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Those are some good tips, mhwombat! Go raibh maith agat, a chara!

Redwolf wrote:One thing I do is listen to a lot of music in Irish.

Yes! I will never forget the first time I understood an entire verse of a song without even looking at the liner notes. It was years ago, but it was something like:

Shiúil mise soir
Agus shiúil mise siar
Shiúil mise Corcaigh
'gus sraide Bhaile Átha Cliath

I was so proud! :snake:

OK, the snake isn't exactly relevant, but I think he's cute.

I'm trying to read my first Irish short story atm

Redwolf wrote:I like the labels idea. My family will think I'm crazy, but what the heck...they've always known that

I have this mental image of Norman Rockwell-style home, a man with "m'fhear cheile" pinned to his shirt, children with "mo mhac" and "m'inion" stuck to their foreheads, and bewildered animals labelled "an cat" and "an madadh".

I would add a suggestion to hook up with other learners, either live or on-line, to play games such as the "Fiche Ceist" game you started here. Games can be a great way to get basic patterns in your brain. When I was taking high school French, we actually played games quite a lot. Bingo helped us learn numbers. "I See Something Red" helped us learn colors (and learn how to ask questions). We played "20 Questions" too...great fun, and we learned a lot that way.

Another good mental game...if you see a town name or a state name that doesn't have an Irish equivalent, make one up for it! "If the Irish had settled in this place, what might they have called it?"

One we did here a while back (Ailill's suggestion) that was quite fun was translate movie titles into Irish.

Redwolf

mhwombat wrote:

Redwolf wrote:I like the labels idea. My family will think I'm crazy, but what the heck...they've always known that

I have this mental image of Norman Rockwell-style home, a man with "m'fhear cheile" pinned to his shirt, children with "mo mhac" and "m'inion" stuck to their foreheads, and bewildered animals labelled "an cat" and "an madadh".

Oh, you've seen my place then?

Actually, it's more like "Roseanne"!

Redwolf

Redwolf wrote: I was quite pleased, the other day, when I was grocery shopping and caught myself singing "Cuach Mo Londubh Buí" in Irish (I always sing under my breath when I'm shopping...it's one of my weird habits!).

Did you ever figure out what the verse before the classical irish sax solo is? i can't figure it for the life of me.

When I was teaching I always used music in the classroom. For one thing it's grammar in action. Then, of course, the sound of the target language comes over. Thirdly, why do you think that non-English contact schools have such a success rate with English? The music scene is in English to a great extent and this is a huge incentive for youngsters to learn English. Also, actual songs, not made-up songs for the classroom had a better effect.

mhwombat wrote:

Redwolf wrote:I like the labels idea. My family will think I'm crazy, but what the heck...they've always known that

I have this mental image of Norman Rockwell-style home, a man with "m'fhear cheile" pinned to his shirt, children with "mo mhac" and "m'inion" stuck to their foreheads, and bewildered animals labelled "an cat" and "an madadh".

Please be certain to use Post-Its on your family members - thumb tacks in the forehead leave marks!