Irish Translation Forum

Redwolf wrote:I think the labels idea is already taking hold. We were at Target in Watsonville today and I saw a sign on a bin that said "basura" and my mind immediately supplied "bruscar"!

Redwolf

"bruscair" would have also worked in that situation, lol.

bruscair is the genitive

Download a copy of Lámhleabhar Bia agus Dí from here. This booklet contains the vocabulary you'd expect to use in a restaurant. Meet up with some friends (or rope some family members into it) and play "pretend restaurant". Take turns being the waiter. Ham it up! Complain about the food. When you're relaxed and having fun, the Irish "soaks in" better.

You are also welcome to join us and practice what you've learned inWombat's ftopic17962.htm Virtual Restaurant.

keep a diary (or blog) in Irish, write as much or as little as you like.

What a totally neat idea, Ailill!

My teacher does a call and response thing with the irregular verbs that helps

An raibh tú? and we all have to answer

Bhí mé
Ní raibh mé

An bhfuil tú?

Tá mé
Níl mé

An mbedih tú?

Beidh mé
Ní bheidh mé

She does it a few times a day in class and she does it faster and faster each time, after a while it gets to be like a little song.

So if you know a nutter studying Irish do it back and forth on the telephone or do it across AIM or Yahoo.

Brigid_CloverMoon wrote:My teacher does a call and response thing with the irregular verbs that helps

An raibh tú? and we all have to answer

Bhí mé
Ní raibh mé

That is excellent!

And even if all you do is read the list out loud every day, without making any effort to memorise it, you will find that it begins to soak in..

It really does wombat, Deirdre really is a good teacher....

Ailill wrote:keep a diary (or blog) in Irish, write as much or as little as you like.

Definitely! In the beginning, perhaps all you will be able to do is say what the weather is like that day. Then you will be able to say things such as: I went to the store, I visited a friend. Until you've been studying for a few years, it will be a fairly boring diary, but it is fun to see how your Irish improves over the months.

Another reason this is a great idea is that any new words that are related to your life will stick with you much better than words you simply learn as part of an exercise. If you learn that the word for interview is agallamh, you may forget it tomorrow... unless you have a job interview that day!

If you do decide to keep a blog (online diary), let us know. We may visit from time to time and offer corrections, if you like. My blog is http://mhwombat.jablog.com/blog.php