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McMahan

I'm trying the post-it method right now, but my room-mate keeps throwing them away. Maybe if I label the trash bin "truflais araid" he'll decide he's fighting a losing battle.
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I'm still REALLY new at this so make sure you let others translate your stuff. (I haven't been right yet...)

"Pionta Guinness, le do thoil."

wdsci

You should try labeling with "mo chuid stuife" (means "my stuff") lach

David
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mhwombat

If you're looking up a word, and you can't find it in the dictionary (i.e. it's not in root form and you can't figure out what the root form is), use the online version of An Foclóir Beag:

http://www.csis.ul.ie/focloir/

This comes in handy even if you're fairly advanced and know the changes that words undergo in Irish, because it's easy to overlook one of the possibilities.

Here's a tip for those who are a bit past the beginner stage. I was so accustomed to using An Foclóir Beag to conjugate verbs and decline nouns, that I barely noticed that it also has definitions. (Doh!) And the definitions are written in fairly simple Irish. You may be surprised to find that you understand the definitions without much difficulty. So next time you need to look up the meaning of an Irish word, give An Foclóir Beag a go!
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Redwolf

Here's an idea I came up with the other day for getting comfortable with speaking Irish...use it on those darned telemarketers! For example:

TM: "Hello, may I speak with Mr. or Mrs. Nickel?"

Me: "Cé hé tusa? Níl bean Uí Nickel abhaile anois. Is mise an madra. Cedar is aimn dom."

TM: "Does anyone there speak English?"

Me: "Tá brón orm. Níl Béarla agam. An bhfuil Gaeilge agat?"

And so on and so forth until the telemarketer gets frustrated and hangs up. The nice thing is, you don't have to get too hung up on your pronunciation or grammar, because chances are good that the telemarketer has no idea what you're saying anyway (Note: this may not work in Ireland).

Redwolf
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Is fearr Gaeilge bhriste ná Béarla cliste
Is fearr Gaeilge na scoile ná gan Gaeilge ar bith

Méabh

I do that in German here sometimes
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Dá fheabhas é an t-ól is é an tart a dheireadh.
However good the drinking, thirst is how it ends.

mhwombat

Redwolf

I've done it in French once or twice, but I'm always afraid they'll find someone who speaks French to come on and give their spiel. One language I DON'T recommend trying it in (at least here in the U.S.) is Spanish...you can just about guarantee that they'll have a Spanish speaker or two on staff!

My other line with telemarketers is pretending to be Mrs. Nickel's private secretary, but that doesn't pertain to the topic of the thread. Wink

Redwolf
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Is fearr Gaeilge bhriste ná Béarla cliste
Is fearr Gaeilge na scoile ná gan Gaeilge ar bith

wdsci

Gaeilgeoir

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