#gaelainn — Public Fediverse posts

skyrim as gaeilge
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/173284

machine translation but hey it’s a place to start. would love to see some native speakers get in on this!

An bhfuil eolas ag éinne agaibh i dtaobh bhunús an struchtúir ina bhfuil ainsíoch bealaí mar dobhriathar? Rud mar ‘bhí sé ag dul _an bóthar_’ gan an ginideach i ndiaidh ainme briathartha. An raibh a leithéid de rud sa Ghaelainn Chlasaiceach nó roimis sin?

#Gaeilge #Gaelainn #Gaoidhealg #Gramadach

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZPLrZ2lP7A

Not as comprehensive as the guide I wrote regarding the copula – but a really good quick and fairly simple introduction to the basics, very nice work by An Spideog!

#Gaeilge #AnChopail #Gaelainn #Irish

My explanation of the use of (in)direct relative clauses with adverbials in #Irish #grammar.

Written on a forum that I _don’t_ want to advertise due to one active toxic user making it not be a safe space. But IMO the explanation is worth sharing.

#Gaeilge #Gaelainn #gramadach

It’s in the language at lest since Middle Ir. period. In his dissertation on the historical syntax of the copula Kuninao Nashimoto mentioned it for Middle and Early Mod. Irish.

But he makes it sound like it’s limited to placename lore and not productive since EMI.

#Gaeilge #Gaelainn #gramadach

This rule is well-established and commented upon in Graiméar Gaeilge na mBráithre Críostaí (the most authoritative Standard Irish grammar), by O’Nolan in his books, in Gnás na Gaedhilge by Cormac Ó Cadhlaigh.

#Gaeilge #Gaelainn #gramadach

This means that there is a difference between:

is Séamus ainm a mhic ‘Séamus is the name of his son’

and

is é Séamus a rinne é ‘it’s Séamus who did it’

sub-predicate pronoun is only put before (definite) name referring to a specific person.

#Gaeilge #Gaelainn #gramadach

One interesting rule of #Irish #grammar that many people struggle with, but it seems well alive in native Irish. A 🧵.

If a proper name (of person or place) is referring to the name itself, & not to a specific person, it’s treated as indefinite after the copula.

#Gaeilge #Gaelainn #gramadach

Fé dheireadh, tá seilf leabhar agam!

#books #leabhair #Gaeilge #Gaelainn

For anybody interested in specifically Munster Irish these YouTube videos 'Dave Learns Irish' are very good. Crucially, he seems to have the respect of some of those with very good Munster inflected Irish, which a lot of people on social media purporting to 'teach' Irish emphatically do not.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvkP6u3p0u4&list=PLz53KnWXzYwYYOxSQT5eIA6r8FurjwQuE&index=5

#Irish #Gaeilinn #Gaelainn #Gaeilge

Guides I wrote a while ago about ‘being’ in Sc. Gaelic and in Irish (tha/tá/bí verbs vs the copula ‘is’). They’re fairly comprehensive and, I hope, helpful to learners:

https://celtic-languages.org/Guide_to_Scottish_Gaelic_to_be

https://celtic-languages.org/Guide_to_Irish_to_be

I haven’t shared them in a while, so maybe it’s worth linking them again. :)

@gaelic @gaeilge
#Gàidhlig #Gaidhlig #Gaeilge #Gaelainn #ScottishGaelic #Irish

Do cheannaíos “Gnás na Gaedhilge” (a scríobh Cormac Ó Cadhlaigh) ⁊ mé i nGaillimh tá cúpla mí ó shin, ⁊ caithfead a rá gur ana-mhaith an leabhar gramadaí é.

#Gaeilge #Gaedhilge #Gaelainn #Gaeidhilg

Another remnant is the use of “object” pronouns with autonomous verbs (which historically were passive, at least in 3rd person) – but since they’re felt to be active and autonomous today, that’s not that striking.

Hoyne also gives a Modern #​Irish example suggesting this survived marginally to the 19th/20th century.

#Gaeilge #Gaelainn

Percentage of primary school children taught through the native language:
-Wales 24%
-Ireland 8% (26 counties)

My understanding is that, in Catalonia, a principle is that all children have a right to education in Catalan.

#Gaeilge #Gaelscoil #immersioneducation #Irish #Gaelainn #Gàidhlig #Cymraeg #Welsh @gaeilge

Rud a bhíonn á scríobh agam le cúpla seachtain. A thing I’ve been writing (on and off) for a few weeks.

A guide to #Irish “to be” – the ‘bí’ verb and the copula. Still far from finished, but should be usable as is now. :)

https://celtic-languages.org/Guide_to_Irish_to_be

#Gaeilge #Gaelainn #Gaeilic #gramadach #graiméar

Is cosúil go mbead im’ búinteoir #Gaelainn​e in Ollscoil Adam Mickiewicz i bPoznań ar feadh cúpla mí. Níl aon taithí agam ar an dteagacs ach tá súil agam ná bead ar an múinteoir is measa dá raibh riamh. 🫣

Tánadar fa dheireadh. :)

#gaeilge #gáoidhealg #GaeilgeChlasaiceach #PeadarUaLaoghaire #gaelainn

Do scríobhas cúpla focal (i mBéarla) sa wiki “Celtic Languages” maidir le rudaí gur fiú eolas do bheith agaibh orthu agus sibh ag baint úsáid as #corpas focloir.ie (Nua-Chorpas na hÉireann): conas cuardach casta a dhéanamh, POS-tags a dh’úsáid ann, ⁊rl.

Tá súil agam go mbeidh sé úsáideach ⁊ go mbainfeabhair tairbhe éigin as an rud. :)

https://www.celtic-languages.org/Irish/Using_Nua-Chorpas_na_h%C3%89ireann

#gaeilge #gaelainn #gaedhilg

@liam I’ll just leave a note that the whole “may the road rise up to meet you” phrase is a nonsensical mistranslation of Irish “go n-éirí an bóthar leat” which really just mean “may you succeed in your road/journey; may the road/journey be a success to you”, and it’s based on the same construction as “go n-éirí an t-ádh leat” ‘good luck to you’ or just “go n-éirí leat” ‘may you succeed’.

#gaeilge #gaelainn #gaedhilg

We need an intergenerational effort to stengthen native languages, each of us taking responsibility for what we can do in our own lives & in our communities.

Languages become minoritised because they are disadvantaged. They need to be advantaged for redress to occur.

@gaeilge #Gaeilge #Irish-language #IrishLanguage #Gaelic #Manx #cymraeg #Gàidhlig #Gailck #Gaelg #Gaelainn