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Phrases for your Pet · At the Learning of Irish

• 0:08
  SPEAKER_00: Jirit Achara Tolmeira Sharish Le Podcr.
• 0:15
  SPEAKER_00: I am back again with a new podcast.
• 0:19
  SPEAKER_00: And I thought this week we'd talk about something kind of fun.
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  SPEAKER_00: I remember some months ago a friend of mine sending a picture of a book she'd bought with phrases to say in Irish to your dog.
• 0:31
  SPEAKER_00: And I actually bought that myself this last trip to Ireland, but I don't have it with me.
• 0:36
  SPEAKER_00: So I thought I would write some phrases you could use with your dog or any other pet and uh just add a little bit of fun to your daily speaking Irish.
• 0:47
  SPEAKER_00: For people who maybe don't have a speaking partner handier often, this is another way you can speak Irish.
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  SPEAKER_00: Speak it to your dog, and um hopefully they don't speak it back to you.
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  SPEAKER_00: So maybe to start some words for various animals.
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  SPEAKER_00: The first madra, you've probably heard throughout these episodes, is dog.
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  SPEAKER_00: It is a masculine noun.
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  SPEAKER_00: The word for cat, pretty easy, it's cut, it's spelled the same, it's also masculine.
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  SPEAKER_00: Horse is kapel, masculine.
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  SPEAKER_00: An ew is a queera, which is feminine.
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  SPEAKER_00: And a fish is eusk.
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  SPEAKER_00: And Kakinta, there are more kinds of animals in that in the world.
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  SPEAKER_00: Just look em up on Changlin or Folklore and pop those into Aber.ie and see how they sound.
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  SPEAKER_00: Alright, so now for some phrases.
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  SPEAKER_00: Erdose It's Colleen Mahu.
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  SPEAKER_00: You're a good girl.
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  SPEAKER_00: Or you could say it's Buochomahu.
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  SPEAKER_00: You're a good boy.
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  SPEAKER_00: Nabidonna, don't be bad.
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  SPEAKER_00: She sit down.
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  SPEAKER_00: And you're gonna use this with one person or animal.
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  SPEAKER_00: If you have more than one animal or person you want to sit down, you would say Sigishius.
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  SPEAKER_00: One I say all the time to my dog is Tarlum, which is come with me, or Tar Anshaw, come here.
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  SPEAKER_00: You could say Fan Ansho, stay or wait here.
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  SPEAKER_00: And we're getting into some very cute phrases next which I say all the time to my and other dogs.
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  SPEAKER_00: Nachwil to Glocha Aren't you cute?
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  SPEAKER_00: Or you could pump it up and say Nahwiltu Glocha Erfad Aren't you entirely cute?
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  SPEAKER_00: You could tell the dog that you love them or that they are your heart or your love, which is Mohrahu, you're my love or I love you.
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  SPEAKER_00: You could also say Mohrihu, which is you're my heart.
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  SPEAKER_00: Isstorhu You are a treasure.
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  SPEAKER_00: Let's say my treasure is Mastor.
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  SPEAKER_00: And if you wanted to get even cuter, you could say Mastorin, which is my little treasure.
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  SPEAKER_00: And if you wanted to get cuter still, you could say Mastorin Byog, my tiny little treasure.
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  SPEAKER_00: You can combine treasure and heart, say Stor Mukri, treasure of my heart.
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  SPEAKER_00: When a dog or an animal is being very good, you could say anwa, very good.
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  SPEAKER_00: If your animal's being all rowdy and you want them to calm down, you could say maybe Bhivnes, which is be at peace, be in your peace.
• 3:56
  SPEAKER_00: If you want them to be quiet, you could say Gesake Lat.
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  SPEAKER_00: Well that is all I've thought of for this little list.
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  SPEAKER_00: I'll look up the book and put it in the show notes if you care to purchase it.
• 4:10
  SPEAKER_00: It is, I will say, difficult at this moment, this moment being July 27, 2026, to purchase books from Ireland, if you are living in the United States, due to America's tariffs and uh political decisions.
• 4:28
  SPEAKER_00: So, you may have to wait, or you may have to go to Ireland itself to purchase a book.
• 4:34
  SPEAKER_00: I hope that you had fun and practice some of these with your dog, and I'll see you next time.
• 4:41
  SPEAKER_00: Slongeal.