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Irish Gaelic

5/18/2015

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A little bit of Gaelic to start the week:

Is minic a bhris beal duine a shrón.

Many a time a man's mouth broke his nose:

PRONOUNCED: Iss minick a vrish bale din-eh a hrone:
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Níl saoí gan locht

There is no wise man, without a fault (flaw)

PRONOUNCED: Neel see gone luckt (Munster dialect)
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COUNTING TO TEN IN GAELIC
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One = a haon PRONOUNCED A haine
two = a dó '' A doe
Three = A trí '' A tree
Four = A ceathair '' A Ka her
Five = A cúig ''. A Koo ig
Six = A Sé '' A Shay
Seven = A Seacht '' A shocked
Eight = A Hocht '' A Huckt
Nine = A Naoi ,, A Nay
Ten = A Deich '' A Deh

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Garry Bryant/Garaidh O Briain
6/1/2015 04:49:58 am

I so enjoy these little Irish lessons. How an Irish word is spelled and how it is pronounced is very different to this American English speaker. I'm enjoying slowly teaching my grandchildren how to count to ten in Irish, thanks to you.

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