In an effort to get in touch with my (perhaps more distant than I'm willing to admit) Celtic heritage, I'm trying to learn some Irish Gaelic in a project for my AP Brit Lit class. On the way, I'll teach you, my devoted and limited audience, a few terms, and maybe a bit of culture or history here and there. Slainte!
Friday, November 14, 2014
Gather Round, Ye Lads and Lasses!
Set ye for a while, and harken to me rocky tale about my Emerald Ire. Since I can hear you groaning after that, I guess I should probably avoid poetry. With nothing outlandish to report, I decided this week will be my comment response post. I am sad that I can't go full immersion on this one, though that would be great. Might be a little difficult to do other work, but I could probably make it work. Pronunciation has been getting a little better since I've started noticing some trends, but it's pretty difficult to understand why they do that. I thank you all for enjoying the wit I put in everything, but it'd probably more difficult to pull that off in Gaelic. I'd have to start off speaking like a toddler before I can get to witty parts. I haven't had the chance to talk to Dr. Patrick, though I may get the chance to soon, but I have checked out the TG Lurgan YouTube page. To anyone who wants to hear this language fluently, stop reading right now and check it out. These teens are excellent at translating songs, and can hopefully bring back Gaelic into a spoken language again. This week's lesson is "Tá sé go deacair" (tah shay guh dyakker), which means "It is hard work", a common theme for all of us. Slainte!
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