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 September 05 2004, 5:50 AM |
Séafra
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| 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"! 
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"bruscair" would have also worked in that situation, lol.
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| September 05 2004, 9:00 AM |
Méabh
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bruscair is the genitive 
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| November 02 2004, 18:40 PM |
mhwombat
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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 http://www.irishgaelictranslator.com/translation/ftopic17962.htm Virtual Restaurant.
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| November 02 2004, 19:04 PM |
Ailill
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| keep a diary (or blog) in Irish, write as much or as little as you like. |
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| November 02 2004, 19:18 PM |
Peggi
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What a totally neat idea, Ailill! 
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| November 02 2004, 20:00 PM |
Brigid_CloverMoon
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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.
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| November 03 2004, 13:58 PM |
mhwombat
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| 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
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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..
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| November 03 2004, 14:02 PM |
Brigid_CloverMoon
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It really does wombat, Deirdre really is a good teacher....
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| November 03 2004, 14:08 PM |
mhwombat
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| 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
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| November 08 2004, 11:21 AM |
Asarlaí
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It's important to speak the language every day -
now as we know this can be difficult in Ireland let alone anywhere else...
but no worries! -
Buy yourself a dog of cat (any animal will do) and talk incessantly to it in Irish until it starts to get the gist of the language - You can measure your progress by your pets expression - If they just sit there staring at you with a quizical look on their face then you may need a wee more practice -  |
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