The IRISH ALPHABET + How to Pronounce vowels with FADAS

Dia daoibh 👋🏻😊 I hope you all enjoy this video 😁 and the presence of my Snoop Dogg 😂 🐶 I would like to apologise for mentioning that I would include words that you find difficult to pronounce in the video as obviously I did not do that 😐 I had recorded them too but the quality was very poor so I decided that I would film them again and have it in a separate video 😊 Molly x

[@dibujodecroquis1684]

Ethan Hunt Because Ireland comes from Éire + land and Éire means green in Gaelic.

[@dibujodecroquis1684]

Ethan Hunt No. I'm Spanish and I love etymology. By the way, there's always been a special bond between Ireland and Spain as they're both Catholic countries and many Irish soldiers worked for the Spanish Empire (in the 18th century). Also, in the 19th century there were some renowned politicians of Irish descent in Spain.

[@dibujodecroquis1684]

Ethan Hunt Wow, you're the first Vietnamese person I've met whose surname isn't Nyguen...

[@dibujodecroquis1684]

Ethan Hunt True, Nguyen. The exact position of letters had slipped my mind. No, I've never been to Vietnam. But I've seen many Nguyen on the Internet and on "Better call Saul". What happened with the Barcelona girl? Why didn't she become your girlfriend?

[@dibujodecroquis1684]

Ethan Hunt How did you learn of "La Tomatina"? BTW, you should get a Spanish girlfriend.

[@QuiltingCrow]

I find it very interesting that Irish leaves out so many letters while still using their tones.

I know it’s strange isn’t it 😃

[@QuiltingCrow]

@@ivanferris486 Thank you very much for your explanation! I didn't know that. Very interesting.

@@ivanferris486 thank you for sharing this, I'm not up to speed with the history of the language 😬

[@jerrycargill5062]

@@QuiltingCrow English should have 58 letters, but it still uses all the tones.

[@YukiEmma]

You’re so funny (important when you’re trying to engage people in language learning)and editing is great! 😄 We need people like you to keep Irish alive 💚

[@Vininn126]

I like how he walked off, also intimidated by Irish orthography :p

Hahaha yep, he knew it was bad news 😅

[@exile6989]

Thank you. Since I have zero experience with learning the language, I have been looking for the absolute basics. I really appreciate the time and love you put into this language.

[@Zententia]

I thought... how useful can a video on the alphabet possibly be... but woah, this has been so helpful! I did not realise the alphabet itself sounded so much like Dutch, and the fadas make so much more sense for me as well now (we double letters to emphasise/lenghten them e.g. ee, ie, oo, which sounds practically the same!).

[@amyperry9127]

I live in New Mexico USA; I enjoy your videos and find them very helpful.

ah go raibh míle maith agat 😊

[@19erik74]

Hi Amy. I also live in NM. Cá bhfuil tú i do chónaí?

[@eightenten2010]

Great video! I'm Russian but I always had interest for Irish culture and language. I learned English and it's nothing like Russian, but Irish on the other hand has sooo much similarities! This is sooo cool.)

[@glennoc8585]

My grandmother and Aunt would coverse in Irish and i learned some but forgot most of what i learned. They had a munster dialect i believe as they were from Cork.

yes! Cork is Munster 😊

[@MasterMichelleFL]

I have not been able to watch much lately, Mum's in hospital. You are a lovely distraction when I can watch. Go raibh míle maith agat!❤

I hope she gets better soon 🥺💚

Glad I can distract you for a while 😊 go raibh maith agat 🥰

[@MasterMichelleFL]

Awww... thanks! Your energy is so Beautiful. 😀💙 Keep shining your Light!

@@MasterMichelleFL you're so kind 🥺

[@kaczkinson]

Hi!! Xxxxx I've just found you on youtube :O (why so late???), and subscribed you. I'm Polish, I visited Ireland twice. But I love your country from much much longer! Couple of times I was trying to learn Irish, but I've give up everytime. I was hardly struggling with the pronounciation. Much better is going learning of playing tin whistle :) I love Irish music from years, and I'm stiill learning playing tin whistle. I love it! In this year I couldn't visit Ireland (because of pandemy) :( I hope - the next year will be better for all of us! Stay safe and healthy, take care! :)

[@efthimiosmakris3476]

Thanks very much Molly. I was very confused as I know that Seimhiú is (h) with another consonant. B,M.G,D,S,T,P,C,F. So I could not explain it. Very many thanks once more.

Fáilte romhat 💚

[@leap352]

One of my native languages is arabic which is the second hardest to learn and i already know about 4 others but irish gaeilge has alwsys fascinated me

[@efthimiosmakris3476]

Hi Molly the video was really great as all you have made so far. Very many thanks for your help. I have been watching the videos of Dane. They are very useful like yours too.

[@Thiagolina]

As a portuguese speaker. We didn't use to learn K, W, Y. So I always had a slight hard time trying to figure out their position. Nowadays kids do learn it, cause they can be found in names and in foreign words, but I can pretty much relate to the fact of having less letters in the alphabet

[@darrenf7]

I am just at the beginning of this journey and it's terrifying lol. Awesome content tho. Thank you

[@smncrrn]

Thank you for the video, Molly. I'm taking my first steps with Irish. Engaging and easy to follow video 👍

[@jimcowhand1749]

You are beautiful and your dog is cute! 💖💕💕

[@jamescarlin569]

absolutely please keep doing what you're doing I know I've been commenting on your videos.... to which my Hispanic wife has been getting mad at me but I thoroughly enjoy these

[@therulesofblazon4201]

My dogs have the run of the house, and I put in a dog door so they can go out back whenever they want- big ol fenced yard, perfect for doggos. Mostly they stay in, which I sorta get, it’s Texas and they are covered in fur. Lots of fur. But they hear me open that back door, don’t matter the weather, they are THERE FOR IT. Madraí! GRMA, great video as always. Re-inspired me to use fadas even tho duolingo lets me get away without em.

Yes FADAS are important!! 😁 my dog hates going outside 😂 he loves walks though

[@Tjmce]

My dogs live out side and we are in the countryside and have fields so they run throw them Al the time

[@robertobrien7102]

You’re amazing. Love your videos

[@davidgilles-sy7jl]

Great dog and great video!!❤❤

[@kilcar]

My great Aunt was Una, Did it have a fada?

[@ngatihine6072]

Dia duit from New Zealand also keeping our Maori language alive after British colonialism. Go raibh maith agat🍀

[@spuds9544]

we are all in the same boat

[@odonnchada9994]

☘

[@pompikaushal4604]

Dia dhuit Molly! Really a great video ! This is really something extraordinary, I've never seen any video on alphabet. Your video is really extremely interesting! You are right to say that many other languages also have "fada". Físeán an-úsáideach i ndáiríre ! Thaitin an físeán seo go mór liom! Go raibh míle maith agat agus slán go fóill!

Grma 😊

[@caesar1432323]

Dia dhuit from the US

[@tonyano-b6n]

I ve just found on youtube,,,loveing it ,, thank you so much

[@michaelhalsall5684]

English normally doesn't use accents over vowels to represent sound changes. I like the idea of (left leaning) GRAVES and (right leaning) ACUTES to represent sound changes, they could be used to tidy up and streamline the multiple ways English spells the same vowel sound ("AY" being spelled "ai", "ay', "ei", "ey" or "eigh" in various English words.) The French invented these accents and perhaps that's why the English don't want use them! Fun fact, Scots Gaelic uses the left leaning graves over their vowels, but i don't know how it effects pronounciation.

[@chasebh89]

"ill learn a little irish for st patricks day!!" "good god"

[@DaneTygheletsdrive]

Great job Molly, maith thú bhí sé faisnéiseach agus bhí mé ag gáire mar bhí sé greannmhar chomh maith 😁

Haha grma Dane😁

[@ginahn387]

Wow, I'm surprised to know that some of Irish letters are pronounced similarly to my language, Bahasa Indonesia 😃 🇮🇩 🇮🇪 Thank you for making this video, it helps a lot for a complete beginner like me. You also made the explanation interesting and funny 😂 Go raibh maith agat! 🍀 Please say hello to your cute Snoop ❤

[@lorenzodelre7001]

the celtic sarcasm is so nice

[@bishno6229]

How would I pronouce Samhradháin??

[@fernandobautista3200]

You are so good at this making videos thing.

[@teamhairnimahuna7917]

I love your videos. I recently moved into the gealtacht of Inis Oirr and I need all of the help I can get.

[@alannaharihernandez2566]

Thank you for your lessons!

[@travistaylor5444]

Help! I wanna learn so bad but have no idea where to begin? The no Rosetta Stone for Gaelic

[@aaliyahraks]

what breed of dog is he? i love his big ears

[@马丁金]

thank you🌹🌹🌹

Fáilte romhat ☺️

[@dennismckenna3058]

Love your videos. Can you make one on verbal nouns and verbal adjectives? Many thanks. Dennis

[@efthimiosmakris3476]

Hi Molly thanks,yes I mean ahair.

Because it’s possessive 👍🏻 a hathair- HIS father. Possession (a-his) requires the following word to be lenited (pick up a ‘h’).

[@akerr5823]

how would I pronounce Chnapach Mhór/Knappagh ?

[@keti.rg.editzzz]

Your dog is so cute!!

[@Сюрб]

Прошу прощения, что на русском, но я слишком плох в английском, что бы осмелиться писать на английском. Что значит вот этот знак → ‘ в таких звуках, как [‘i:], [‘e:]? По крайней мере, видел такие звуки в русскоязычных источниках.

[@matheuscosta5851]

Dia dhuit, i Ghost for a time, but it doesnt mean i dont like irish lesson anymore. Thanks for remembering me. I have a confession to make: i gonna review this lesson again. Ps: its so cute your dog, go mhara ágat (i Wonder i didnt write correctly), slan go foill.

Go raibh maith agat - that’s how you say thanks 😊 and go raibh maith agat Matheus 😊

[@lisadixon5886]

Mh/bh- how do you know if they are pronounced as a 'v' or a 'w'?

[@josephryan5949]

Go raibh maith agat Mhúinteoir.

Fáilte romhat 😊💚

[@trevorpomroy550]

Here we say that you dropped an h in 'olyrood and picked it up in h'Avondale. I've never quite figured out how lenition figures into our pronunciation of h and leading vowels in English.

[@heterianerin5191]

Dia duit. Tá do físeán greannmhar 😊👍🏻 agus is maith liom do mhadra🐶🥰. Slán 🇮🇪☘

Haha go raibh maith agat 🥰 inseoidh mé sin do Snoop 😅

[@heterianerin5191]

@ Ahh... Snoop an t-ainm ata air😊🐶 .(Tá brón orm, níl mórán Gaeilge agam.) Slán agus bíodh lá maith agat. ☘🇮🇪

@@heterianerin5191 Ná bí buartha 😊 is fearr Gaeilge briste ná Béarla cliste 😁💚🇮🇪

[@karlsheppard9784]

You have acute accent. 😱 nice dog btw and thank you so much for your vids

[@brandonwhitney7170]

Great info, thanks! I would also be interested in dipthongs and how to pronounce them in Irish. I'm a native English speaker with Brazilian Portuguese as a second language, and Irish vowel combos are intimidating.

I will take this into consideration 👍🏻

[@Irishpenguinirish]

I SO appreciate these videos! It would be easier for me (a beginner) if you would pronounce each Irish word twice to help it sink in. It would save a lot of rewinding. Go raibh maith agat. Kathleen O'

[@gerardcush6281]

That’s why people in Ireland refer to the letter A as ahhh

[@tireachan6178]

I remember my Leaving Cert, sitting there thinking to myself that this should be a breeze until the tape started playing and someone who sounded similar to you came on and fractured my confidence which was forged in the rolling hills of Munster.

[@thomasharte6415]

Brilliant,

[@StressedSugarcane]

i hope this is accurate i am trusting you because im trying to learn irish! And learning languages online its hard to find trustworthy vids

[@adelopé]

The word that has made me laugh hysterically the most is Cithfholcadh and it sounds something like kay-alcüh

[@morthirmoreirish2829]

Níl ach bean Ultach fuaimnionn “pósadh” “p-aw-soo”!

[@SionTJobbins]

Welsh also has lenition, but we call it mutation (treiglad). But same thing, I believe, first letter of a word mutates dependeing on gender and some other stuff! So, ci (dog) gets, 'ei gi' (his dog), 'ei chi' (her dog), dy gi (your dog), ein ci (our dog) etc. But seems to be same letters as yours: b,c,d,f,g,l,p,r,t,. Our accent, the circumlex, the little roof, make the vowel underneath longer. It's call hirnod in Welsh, but usually called 'to bach' (little roof). oh, interesting, fear (man) is 'gwr' yn Welsh, and féar (grass) is 'gwair'. Welsh and Irish are both Celtic languages but they've diverged a lot, think, partly as the Romans occupied Britain it had a big influence on Brythonic (the ancient Welsh language), which was, at the time, spoken everywhere south of Edinburgh in Scotland - so, the whole of England and, of course, Wales. One tip, is that words which begin with 'f' in Irish sometimes begin with 'g' in Welsh e.g. fionn (white) is 'gwyn' in Welsh. Also with s in Irish can be 'h' in Welsh: sean (?, old) is 'hen'.

[@michaelhalsall5684]

Irish, Manx and Scots Gaelic belong to the Goidelic branch of the Celtic languages whereas Welsh, Cornish and Breton belong to the Brythonic branch. The now defunct Gaulish language of France was probably a Brythonic language too. A Brythonic language was spoken in Scotland until the Middle Ages when much of Scotland came under the control of the Irish Dal Riada kings who introduced their Irish language to Scotland.

[@energetically1]

Helpful comment......

[@insultigknightuscantstands4648]

I don't know but all i know is my dog goes nuts when he hears the words walk, treat, and outside. he also gets excited when he hears the word bath but then starts walk away when he finds out what bath means

[@MasterMichelleFL]

😂 I'm also using Irish with my furbabies. I think my girl Rascal has a crush on Snoop... 😂❤

😂

😳 😂

[@sos_hodad]

I speak Irish to some of my fur babies and welsh to a few. Otherwise, English. My first Irish kitty, Laoch, had two boys-Críostóir agus Liam in her 2nd litter. Somehow, her first kitten gets to receive Welsh communications. 😂

[@alicialouv2218]

I think i have that same shirt XD its one of my favs too

[@marientagago1190]

❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@Texasbonez817]

I try to learn Irish but just end up fawning over you

[@robinsingh4492]

😊❤

[@solasnagreine8708]

With my dog she gets excited at "siúil" and "briosca". She also knows "suigh síos". Tá mé ag baint triail teagasc cúpla focal Gaeilge don mhadadh. Bhain mé sult as an físeán. Míle buíochas Molly agus comhghairdeas duit mar 1,000 lucht leanúna.

Ah go raibh míle maith agat 🥰 is gaeilgeoir é do mhadra 😅

[@lacidawson]

1:39 - he's a good boi

[@maxpower1337]

Madra go deas.

[@gordonmarshall4171]

Wee snoop. Thats my dogs name aswell.

Oh my god 🥺 that’s so cool

[@nutrientdensepermaculture9391]

AWESOME

[@patrickconnolly2654]

Damnit 😍

[@リンリン-m1m]

2:02

[@wanderlust_whispers]

hahah funny editing style!

[@adhamhmacconchobhair4407]

I just realised how Irish has so many ways to say the alphabet 😂

[@williamoneill5349]

How would you pronounce O’Neill if it had fades Ó’Nèill

[@karfndaltin4652]

Got a look-alike mug of basketball babe #22.

[@jonem5772]

Do you have a personal channel about your daily life sharing vlog, I will follow if you have😁.

[@sidmeyer4075]

I am confused by the amount of letters that seem not to be pronounced. Why are they there?

[@adhamhmacconchobhair4407]

0:39 *laughs in Hawai'ian with 12 letters*

[@kestrile]

Fear = man, féar = grass, I think you reversed them in the video. I’ve been taught broad and slender for the vowels, rather than emphasis, like the Latin languages. Emphasis seems to change based on the dialect I’ve noticed. Is brea liom do fhíseáin, sláinte!

I didn’t reverse them. I said féar, with the FADA is grass 👍🏻

Very interesting thanks 👍🏻

[@jimf671]

So much the same and so much different!

[@andrewbeaver1843]

Couldn't help but notice that Irish alphabet shares similarities to the German alphabet, with the exception of the missing letters and the letter 'C'

[@modhuine5720]

Great video So not to confuse people i think you should start all videos with the comment that this is the ulster dialect.

[@karfndaltin4652]

Dang micky is white like a ghost!

[@Jazbo777]

I have three dogs and they are not neatly so patient as you dog is.

[@араб-х2ы]

So hard. I'm Ukrainian who just started learning this. I also learn Albanian for fun and it's believed to be more hard. But it's much easier to speak Albanian than Irish

[@sabrinacecil2876]

The Irish alphabet sounds similar to the Spanish alphabet

[@ajayempee]

It's so true what some people (from Ireland) are saying about the the Ulster dialect 😜 I'm from Ulster too but know that the á in particular has more of an aww sound (I think!) in the rest of Ireland 😶‍🌫️

[@danielskomp9072]

I dhiaidh !?! Please?

[@louisehearsum4532]

IRISH IN IRISH ahem

[@peteymax]

Grma, go h-iontach.

[@gerardcush6281]

The first letter of Irish alphabet is ahhh not A

[@LadywatchingByrd]

I personally think the dogs potty is more important than this vid ... 🤷

[@RobertMayfair]

Don't know how I'm supposed to learn this when you people don't even pronounce half the letters lol