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More Beginner Phrases · At the Learning of Irish

• 0:08
  SPEAKER_00: Madno Hachara Tomeira Shrish Le Podchel Nuwa Good morning friend.
• 0:16
  SPEAKER_00: I'm back again with a new podcast.
• 0:19
  SPEAKER_00: This one we're going to be talking about some more helpful phrases that we haven't covered in prior episodes, so let's go.
• 0:28
  SPEAKER_00: Alright, on Chirud.
• 0:30
  SPEAKER_00: We're going to learn some more ways to ask how somebody is.
• 0:34
  SPEAKER_00: And the first is Cain Chui, a will to, which is more often said in Konamara, and means which way are you, but it means how are you.
• 0:46
  SPEAKER_00: You could also ask Unwilta Gama, which is shortened to Wiltigama, and that means are you well?
• 0:54
  SPEAKER_00: But you know it means how are you?
• 0:57
  SPEAKER_00: In Ulster you may hear Kajatu and it means how are you?
• 1:03
  SPEAKER_00: But you could also hear Ain Schale, which means what's up?
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  SPEAKER_00: Literally it's asking if you have any stories to share.
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  SPEAKER_00: And if you don't, you could answer uh shale erbe, which is shortened probably from Neil Schale Erbe Agum, and that means you don't have a story at all.
• 1:24
  SPEAKER_00: Or you could say Devil Shale, which is no stories, but literally like devil story.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I should add, because I'm assuming that you know, but if you don't, everything that I'm saying is written out in the show notes, so you can see how it's spelled, and also so you can take that same text and put it into Aberpunk IE and hear it over and over, uh said probably more properly than I say it.
• 1:52
  SPEAKER_00: So earlier we learned that one way to ask what someone's name is is to simply say who are you?
• 1:59
  SPEAKER_00: There are other ways to ask more explicitly what someone's name is, and one of those is Cad is Anum Ditch.
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  SPEAKER_00: Literally what is the name for you?
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  SPEAKER_00: And you would answer by starting the sentence with your name and saying is anumdum.
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  SPEAKER_00: So Julian is anumdum.
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  SPEAKER_00: But you could also say which name is on you, which would be Cain Tanum Ata Ort which name is on you, and so you're going to answer with the name that is on you, again starting the sentence with your name.
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  SPEAKER_00: So Julian on Tonum Ata Uram.
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  SPEAKER_00: Julian is the name that is on me.
• 2:44
  SPEAKER_00: And I can't believe I didn't bring this up yet, I don't think that I have, but to say excuse me would be Gibmaleshale.
• 2:52
  SPEAKER_00: Or you could say tabron orum, then that's there's sadness on me.
• 2:58
  SPEAKER_00: Now as I did mention, today in Ireland people will say to Falcha Roet as you're welcome in response to thank you, but it really originally and literally means like you're welcome to this place.
• 3:15
  SPEAKER_00: You're probably familiar with Fulcha, I think even people who don't study Irish have heard of it, maybe Cade Me La Faulcha, but Fulcha is welcome, and to say to Fulcha Roet literally means there is a welcome before you, and it is a way to welcome someone to a space or a party or whatever, like we would learn in English, keeping in mind that that is only for a single person.
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  SPEAKER_00: If you're talking to more than one person, you would say tall falcha roiv.
• 3:49
  SPEAKER_00: And with every falcha comes a slon.
• 3:53
  SPEAKER_00: So different ways to say goodbye, which is what slon means, may depend on who's leaving, who's staying, and where you're going.
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  SPEAKER_00: For example, if you're the one who is not leaving, you would say slon yet for bye.
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  SPEAKER_00: And if you're the one who is leaving, you may say slon agat.
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  SPEAKER_00: You could also say slon lawalia, which is like wishing someone a safe journey home.
• 4:26
  SPEAKER_00: And I think we've already heard slon gafal, which is goodbye for now.
• 4:32
  SPEAKER_00: These next phrases are going to be really useful to you as a learner of Irish, and they are to ask what something means, how something is said in Irish, and asking someone to slow down at what they're saying.
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  SPEAKER_00: So if you want to know what something means, you could say kered is brilh and then whatever the word is that confuses you.
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  SPEAKER_00: What is the meaning with thing?
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  SPEAKER_00: So like cared espri la madre.
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  SPEAKER_00: What does madre mean?
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  SPEAKER_00: Another thing you could ask is ker de angrilga air, what's the Irish on this word, you know, said in English or German or French or whatever other language you're talking about.
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  SPEAKER_00: So asking what's the Irish that's on this?
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  SPEAKER_00: Ker de Angelge Air Book and we know that's Lauer.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now if someone is speaking too quickly for you to understand, you could ask them to slow it down.
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  SPEAKER_00: Slower, please.
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  SPEAKER_00: Or you could say Aber a Shin Rich.
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  SPEAKER_00: Say that again.
• 5:41
  SPEAKER_00: Of course, adding a let a hell on the end of every request is not a bad idea, which just means please.
• 5:48
  SPEAKER_00: Actually I think it literally means with your will.
• 5:52
  SPEAKER_00: Now, you want to make sure people understand what you're saying, and to ask if they understand is undiggin to.
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  SPEAKER_00: I'm diggin' to.
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  SPEAKER_00: Kinda like can ya dig it?
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  SPEAKER_00: Which I heard in one of my Irish classes is maybe a reason why we say that in American English, I don't know.
• 6:12
  SPEAKER_00: Undiggin to.
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  SPEAKER_00: Do you understand?
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  SPEAKER_00: And if you do, you could say tiggin me, or tig em in the syncopated form.
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  SPEAKER_00: And if you don't, you can say nihigginle.
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  SPEAKER_00: I don't understand.
• 6:27
  SPEAKER_00: We will get into this in a upcoming episode, but spoiler alert, you may have heard it said there is no yes and no in Irish, and that is true.
• 6:37
  SPEAKER_00: To answer something negatively, you have to negate the verb.
• 6:42
  SPEAKER_00: And that is all that I have on this little lesson now.
• 6:47
  SPEAKER_00: As always, I urge you to practice, put it into ABBAR, see how it sounds, incorporate it into your conversations or your diary.
• 6:58
  SPEAKER_00: And uh we'll see you next time, where we will be learning how to conjugate verbs in the present tense, and then we will be learning how to negate verbs.
• 7:10
  SPEAKER_00: So, until next time, slan gafalachara.
• 7:14
  SPEAKER_00: Bye for now.