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To be or not to be...

An interesting and important note is that the Irish language has two separate ways of articulating the verb ‘to be’ in the present tense. When referring to something that one is, we use what is known as an chopail /the copula - Is . Examples include the following: Is múinteoir mé I am a teacher Is Éireannach mé I am an Irish person When referring to a state of feeling or being the form Tá is mostly used: Táim tuirseach I am tired Táimid ar bís We are excited Táimid ag dul chuig an siopa We are going to the shop We will be discussing the use of the copula further next week, but the best way to learn the difference between Tá and Is is to try and apply it yourself. The following are the various forms of Tá in the present tense: Tá mé/Táim I am Tá tú You are Tá sé He/It is Tá sí She/It is Táimid We are Tá sibh You (plural) are Tá siad They are Examples: Tá mé tinn I am sick Tá sé fuar It is cold In comparison with: Is bean mé I am...

Athbheochan

Athbheochan na Gaeilge /The Gaelic Revival was a period in which much renewed interest in the Irish language grew. At that time, the language had been greatly weakened by mass emigration and starvation following An Gorta Mór /The Great Famine. The Irish language was mostly associated with poverty and peripheral communities along the Western seaboard. English was the dominant legal, social, and economic language of Ireland, which had disastrous consequences for Irish speakers. In response to these developments and, indeed, in reappraising the value of native Irish language culture, many dramatists, activists and nationalists, often from an Anglo-Irish background, displayed a fresh interest in and appreciation of traditional Gaelic culture. In the Irish language sphere, this included a revival of many Celtic myths and legends such as Clann Lir / The Children of Lir as well as a focus on caint na ndaoine /the speech of the common people. Conradh na Gaeilge /The Gael...

An tSeachtain seo Chugainn

We hope you will join us next week as we continue our journey in Irish 102. We’ll be learning all about: Vocabulary for parts of the body Possessive adjectives Colours and describing shades Clothes and going out Adjectives How to describe yourself and others We really hope you have enjoyed this week and we look forward to continuing this learning journey with you! Slán go fóill ,/Goodbye for now, An Fhoireann /The Team

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