basic Irish courses available online. How about a little video on the Irish dog breeds? The Irish Terrier, Irish Wolfhound, Irish Deerhound, and of course my favorite, the Irish Setter (sotar rua!)

[@BitesizeIrish]

Nice to hear! You might find this video of ours useful: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ooCXh2aFfdudp7s

[@lycansoffspring]

Could you please make a video about commands for dogs in irish??🙏

[@BitesizeIrish]

This one we have already done 😄 Enjoy! kzbin.info/www/bejne/ooCXh2aFfdudp7s

[@lycansoffspring]

@@BitesizeIrish thank you so much!!

[@alis.b.4631]

fhaca mé coileán agus mar sin chliceáil mé lol

[@splitscene3235]

If I was to say "beautiful family" would I say "teaghlach álainn" ?

[@BitesizeIrish]

Yes 😉

[@splitscene3235]

@@BitesizeIrish thank you!!

[@jamesonstalanthasyu]

I wonder why the word for bark is tafann. Usually I imagine those sound words, like bark of a dog or hoot of an owl to sound like the word it describing. Like howl or ruff. Was there a particular sound it was mimicking?

[@BitesizeIrish]

Good question! It is hard to say. A lot of the time a dog's bark sounds like 'arff', which is not a million miles from the first syllable /thof/ of 'tafann'. The words that we use in various languages to name an animal's sound/call do not necessarily always correspond to the sound that the animal actually makes. In English sheep 'bleat', for instance, rather than 'baa'. Donkeys 'bray'. Owls make a range of sounds, not all of which sound like 'hoot': kzbin.info/www/bejne/kGSkgXegnsp6qs0

[@jamesonstalanthasyu]

@@BitesizeIrish But then I wonder what their Irish word is? Surely there are other Irish words besides tarfann for the other sounds a dog makes, or did they adopt other languages words? I know this is a bite-sized vid, so you didn't need to add more. 😀

[@BitesizeIrish]

Other words for 'bark' are 'amhastrach' and 'sceamh'. They are not particularly onomatopoeic. Some words for a dog's howl are 'glam' and 'uaill/uaillfairt'. Growl is 'drantán'. Snarling: 'ag drannadh'.

[@cathalodiubhain5739]

Is coileán beag gleoite é