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Post by Senbecc on May 9, 2008 17:56:37 GMT -5
Uh...I have no idea what dialect I am learning...'spose I should figure that out, eh? So....um... Conas ta sibh go leir? The spellings *usually* stay the same, it generally the pronounciations that are different. Heres a good site you might be interested in. They have a fine forum for getting translations. www.irish-sayings.com/
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Post by Der Trommler on May 9, 2008 22:49:19 GMT -5
Uh...I have no idea what dialect I am learning...'spose I should figure that out, eh? So....um... Conas ta sibh go leir? From the small amount of what I know of Irish, that looks like Munster to me
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Post by diarmuid on May 10, 2008 9:45:59 GMT -5
Uh...I have no idea what dialect I am learning...'spose I should figure that out, eh? So....um... Conas ta sibh go leir? From the small amount of what I know of Irish, that looks like Munster to me Well, whatever you know, it is more than me, so thanks! All that I know of the different dialects is from that show "In the Name of the Fada"...sadly....
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Post by Marcus on May 10, 2008 18:28:24 GMT -5
Uh...I have no idea what dialect I am learning...'spose I should figure that out, eh? So....um... Conas ta sibh go leir? From the small amount of what I know of Irish, that looks like Munster to me I dont believe it is munster. Im not sure what it is but from the looks of things i think it is meant to mean "how are you?" ?
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Post by niamh on May 10, 2008 18:38:41 GMT -5
I'd like to get this going but my Irish got really rusty. I've checked into the language & found out there are three dialects. Ulster, Munster, Connacht. From what I've gathered thus far, Munster seems to be most used followed by Ulster. The dialect is a little different but I was able to pick up certain sentences between each. ok em its very complicated lol you see there four countries in Ireland (our counties are liek US states you know) there: Munster(where i live) Leinster Connacht and Ulster(where Marcus is from) so then each county has its own dialects, you see except the lienster one has died out for the must part and they use our phrases the Munster ones you see no no to be honest it doesnt matter which dialect you use, or even if you mix them up, when we were taught it we were taught all the dialects togetehr and when we do listening test for exams and stuff its usually in the Ulster dialect so we have to know theother ones, its all abit silly really lol (em i hope this isnt all just crap and a rant hope you can get something out of it lol)
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Post by diarmuid on May 10, 2008 21:22:12 GMT -5
From the small amount of what I know of Irish, that looks like Munster to me I dont believe it is munster. Im not sure what it is but from the looks of things i think it is meant to mean "how are you?" ? Oh, I was attempting to say "How are you all"? Figures I would mess up again....heheh. Anyways, yeah. Is there a reason that they are teaching you all the dialects at once? (Besides the obvious reason of needing to know them) Like, do they want the dialects to just become one?
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Post by Senbecc on May 11, 2008 5:56:04 GMT -5
I dont believe it is munster. Im not sure what it is but from the looks of things i think it is meant to mean "how are you?" ? Oh, I was attempting to say "How are you all"? Figures I would mess up again....heheh. Anyways, yeah. Is there a reason that they are teaching you all the dialects at once? (Besides the obvious reason of needing to know them) Like, do they want the dialects to just become one? "How are you?" Irish (Standard) - Conas tá tú? Irish (Munster) - Conas taoi?, Conas tánn tú?, Conas tá tú? Irish (Connacht) - Cén chaoi a bhfuil tú? Irish (Ulster) - Cad é mar atá tú? What was your reference for Conas ta sibh go leir? Conas tá tú uile? (how are you all?)
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Post by niamh on May 11, 2008 12:02:08 GMT -5
I dont believe it is munster. Im not sure what it is but from the looks of things i think it is meant to mean "how are you?" ? Oh, I was attempting to say "How are you all"? Figures I would mess up again....heheh. Anyways, yeah. Is there a reason that they are teaching you all the dialects at once? (Besides the obvious reason of needing to know them) Like, do they want the dialects to just become one? em well i do irish as an exam subject so i have to know all the differeent dialects (i dont have a choice) its not that they necessaryly teach us all the dialects at once we just kinda knwo them all, like you just pick it up kinda thing you know, but like if you want to tlka irish with someone or want to watch a show in irish, the fact is ther not always going to use the same words you are but, it doesnt cause to much trouble liek iv said beforre its just the same as in english one person saying "cool" "great""wicked" you know we all know its referening to somethi8gn being good, just in different ways "Like, do they want the dialects to just become one?" oh no no, thats not it at all we dont really see there being 3main different ways of saying things as a big deal we just get on with it, we dont want it to become one i think it would be kinda sad if we did , the south have there ways of saying things as does the west and north and then lol then the east well, there silly anyway so doesnt matter what they do
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Post by diarmuid on May 11, 2008 13:21:41 GMT -5
Oh, I was attempting to say "How are you all"? Figures I would mess up again....heheh. Anyways, yeah. Is there a reason that they are teaching you all the dialects at once? (Besides the obvious reason of needing to know them) Like, do they want the dialects to just become one? "How are you?" Irish (Standard) - Conas tá tú? Irish (Munster) - Conas taoi?, Conas tánn tú?, Conas tá tú? Irish (Connacht) - Cén chaoi a bhfuil tú? Irish (Ulster) - Cad é mar atá tú? What was your reference for Conas ta sibh go leir? Conas tá tú uile? (how are you all?) The Irish People. (dowloaded it somewhere) It says "Conas ta sibh go leir?" for "how are you all?" when talking to more than one person. Sibh being you plural. And tu being used for you singular.
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Post by diarmuid on May 11, 2008 13:23:08 GMT -5
em well i do irish as an exam subject so i have to know all the differeent dialects (i dont have a choice) its not that they necessaryly teach us all the dialects at once we just kinda knwo them all, like you just pick it up kinda thing you know, but like if you want to tlka irish with someone or want to watch a show in irish, the fact is ther not always going to use the same words you are but, it doesnt cause to much trouble liek iv said beforre its just the same as in english one person saying "cool" "great""wicked" you know we all know its referening to somethi8gn being good, just in different ways "Like, do they want the dialects to just become one?" oh no no, thats not it at all we dont really see there being 3main different ways of saying things as a big deal we just get on with it, we dont want it to become one i think it would be kinda sad if we did , the south have there ways of saying things as does the west and north and then lol then the east well, there silly anyway so doesnt matter what they do Ah, I see. Very interesting.
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Post by Senbecc on May 11, 2008 18:51:46 GMT -5
"How are you?" Irish (Standard) - Conas tá tú? Irish (Munster) - Conas taoi?, Conas tánn tú?, Conas tá tú? Irish (Connacht) - Cén chaoi a bhfuil tú? Irish (Ulster) - Cad é mar atá tú? What was your reference for Conas ta sibh go leir? Conas tá tú uile? (how are you all?) The Irish People. (dowloaded it somewhere) It says "Conas ta sibh go leir?" for "how are you all?" when talking to more than one person. Sibh being you plural. And tu being used for you singular. I believe you're right actually. I think my grammer is off. So it should be "Conas tá sibh uile", or maybe drop the "all" all together?
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Post by diarmuid on May 11, 2008 21:51:34 GMT -5
The Irish People. (dowloaded it somewhere) It says "Conas ta sibh go leir?" for "how are you all?" when talking to more than one person. Sibh being you plural. And tu being used for you singular. I believe you're right actually. I think my grammer is off. So it should be "Conas tá sibh uile", or maybe drop the "all" all together? Yeah, so... Conas ta sibh?
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Post by Senbecc on May 12, 2008 8:51:43 GMT -5
I believe you're right actually. I think my grammer is off. So it should be "Conas tá sibh uile", or maybe drop the "all" all together? Yeah, so... Conas ta sibh? Tá mé go maith, Conas atá tú?
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Post by diarmuid on May 12, 2008 13:48:15 GMT -5
Ta me go maith leis!
Anywho...mmm...la brea ata ann. Seriously. The sun is out and its warm, but with a nice breeze...
Is there a way I could get the fadas on the letters somehow???
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Post by Der Trommler on May 15, 2008 8:00:51 GMT -5
Yeah, so... Conas ta sibh? Tá mé go maith, Conas atá tú? Go Brea. Sorry, using my laptop without the downloaded fada's....
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