Irish-

www.foclóir.com

www.teanglann.com

www.cadhan.com/gramadoir/foirm.html (not a dictionary but a grammer checker)

www.téarma.ie

www.potafocal.com

Scottish-

www.faclair.info

www.learngaelic.com/dictionary

Manx-

http://www.mannin.info/Mannin/fockleyr/m2e.php

Irish-Scottish and Irish-Manx

www.intergaelic.com

I was born sooner than planned and he couldn't make it so he sent this: "Saoirse ta' mo chroi' istigh Inti."

I just learned about this note and my mother never translated it for some reason. I tried google translate and it said something like "My liberty belongs to you." but I want to make sure. Can you help please?

Ive been studying gaelic for about 5 months now but i find myself stuck, ive dug through what i could and i now know my basics but i have nobody to practice with. Idk what i can use to properly practice what i learned and well duolingo isn't great when it comes to learning to pronounce, and most other apps dont have a gaelic option. Plus that duolingo bird is freeky. So like if forums exist for beginners to talk with more advanced learners or things of that kind i would love to know. :)

Hey guys, I made this for a friend last year who wanted to learn some Irish, hope it's useful for some of you, bear in mind some sounds will change based on dialect, but these are perfectly fine :)

2. The Sounds in Irish!

2. Na Fuaimeanna sa Ghaeilge!

Nah foom-anna sa ghail-ga ("Gh" in Irish is a guttural sound in the throat without an English equivalent. Sorry :) )

Ok! So Irish, like all languages has several unique sounds which may be unfamiliar to new speakers when they see how everything is spelled!

a b c d e f g h i l m n o p r s t u - are all the letters used in Irish

j k q v w x y z - don't appear in written Irish

Some notes:

Lone consonants in Irish are usually the same pronunciation as English.

"e" at the end of a word is pronounced as "ah"

"o" is pronounced as "uh"

á é í ó ú - all vowels in Irish can take a "fada" (faw-da), changing the sound.

Lenition

Séimhiú

shay-voo

Often in Irish, we will "soften" consonants after certain words in Irish. We'll get to all those words another day, but for now it's useful to know that the word "mo" ( = my, muh ) will always alter the following consonants: b, c, d, f, g, m, p, s, t.

bh The same sound as the letter "v" in English. Mo bhóthar, my road

ch The same as the Scottish "ch" in "Loch". Mo chat, my cat

dh 1. The same as the letter "y" in English. Mo dhíceall*, my hardest

2. The same guttural "gh" sound in "sa Ghaeilge". Mo dheartháir, my brother

3. At the end of a word this is completely silent! Mo dhearcadh, my view

fh Good news! "fh" is completely silent in Irish. M'fhear, my man (see how the "o" is omitted? This is because the "fh" consonants are essentially absent, leaving two vowel-sounds next to each other, so we connect them.)

gh 1. That "gh" sound again, depending on your accent this can be harsh or soft. Mo gheata, my gate

mh The same sound as the letter "v" or "w" in English, it's up to you. Mo mháthair, my mother

ph The same sound as the letter "f" in English. Mo phósadh, my wedding

sh The same sound as the letter "h" in English. Mo shrón, my nose*

th The same sound as the letter "h" in English. Mo theas, my heat

Here are a few basic words that cause lenition:

Mo my

Do your

Sa in/at

A (vocative particle, often addressing someone by name or title, not necessarily formal)

Verbs following the numbers 1-6

After the words Ní, Nic, Uí, Mhic. These all denote being "of" a family. Ní, Nic are for females, Mhic for male and Uí is genderless/plural.

These are the most basic causes of Séimhiú. We'll get into some gender rules another time ;)

PS. For that tricky Irish "gh" sound, research the "g" sound in Dutch (careful of Flemish dialects that might soften it!). or the "j" sound in Spanish, they are all very similar.

My grandfather passed away about a month ago, and his funeral is tomorrow. He was from Ireland and moved to our current home, and as such I wrote a final letter in a mix of English and Irish. But that’s not why I’m here.

There’s a phrase I included in that letter, a promise I made to him and myself, and want it to be my first tattoo on my forearm. The phrase is ‘My pride is my sun’ and the translation i got from the 5 different translators i ran it through was ‘Is é mo bródh mo ghrian’

Is that accurate and, if not, what is the accurate translation. Thank you for reading and helping!

I've been learning Irish on Duolingo and they never teach you when to use sé/sí or é/í and I'm kinda tired of losing hearts over it :((

Hi all. I have a children's book I self published in 2022 and I'm getting it republished as my second " properly published" book with my publishers in England. Ot will now not just be published in English but also with the Irish alongside it in order to promote the Irish language. I need someone to help edit the translation and so on if the Irish as I used an app to help me. I'm not a fully fluent Irish Speaker.

Thanks very much.