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Greetings and Beginner Convo · At the Learning of Irish

• 0:09
  SPEAKER_00: Falcha achara.
• 0:12
  SPEAKER_00: Welcome, friend, to the first episode of at the Learning of Irish podcast.
• 0:20
  SPEAKER_00: We are going to be looking at greetings today and some basic things you may be saying in a conversation.
• 0:28
  SPEAKER_00: The words that I'll be saying will be in the show notes, and I really suggest that you look those words up in ABBAR.ieabi R dot IE.
• 0:41
  SPEAKER_00: Choose the accent of your choice and see how that sounds, as I am not a native Irish speaker, and I am from North America, so it is really worth it to hear how it would be said in an Irish accent.
• 0:58
  SPEAKER_00: I'll also be putting some videos in the show notes that I've found that may be helpful with this subject, keeping in mind that they are current as of July 2026, and if you are accessing this at a later date, they may not be.
• 1:13
  SPEAKER_00: Alright, and with that said, let's go.
• 1:16
  SPEAKER_00: So the first thing you'll want to say when meeting a new person is probably hello, and in Irish, that is jehwit, if you are the first person saying it.
• 1:27
  SPEAKER_00: Now, it doesn't mean literally hello, it actually means God with you or like may God be with you, keeping in mind that there still are elements in the Irish language that are really religious, and you don't necessarily have to be religious to use them, this is just how the language is.
• 1:47
  SPEAKER_00: So if you are the first person, you would say Jiawit and the person will respond to you Jia Ismoirawit, which means God and Mary be with you.
• 2:01
  SPEAKER_00: So Jia Huit God with you or hello and Jia Ismoirait and God and Mary with you.
• 2:11
  SPEAKER_00: Now the next thing you may want to know is how somebody is.
• 2:15
  SPEAKER_00: I think in Ireland it's similar as in North America, in that when people ask this, they maybe don't want to know every single detail of how you actually are, it's just sort of part of a greeting.
• 2:29
  SPEAKER_00: There are many ways to ask how someone is, but the way that's listed in the standard is conas atoltu How are you?
• 2:38
  SPEAKER_00: Kunas atoltu Konas atoltu and to answer you would say Ta Me, which means I am Tall Me Gama I'm good Ta Me Gadona I am bad Tal Me Geentach I am wonderful Tal Me Eros I am amazing, really good Tal Me Kertgalor I'm okay Also Tal Me Tao is I'm fine, I'm grand, but it kind of means like I'm okay Tal Me Tursach I am tired This is one I hear quite a lot from adults Seems like we're always tired And then if you want to know how the person is that asked you, you could just say Agus Tu Hain which is like and you yourself and you So how are you?
• 3:43
  SPEAKER_00: Kunasa Tal to Tall Mei I am Gama Good Gadonna Bad Gintach Wonderful Arous Amazing Kirgalor Okay Tao Fine Turs Tired Agastuin and you And I will add that you may hear Agestu Feen as that is indeed how it's spelled now And it's always nice to be polite so you may thank someone for asking To thank someone in Irish it's go Rev Ma Agat But said quickly it will sound like Gorv Mahab Go Rev Ma Agat This means thank you but it literally means may there be goodness at you or may you have goodness It's a blessing which is its entire own different form in Irish but in any case all you need to know is that's how you say thank you.
• 4:55
  SPEAKER_00: Now there's a few ways to say you're welcome.
• 4:59
  SPEAKER_00: One kind of casual could be like oh don't mention it Nahber Nahabere, don't mention it.
• 5:07
  SPEAKER_00: Now the way that you're most likely gonna hear is technically grammatically incorrect.
• 5:13
  SPEAKER_00: However, this is how most people in Ireland say it, so I think that makes it correct.
• 5:19
  SPEAKER_00: And that would be Ta Falchal Roet, which literally means there's a welcome before you in like welcome to the shop, welcome to my house, whatever.
• 5:29
  SPEAKER_00: But it is used to mean your welcome.
• 5:32
  SPEAKER_00: Uh it's sort of like a berlichus, I think, is the term for it.
• 5:36
  SPEAKER_00: So an an English-Irish mixture.
• 5:39
  SPEAKER_00: So Girv Mahagit Tofalcharoit or Mahabre, don't mention it.
• 5:49
  SPEAKER_00: So you probably want to know what someone's name is.
• 5:52
  SPEAKER_00: And to ask that in Irish, you just say Ketusa.
• 5:57
  SPEAKER_00: Which means who are you?
• 5:59
  SPEAKER_00: But it's not rude to say it like that.
• 6:01
  SPEAKER_00: So Ketusa is an easy way to ask someone who they are, what their name is.
• 6:08
  SPEAKER_00: Now to answer that, you would say Is Misha and then use your name.
• 6:14
  SPEAKER_00: So Is Misha Julian.
• 6:18
  SPEAKER_00: And again, like an earlier, you can just say Agus to Hayan to ask the person who asked you and they'll answer.
• 6:27
  SPEAKER_00: So Kissa, who are you?
• 6:29
  SPEAKER_00: Is Misha Julian It's me, Julian.
• 6:34
  SPEAKER_00: And you may want to know where they're from.
• 6:37
  SPEAKER_00: K Ass who is one way to say it.
• 6:40
  SPEAKER_00: You can also say Cod as too.
• 6:42
  SPEAKER_00: So K as who K as who Where are you from?
• 6:50
  SPEAKER_00: And to answer, you will say Is As the place that you're from, and then May.
• 6:57
  SPEAKER_00: So a different structure that we're seeing here than we saw earlier.
• 7:02
  SPEAKER_00: But K as who is ass medical Mei.
• 7:06
  SPEAKER_00: I'm from America.
• 7:08
  SPEAKER_00: Most countries in Irish are gendered feminine.
• 7:13
  SPEAKER_00: This is not a literal gender, this is a grammatical function.
• 7:17
  SPEAKER_00: If you've never had to learn another language, this may be something really foreign to you.
• 7:22
  SPEAKER_00: At this point in your learning journey, you probably don't need to know that much about it.
• 7:26
  SPEAKER_00: But I think it's worth learning some of these things early on so you don't have to relearn them later.
• 7:32
  SPEAKER_00: So just keep it in your pocket that most countries in Irish are feminine, except for America and England for some reason.
• 7:41
  SPEAKER_00: So Chaos who?
• 7:44
  SPEAKER_00: Where are you from?
• 7:45
  SPEAKER_00: Is As Medical May?
• 7:48
  SPEAKER_00: I'm from America.
• 7:49
  SPEAKER_00: The United States is Stach Ancheha Veracole.
• 7:54
  SPEAKER_00: You could also be from Canada, which is feminine, and that's pretty easy, it's just Canada.
• 7:59
  SPEAKER_00: Spelled a little differently.
• 8:01
  SPEAKER_00: Scotland is Alban, Ireland is Era, England is Sassana, France is On Ronc, Germany on Yermon.
• 8:12
  SPEAKER_00: And of course there are a ton more countries out there.
• 8:16
  SPEAKER_00: I would suggest getting an Irish dictionary and looking em up, or using one of the dictionaries online, like folklore punk i or chonglin, both of which will be linked in the show notes.
• 8:31
  SPEAKER_00: Anyway, so nowadays it's quite likely that we are from somewhere else originally and live in a different place now.
• 8:41
  SPEAKER_00: So if you want to know where someone is living now, you could say call will to Idochone.
• 8:49
  SPEAKER_00: And it means where do you live?
• 8:51
  SPEAKER_00: Literally it means where are you in your living?
• 8:55
  SPEAKER_00: Sort of an example how, as I mentioned in episode zero, Irish is structured way differently than English.
• 9:02
  SPEAKER_00: So call will too Idochone Where are you in your living?
• 9:08
  SPEAKER_00: Where do you live?
• 9:10
  SPEAKER_00: And you answer Tal Me Imohoni I live.
• 9:16
  SPEAKER_00: Say where you live.
• 9:17
  SPEAKER_00: It can be a city, it could be a country, it could be a description, for example, Tal Me Imohoni, I live Ilar Nakahrak in the center of the city.
• 9:32
  SPEAKER_00: You could live in the countryside Fuintua Talme Imokoni Fuintua you could live in the city, Tame Imohoni, Sakhar or you could live maybe on the outskirts of town.
• 9:49
  SPEAKER_00: Tame Imohoni Erimol Naval or Erimol Navalia, whichever you prefer.
• 9:58
  SPEAKER_00: And again, like with the others, you can say Igistuhain or you could say Agus Tuhain Kabultuhoni if you wanted to.
• 10:08
  SPEAKER_00: Maybe get some practice saying the phrase.
• 10:11
  SPEAKER_00: And then after all that, there are of course more questions you can ask.
• 10:16
  SPEAKER_00: We will address those in another episode, I don't want to overload you.
• 10:20
  SPEAKER_00: You can say nice to meet you Jas Bula Lat Jas Bula Lat.
• 10:28
  SPEAKER_00: Jas means nice.
• 10:30
  SPEAKER_00: I've heard a few times in various classes that it's where we get the word jazz from, actually.
• 10:36
  SPEAKER_00: Jasped differently, in Irish means nice, and jazz, the music which is really nice to listen to.
• 10:46
  SPEAKER_00: And then to say goodbye, you could say slon, which is just bye.
• 10:52
  SPEAKER_00: Or you could say slon gafal.
• 10:55
  SPEAKER_00: Bye for now.
• 10:58
  SPEAKER_00: Alright, we're just gonna run through these really quickly one more time.
• 11:03
  SPEAKER_00: To hopefully help stick them in your mind.
• 11:06
  SPEAKER_00: Take some time, watch the video, go through the list, put the words in Aberpunk i and Klachta Klachta Klachta Practice practice practice.
• 11:16
  SPEAKER_00: Alright Gia Gwit Gia Ismoyo Quit Konosatu Well tomegama I guess to Hein Tome Kerkolor Girv Mahab Nahabare Keetusa well Ismisha Julian I guess Ketusa Keasu Isas Medical Me Call Wiltu Idahone Tame Imhone E draw Virginia and that's Virginia Beach is fear It's true Agus to Hayan Jas Bulalat Slan Gefal And that's it Slan Gull For real Bye