The Ten Most Common Mistakes When Learning Irish

Na deich mbotúin is coitianta a fheicim mar mhúinteoir Ghaeilge
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The ten most common mistakes I see students makes as an Irish teacher

[@tarathiesmeyer4338]

I am brand new to learning Irish. I’ve spent two weeks on Duolingo and have learned over 180 words and phrases so far, but I’m really a beginner, and this seemed to cover nuances and subtleties that an intermediate student would need to know, but I’m still trying to find out how to pronounce Dia duit! (I’ve heard it several different ways), and why is there an “h” in some versions of a word but not in others? (Ghaeilge/Gaeilge? Bhean/Bean?) I haven’t learned the days of the week or the numbers yet. I will check out your other videos, but what I need are slow and clear explanations of pronouncing basic words and spelling patterns (by a human rather than a computer). I teach French as a second language and English as a first language, and I have also studied Italian and Spanish (and language acquisition theory), so I have a good understanding of how to learn a language. I know my students would be overwhelmed if I tried to get the beginners to remember all the grammar rules and exceptions that exist in French. Thank you for this, though, I can see I have a long way to go.

[@dermur68]

One hour of a decent grammar lesson is the equivalent of wasting about 12 hours on Duolingo. I'd strongly *strongly* recommend getting a beginners grammar book.

[@spatafora]

I really enjoyed and benefitted from this review. Thanks so much.

[@LearnIrishOnline]

Thank you, really happy to hear the videos are of some benefit!

[@COM70]

0:32 O boy, And you are an actual teacher. That tracks with my experience of the Irish education system.

[@COM70]

6:25 “don’t be trying” is a direct translation from Irish to English Which is an ironic contrast to the “béarlachas” you used when translating rather than constructing your sentences in Irish. “Tá mé ag déanamh a lán obair” try tá mé gnóthach. Tá ualach oibre agam. Tá an iomarca ar mo aire. I’m out at this stage. I don’t know why KZbin is recommending Irish lessons to me. But it upsetting to see the standard is so low.

[@talideon]

The whole "dé/ar an" thing is mostly because people don't know that "dé" is the dative of "dia" and that it takes the genitive form of the day name. There isn't really a "second system" here like there is with numbers. Mind you, putting that in a beginner friendly way isn't easy, and it doesn't help that déardaoin is such an oddball or that the dative case is mostly in its death throes.

[@preasail]

To help your viewers further, I find A Grammar of Modern Irish the most comprehensive guide on usage.

[@EllieLands.00]

Beautiful language and you do a wonderful job teaching and explaining. If I may, are there any books that you might recommend that contain word pronunciation?

[@talideon]

Now, the bit about numbers with plurals isn't exactly correct. If I were to say "trí shicín", I'm talking about three chickens as a group, but if I say "trí sicíní", I'm taking about three individual chickens. You can use plural, but there's a semantic difference there.

[@disappointedenglishman98]

Trí sicíní is the traditional phrase.

[@CarolineNolan-w6y]

Grmma

[@enigmatist666]

That was interesting. However, I lost confidence in you when I reached number 10, as there are errors in the English text.