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TheIrishRover wrote:How similar are Irish and Scottish Gaelic?

From Donegal irish there isnt much difference but a more southern dialect it is significantly harder

Does anyone know of a website that lists the grammar for Irish? I don't really want one of those ''teach yourself'' type things that's oriented towards memorising phrases. I'd prefer something that just lists pure grammar and not much else, such as just a list of verb conjugations, noun declensions, adjective/adverbs, pronouns, etc. Just a list of things like that, because that's how I tend to have more luck than with the courses that put more emphasis on learning words and usage by reading dialogue samples and all.

TheIrishRover wrote:How similar are Irish and Scottish Gaelic?

Quite.



But then...

Here's pure concentrated grammar.

TheIrishRover wrote:How similar are Irish and Scottish Gaelic?

vocabulary has a lot in common but i think pronounciation can vary as well as some of the grammatical aspects like lenition.

Although between the different dialects (dialects tend to attach themselves to individual islands of the hebrides) of Scots Gaelic there's variation in pronounciation and vocab.

MacRua wrote:Sorry, Niall
To restore thread's chasity - here's pure concentrated grammar.

Thanks, mate!

Update

For any adult learners of Irish (particularly in Ireland and/or UK) who may wish to have some manner of certification as to their level of proficiency in Irish. Just found this link while reading up on the upcoming 2008 Australian Summer School (http://www.gaeilgesanastrail.com) which I'm MUCHLY looking forward to attending.

Anyway,

www.teg.ie

Check it out, yez lucky blighters.

On our Ireland holiday this September we were taught a few bits of Gaelic - just a few words and expressions. In Bunbeg, Co. Donegal, they bade us farewell with that they pronounced {ihi wai], obviously meaning "good night". How do you spell it correctly ?

Oíche mhaith

Yaw-o-o-on

@ Irish Rover

To give you an example from your first question, in Scotland, that would be

Oidhche mhath

pronounced oi-ch-eh vah

(hard ch as in loch, or the German Ich)

MacRua wrote:Oíche mhaith

Yaw-o-o-on

Gura maith agat, MacRua !


(Hope that was right)

Go raibh maith agat.

(Go ra' maith agat)

philipchevron wrote:Go raibh maith agat.

(Go ra' maith agat)

Ná habair é, a Pilib. Tá fáilte romhat ar fad.

BTW, Nollaig shona duit féin.

Fintan wrote:

philipchevron wrote:Go raibh maith agat.
(Go ra' maith agat)

Ná habair é, a Pilib. Tá fáilte romhat ar fad.

BTW, Nollaig shona duit féin.

Bless you. Kleenex?

DzM wrote:Bless you. Kleenex?

Cheeky monkey.

Sorry for lack of translatificationarianisms (Take THAT Meester Bush and your silly neologgyisms)...

I just said:
"Don't mention it, Philip. You're entirely welcome.

BTW, Happy Christmas to yerself. "

And that goes fer you TOO, Cap'n YAARRRR!!!.