Macha

Irish American, mid 20s, learning languages slowly Yes, my real name is Macha Is fearr Gaeilge bhriste ná Béarla cliste

[banrionmachauladh]

Tá sí maol! Tá sí maol agus ag céasadh daoine a bhfuil gruaig orthu!

[theroyalgardens]

Westport House, County Mayo, Ireland

[stilltheturtlemoves]

“…I twist the stem of the apple in my hand till it breaks with a snap. Felicity pulls my hand to her mouth and bites into the fruit cupped there. Her mouth is still sticky sweet from it as she kisses me full on the lips. I have to put my hand to them to stop the tingling, and a blush has filled my entire body.”

[90377]

Mossy Creek in the Kawhaka Forest by Steve Reekie

[midnightinshadow]

[banrionmachauladh]

m'anam

[bethiedoesntstudy]

Fandom as Gaeilge

General terms

A following of fans (fandom) -

lucht leanúna / lucht tacaíochta or ‘fandom’

A fan - leantóir

Fans - leantóirí

Fangirls - leanúna cailíní or fangirls

Fanboys - leanúna buaillí or fangirls

Fanfiction could be ficsean leanúna / leabhar leanúna

Fan art - ealaín leanúna

Fan (maga)zine - iris lucht leanúna

Audience - lucht féachana

Like (on social media) ‘I like this’- 'is maith liom'

It got 100 likes - fuair sé 100 'is maith liom'

Kudos/recognition - aitheantas

Add a comment (annotation) - nóta tráchta a chur le

A bookmark - leabharmharc

A fictional character - carachtar ficsin / carachtar ficseanúil

Title character - príomhcharachtar

Characterisation - carachtracht

Alternative universe (AU) / different world - domhan eile (DE)

It’s a work in progress (it’s not ready yet) - níl sé réidh fós

A work in progress - obair atá ar na maidí

“Blorbo” aka ‘adored character’ - carachtar ionúin

“My poor little meow meow” aka ‘poor thing’ - an créatúrín (little creature) / créatúirín bocht / an diabhal bocht

Other terms of endearment - a chroí (my heart), a stór (my pulse), a ghrá (my love)

Shipping

(View this post on romance for more)

A ‘ship’ or relationship - caidreamh

This could make ‘shipping’ - ag caidreamh

Slow burn (lit. slow ready)- mall réidh

The process is a slow burn - is próiseas malltriallach atá ann

Love ‘match’ / love interest - cleamhnas cumainn / cleamhnas grá

Love triangle - triantán suthain

Lovebird - éan suirí

Lovebirds (used humorously) - leannáin / lánúin ghrámhar

Lovemaking (amorous advances) - suirí

Lovey dovey behaviour - grámhar

Lovey dovey (descriptive) - grámhar / ceanúil / geanúil

With each other/together - le chéile

Wife - bean chéile

Husband - fear chéile

Partner - páirtí / céile (sexual)

Duo/couple - beirt

Póg - kiss

An affectionate kiss - póg mhuirneach

Making out (kiss, touch) - bheith ag cúirtéireacht (courtship) / bheith ag radaireacht (radar)

Seduce - meall

With sexual desire - go cíocrach / go díocasach / go macnasach

Fanfiction terms

Fluff (writing and entertainment) - truflais

Angst - imní / buairt

Smut (perjortative) - gáirsiúlacht / graostacht / salachar

Smut - téisiúil (seductive) / mealltach (alluring)

Sexual - gnéasach / gnéis / collaí

‘Sexual relations’ / intercourse - caidreamh collaí

General audience - lucht féachana ginearálta

For audiences teen and older - do lucht féachana déagóirí agus níos sine

Mature - aibí

Sexually Explicit - gáirsiúil / graosta

Violence - foréigean

A warning notice - rabhadh

Phrases for fanfics

Give me a kiss - tabhair póg dom

They exchanged a kiss - phóg siad a chéile

He covered her face with kisses [he kissed her again and then again]

- phóg sé a haghaidh arís agus arís eile

She blew him a kiss - shéid sí póg ina threo

He kissed away her tears - ghlan sé a deora le póga

She/he kissed him hungrily - phóg sí/sé go cíocrach é

Wantonly (licentious) - go macnasach / go teaspúil / go mínáireach

She wantonly kissed him - phóg sí é go macnasach, phóg sí é go teaspúil, phóg sí é go drúisiúil

Note: ‘ag’ is like +ing, ‘go’ is like +ily

[midnightinshadow]

[banrionmachauladh]

Anyone else read “The Gemma Doyle Trilogy” or obsessed with watching “H2O: Just Add Water”?

…just me?

Who cares. I’m thinking about writing and extremely self indulgent crossover fanfic between them

[gayeilgeoir]

Butchered tongue feels like that voice in the back of your head wondering if it’s safe every time you speak Irish

Butchered tongue feels like when you speak Irish and someone looks at you expecting a translation for the language that’s forever the beating soul of their own country

Butchered tongue feels like crossing the border and not seeing the Irish langauge signs anymore

Butchered tongue feels like trying everything to pull back as much of your culture as possible and never feeling like it’s enough

Butchered tongue feels like the guilt for not doing enough to save the language every time you look at Irish history and realise what people did to save it so you could speak it

Butchered tongue feels like every single time someone mocks Irish in front of you and looks surprised that you call them out on it

Butchered tongue feels like the anger every time you struggle in Irish because it should come so easy to you

Butchered tongue feels like the disgust every time you have to speak English because you don’t know the Irish for it

[banrionmachauladh]

Ní labhraím Béarla i gceart fiú mar gur tógadh mé i Texas. Ceapaim go mbíonn tionchar aige sin ar an gcaoi a n-aistrím focail go Gaeilge

Once again, I try my best. I often wonder what that world would sound like if our language wasn’t stolen. All of our languages because the world is full of so many unique languages

[banrionmachauladh]

You ever have a Catholic guilt dream so hard that you wake up with pain in you me hands and feeling hungover?

I have. I dreamt of praying the rosary like my life depended on it and I was clutching that thing so hard that it cut my hands… I don’t even own a rosary but the nuns keep telling me to get one.

Tá mé chomh tuirseach agus tá obair agam i gceann cúpla uair an chloig!!!

[banrionmachauladh]

Ná lig dár dteanga álainn bás a fháil. Is é an gníomh is mó frithsheasmhachta in aghaidh ionróirí Shasana ná leanúint ar aghaidh ag labhairt na teanga a theastaigh uathu cosc ​​a chur uirthi.

Is foréigean in aghaidh ár sinsear agus na nglún atá le teacht é Béarla a labhairt mar dhuine Éireannach, nó Ceilteach ar shlí eile.