Irish Translation Forum

Is breá liom Gaillimh

Okay, perhaps I will continue on the "greeting track." Is "Conas atá tú?" a more informal type of "How are you?" (I know "Cad é mar atá tú?", though I don't know if it's formal or informal.)

Let's see now, I can say to you all:

Go raibh maith agat!

(Right?)




Gáire

It's a question of dialect, rsther than formality.

Cad é mar atá tú - Ulster (the wombat-approved dialect)
Conas tá tú - Connaught
Cén chaoi a bhfuil tú - Munster

mhwombat wrote:It's a question of dialect, rsther than formality.

Cad é mar atá tú - Ulster (the wombat-approved dialect)
Conas tá tú - Connaught
Cén chaoi a bhfuil tú - Munster

The latter two in reverse order

Antóin wrote:

mhwombat wrote:It's a question of dialect, rsther than formality.

Cad é mar atá tú - Ulster (the wombat-approved dialect)
Conas tá tú - Connaught
Cén chaoi a bhfuil tú - Munster

The latter two in reverse order

I've lost my edit facility again. My last post wasn't clear.

Connaught - Cén chaoi a bhfuil tú ?

Munster - Conas atá tú (usually pronounced and often spelt as - conas tánn tú?)

Gáire wrote:Okay, perhaps I will continue on the "greeting track." Is "Conas atá tú?" a more informal type of "How are you?" (I know "Cad é mar atá tú?", though I don't know if it's formal or informal.)

Let's see now, I can say to you all:

Go raibh maith agat!

(Right?)

Go raibh maith agaibh when you are speaking to more than one person . . . to which we could respond:
Go ndéana sé maith duit!

David

Excellent! Thanks again. I see that if I stay around here long enough I'll be speaking Gaeilge in no time. (Now, if I could only figure out the pronunciations.)

So while I have you all here, what are your favorite resources for learning Irish? I saw the list in the FAQ, which is quite helpful, but a bit overwhelming. If you could pick just one, which would you pick? And have any of you ever tried Rosetta Stone? I'm not sure if they have Gaeilge, but I do know they have Cymraeg.

Just wondering (but I understand if no one has the time to respond).


Gáire

They did mention an interest in doing an Irish program, but I don't think any of us have experience with it. If you'd like a nice allrounder CD-ROM with pronunciation coaching, try TeachMe! Irish. We've linked them on this site, but the general link to them is www.linguashop.com I have TeachMe! Irish and TeachMe! Welsh and they are both very good and affordable tools for those who prefer to go the "interactive" route.

Undoubtedly my favorite resource is this forum. It also really helps to have a good dictionary - I'd recommend something like Foclóir Scoile or one of the others published by An Gúm. I haven't actually used that one myself but I've heard good reviews.

David

Thanks, once again! I will check out those suggestions.



Gáire