#30daysoflearninggaeilge

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Leabharlann

- (feminine, second declension) library

leabhar - book ciúin - quiet bí ciúin! - be quiet! cárta leabharlainne - library card foireann na leabharlainne - library staff

Fuair sí leabhar ar iasacht ón leabharlann.

She borrowed a book from the library.

Btw the word leabhar is really hard for me to pronouce and I mess up every time I try to say it aloud xd

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Basic Gaeilge phrases

Dia duit /jee-ah ditch/ - Hello! Dia is muire duit /jee-ah is murah ditch/ - Hello (used only as a response)

Conas atá tú? /cunis a-ta too/ - How are you? Tá mé go maith /ta may go myhh/ - I’m good Tá mé go hiontach /ta may go heyntakh/ - I’m great Níl mé go maith /nyeel may go myhh/ - I’m not good Úfasach /oof-aas-akh/ - I’m awful

Le do thoill /leh daw hull/ - Please Go raibh maith agat /go row myhh ug-it/ - Thank you Tá fáilte romhat /ta falcha rowut/ - You’re welcome! (as response to thank you)

Slán leat - Goodbye!

This post’s basically transcript of this video

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Langblr Word of the Day Challenge “Grá“

Today’s word of the day of this challenge is “love”, which translates to grá in Gaeilge. My fav Irish song around the matter is “Cé a chuirfidh tú liom“ performed by Arcanadh; it’s incredibly mellow and comforting.

An grá - love An chroí - heart An mian - desire (as a strong wish, longing for sth) Grá agus gean - love and affection Is é mo ghrá - he is my love Is í mo ghrá - she is my love

Tá sé /Tá sí dúnta i ngrá le... - He/she is madly in love with... Thit mé i ngrá le... - I fell in love with... Thit tú/sé/sí i ngrá le... - You/he/she fell in love with... A (name), a chroí - my dear (name); directly tranlsates as (name), my heart Is é mian a chroí é - it’s his heart’s desire

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Langblr Word of the Day Challenge “Báisteach“

Today’s word of the Langblr Word of the Day Challenge introduced by @nordic-language-love​ is rain, which translates to báisteach in Gaeilge (Irish).

Vocab list

Báisteach - rain Lá báistí - rainy day An aimsir - weather Ceo - fog Scamallach - cloudy Stoirmiúil - stormy Gaofar - windy Fliuch - wet Fuar - cold

Some phrases

Lá fuar atá ann - it is a cold day Tá sé ag cur báistí - it is raining Tá sé fliuch inniú - it is wet today Tá ceo tiubh ann - there is a thick fog Tá báisteach ag titim - the rain is falling Bhí sé ag báisteach ar feadh an lae - it was raining all day

References: 1, 2

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New Year vocabulary as Gaeilge 🎉

Bliain nua - New Year An bhliain nua/An bhliain úr - the New Year Óiche Nollag beag - New Year’s Eve (literally means the night of little Christmas) Lá Nollag beag - New Year’s Day Rún athbhliana - New Year’s resolution

Athbhliain faoi mhaise duit! - Happy New Year! Bliain úr mhaith duit! - Happy New Year!

How to talk about your New Year’s resolutions:

Tá sé mar rún na hathbhliana... - It is my New Year’s resolution... agam gnó a bhunú - to start a business agam mar aisling a fhíorú - to follow my dreams agam bog go hÉireann - to move to Ireland agam éirí as na milseáin - to give up on sweets

Sources: one, two

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Breakfast vocabulary as Gaeilge 🍳

bricfeasta - breakfast leite - porridge pancóg - pancake bocaire - waffle órshúlach - golden syrup marmaláid - marmelade brioscarán - shortbread arán - bread ubh scothbhruite - soft-boiled egg óraiste dearg - blood orange úlla rósta - baked apples péitseog - peach eogart - yoghurt calóga arbhair - cornflakes im - butter bainne - milk sú - juice caife - coffee cupán tae - cup of tea

ithim (verb) - to eat maidin - morning go moch ar maidin - early in the morning

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Three Gaeilge sayings with pronunciation reference:

Níl aon tinteán mar do thinteán féin (pronunciation) - there’s no fireplace like your own fireplace, meaning that there’s no place like home.

Níl saoi gan locht (pronunciation) - there’s not a wise man without a fault, meaning that we all have our flaws or weaknesses.

Is fearr Gaelige bhriste, ná Béarla cliste (pronunciation) - broken Irish is better than clever English. The saying’s message is to encourage one to use whatever Gaeilge they have, no matter, how poor.

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Iontaoibh

- (feminine, second declension) trust

Phrase containing the word:

Ar bhonn iontaoibhe atá an caidreamh bunaithe.

Their relationship is build on trust.

Another Gaelic word for trust is muinín. If you want to say that you put your trust in something or someone, you can either say d’ionatoibh a chur i nduine or do mhuinín a chur i nduine.