Go raibh maith agat! Actually, I'm Russian, but in childhood my mother showed me the Riverdance show and I immediately fell in love with Ireland. Several months ago I learned a few songs and now I try to learn Irish in Duolingo, but sometimes it seems to me that some words are mispronounced, so I was glad to hear a native Irish person speaking them❤

Thanks for the lesson ! Greetings from France, I'll visit Emerald Isle next week! 😀🇮🇪🍀

we really need a separate video on those usually-silent di/trigraphs as they make pronunciation very challenging

Thank you for your videos. I work as a barback at a sports bar in County Sutter in Northern California and I've recently met an Irishman who has moved to this area. I've learned the basic greetings thanks to your videos but I'd like to take it a step further and learn more bar and restaurant type phrases such as, "What can I get you to drink?" (even though I know he's going to order a Guiness. Also, "Are you ready for another Guiness?" "Would you like to see a menu?" "Are you ready to order?" "How is everything?" "Can I get you anything". And other things you might hear in an Irish bar that you might not hear in an American bar... Go raibh maith agat.

@irishmatthew

2 жыл бұрын

That’s fantastic Santos. I am very happy that you found the video useful. I will consider doing a video with those phrases.

Thank you. Excellent sound with the microphone

Great video! Keep these coming! 🇮🇪

Great video,thank you!❤

Coming from California to Ireland in June! I think I will practice these phrases this month ahead of time! Thanks!

Great video great sound and nice landscape , it's great ! I started learning and already new some of the words but not all of them, and for "how are you" it was great to have the different way to say it.

My grandfather was from Dingle. It was so good to see even a tiny view of it. I’m an old man now, but I still hope I might visit Ireland some day.

@irishmatthew

2 жыл бұрын

I hope you get to visit sometime Bill. Dingle is truly magical.

@Aidansands2

2 жыл бұрын

My brother and his gf went down to Dingle for a week over the summer

New sub thanks to this video! Beautiful backdrop, and extremely clear pronunciation. Thank you for providing region variations as well! The graphics are crystal clear and look amazing on that beautiful water. My wife and I are planning to move to Ireland, where her family lives, within the next few years. These videos will really help me with learning to correctly pronounce Gaeilge. Go raibh maith agat!

Great vid. Much love from mcr.

I love this video please do some more, I am a new subscriber attempting to learn Irish. My grandfather was 100 percent from Ireland. Last name Neary (Americanized obviously) I believe we are from Tyrone Co. THANK YOU for the video, I look forward to seeing more from you. Would love love love to visit Ireland someday. My parents went in the 80's to meet relatives and loved it. I also love the scenery with the boats in the background, very familiar as I grew up and now live in Santa Barbara California.

@irishmatthew

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Paula. I really appreciate your comment 😃. I plan to do more. It’s great to get feedback. It really motivates me. That’s fantastic that you’re trying to learn Irish. It means so much to people who speak Irish that there are others who are interested. I hope you get to visit Ireland. You should definitely visit if you get a chance. And look up those relatives. I have 2nd cousins living in the USA and I remember as a child when they visited. They were amazed at a cow looking in to our kitchen window as we ate breakfast - a daily occurrence in rural Ireland, but not in Queens in New York! 🤣 The background is Dingle in County Kerry in the south of Ireland. It is as gorgeous as it looks in the video.

Thanks Matthew for the effort. I love the Irish culture and learning a bit helps

@irishmatthew

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Mahasona

I am not Irish at all but when I read Irish fairytales - I understood that I love irish people.

@irishmatthew

9 ай бұрын

Thank you. Irish mythology has much depth and beauty. It’s part of the landscape and the people. I hope generations to come will appreciate it.

Great video mate :) I love Irish language.Greetings form Poland.

@irishmatthew

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Bruno 😀

Thanks so much. I am trying to learn Irish. My father's parents were Irish. I am using the app Duolingo. The grammar is difficult for me. I practice every day. I downloaded RTE radio one to listen to the language. I found it in the playstore. I l look forward to your next video. I am Canadian and I am very proud to be descended from Irish people. Thanks again.

@irishmatthew

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Diane. Well done learning it on Duolingo. It takes of effort to get your head around the grammar - word structure, tenses, masculine, feminine etc. But don’t let that stop you. It’s a beautiful language and will connect you with your ancestors. TG 4 (the irish language TV station) is a good resource. They do some awesome documentaries and you can watch with English subtitles. I assume its available in Canada. Best of luck with your continued study. Maybe come to Ireland sometime and take an Irish course ☘️☘️😀

Dia Duit ❤

Hello Matt. Keep making videos please. It is so good,.and I am one of those just initial journey learning Irish. Slanté. Go raibh maith agat. 🏆🥇🏆🏆🏆🏆🥇🥇🥇🥇👍

@irishmatthew

9 ай бұрын

Go raibh maith agat a Zulkifi 😀

Great stuff, thanks.

@irishmatthew

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Marc 😀

Im attempting to learn irish since a irish friend inspired me its quite interesting compared to other European languages

@irishmatthew

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, it is like a secret language that only a few people know.

@irishmatthew

Жыл бұрын

Go watch the film “An Cailín Ciúin”. It has beautiful Irish. It was recently nominated for an Oscar.

@draoi99

11 ай бұрын

The main difference is it's a VSO language, unlike most European languages.

Thank you for the video Matthew. We were in Ireland last week. I think Dingle is one of our favorite towns to visit along with Killarney. Slea head drive is beautiful. The entire county Kerry is to be honest. I’ve been interested in learning irish and need to buckle down and get on it.

@irishmatthew

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Craig. Dingle and Kerry is truly amazing. That is great that you have an interest in Irish. Maybe try Duolingo to begin learning. There is also the Irish language TV station - TG4. I don’t know if it is available outside of Ireland, but they do excellent programmes and they are all subtitled in English. So by watching this, you will get to hear Irish.

Excellent !! Go raibh míle maith agat ! ❤️

@irishmatthew

2 жыл бұрын

Tá fáilte romhat 😃

Hello Irish Matthew! If i was to write the phrase Ghra mo chroi, do i need to put an "A" in front of it? Or is it just for pronunciation? Thankyou from Australia 🇦🇺

@irishmatthew

2 жыл бұрын

I am not sure Annette. I would instinctively say “a ghrá mo chroí” if you are talking to someone. The use of ‘a’ before a name is the vocative case - you use the vocative case when you are calling someone eg - “you’re welcome Seán” = tá fáilte romhat, a Sheáin”. But I am not an Irish teacher or a native speaker.

@irishmatthew

2 жыл бұрын

Hope all is good down under 🇦🇺

My father remembered hearing the old people saying on celebratory occasions "go mbeirimid beo ag an am seo arís" which approximately means "may we be alive this time next year" which I think nicely reflects the Irish attitude to life.

@irishmatthew

10 ай бұрын

Thanks. I like that. Another celebratory expression that I like is “gob fliuch is bás in Éirinn” - a wet mouth and that we may die in Ireland.

Why is Muire pronounced with broad R, never understood that

Nice

@irishmatthew

9 ай бұрын

GRMA

I am assuming that all variations of expressions can be understood throughout the country...

@irishmatthew

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, more or less. It’s just like different accents in English - someone from America will use different words and expressions to someone from Scotland, but usually both can understand each other with a little bit of patience and understanding.

Just gotta work on that "ulster" accent Matt... close but bit of practice needed :-)

@irishmatthew

2 жыл бұрын

Aye. Maybe Ill have to venture up North sometime

I live in Ulster and we pronounce it dia ditch

@irishmatthew

2 жыл бұрын

I know. I love listening to the ulster dialect on Radio Na Gaeltacht.

@Aidansands2

2 жыл бұрын

Well good video I'll be watching more of you, I'm ashamed of myself for not knowing Irish as an Irishman so I've made a mission to learn fluent

Go raibh maith agat a Mhaitiú 😊

@Michael-bf1dt

5 ай бұрын

Hi Camilla, conas atá tú? Greetings from Ireland. I see your Irish is good 😊. It’s a lovely language. I loved it when in school. Wish you a great day, slán go fól 👍🙏😊☘️ Michael

I know "doonshe" means "very small". Can you tell me origin of this word please.

@irishmatthew

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Tony. I’ve never heard of this word and I’ve no idea where it is from / its origin 😕 Where did you hear it?

@denniscrowli

2 жыл бұрын

I thought it was an-beag

Pfhahahah… slainte in bulgarian sounds like “slonche” which means a little elephant😂 Which is good actually for “cheers” -maybe it means that u gonna drink like a little elephant😂

Irish language seems euskera

If I was in Galway and I said "Conas áta tú" instead of "Cén chaoi a bhfuil tú" would that be wrong or just the wrong dialect and does it matter a lot? go raibh maith agat :)

@irishmatthew

9 ай бұрын

No. I would not make any difference if you said “conas atá tú” in Galway. They would be just delighted to hear you speak Irish. Let me know how you get on :-)

Matthew do you have a email address, battling a bit.

@irishmatthew

2 жыл бұрын

Sure, its hi.irishmatthew@gmail.com

@deannecoghlan7693

2 жыл бұрын

Matthew i cannot reach you on your email. It bounces back. Thanks. D Coghlan

Just taught some of this to Chinese kindergarteners.

@irishmatthew

9 ай бұрын

Ah, that is so cute. Thank you. Some more “yu ming is ainm dom” in 20 years time 😂

Go raibh maith agat.

@irishmatthew

2 жыл бұрын

Tá fáilte romhat a Deanne.

Another great video ruined by unnecessary and loud background music.

@irishmatthew

6 ай бұрын

Noted

@youtubeshowrandom

6 ай бұрын

The music is fine, it's not loud at all

Are you single? 😍

It seams what you said is not the same of the writting sentences

@irishmatthew

11 ай бұрын

It’s probably because Irish is pronounced differently than in English. Irish pronunciation is relatively straightforward once you get the hang of it.

Do we really not have any secular way to say hello?

@terrysandford6569

4 ай бұрын

Really?

@MycoCane

2 ай бұрын

Haigh

@eirejoeh

2 ай бұрын

It’s not all that different than saying “goodbye” in Spanish. What does “ Adios” translate into in Spanish? 😀

@neilsworldwide

Ай бұрын

God are atheists this thick. I just a way of saying farewell. Religion origin of the word doesn't mean anything if it isn't used that way. Words have meanings based on usage.

@mollymcnaughton3133

Ай бұрын

Dia Duit..