Learn Irish With This Short Poem

In this video I will read and translate a short poem called Géibheann where you will learn how to pronounce and understand key words and phrases in the Irish language. I will read down through it first and then I'll translate it line by line in a simple but detailed way so you can understand the words, phrases and themes of this lovely poem.
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  • @LearnIrish
    @LearnIrish4 жыл бұрын

    For a similar video to this please check out the link below- kzread.info/dash/bejne/fmxhzJqbo7yriKg.html

  • @brianwalsh6666
    @brianwalsh66663 ай бұрын

    Excellent explication of vocabulary and grammar as well as pronunciation which is of the highest importance in controlling a language! I’m happy to have stumbled upon your KZread video. Thanks very much for sharing your knowledge!

  • @Aeprilsastrology
    @Aeprilsastrology3 жыл бұрын

    I'm an American poet living in Ireland, attempting to learn Irish, so this is wonderful! Thanks! And new Patron here as well :)

  • @LearnIrish

    @LearnIrish

    3 жыл бұрын

    You sound creative. Best wishes and thanks very much for your support 😊

  • @lughlongarm76
    @lughlongarm764 жыл бұрын

    This was great! I’d love to see more videos that use Irish language poems to teach. Go raibh maith agat!

  • @LearnIrish

    @LearnIrish

    4 жыл бұрын

    It was a good suggestion from someone in the comments section and certainly a good way to learn.

  • @brianfrains.j.2360
    @brianfrains.j.23604 жыл бұрын

    Beautiful job! Integrates language and literature.

  • @LearnIrish

    @LearnIrish

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thank you, it's a lovely poem, Caitlín Maude should get any credit going

  • @Sparrowsong83
    @Sparrowsong834 жыл бұрын

    Maidin mhaith! Thank you so much for doing these videos! They are some of the best I've seen on KZread and are a great help to me!

  • @LearnIrish

    @LearnIrish

    4 жыл бұрын

    Great to hear and it's my pleasure, slán go fóill 🙂

  • @donkobz1928
    @donkobz19284 жыл бұрын

    big fan of the poem videos

  • @LearnIrish

    @LearnIrish

    4 жыл бұрын

    Me too, hope to have another one soon

  • @williamgifford83
    @williamgifford834 жыл бұрын

    Very difficult subject matter. Well handled, mo chara. Nice model on which to build more of the same. Keep up the good work!

  • @iordanissavvoglou9942
    @iordanissavvoglou99423 жыл бұрын

    Excellent!

  • @LearnIrish

    @LearnIrish

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you

  • @thacatrerlovah4
    @thacatrerlovah44 жыл бұрын

    Your poems seem to be going down very well. I enjoyed this video too. Go raibh maith agut!

  • @LearnIrish

    @LearnIrish

    4 жыл бұрын

    Variety is the spice of life and I think its a good idea in a KZread channel too 🙂

  • @donaldmccormack7580
    @donaldmccormack75803 жыл бұрын

    GRMMA arìs Dane. A poignant , nostalgic poem dealing with the loss of virility in old age. Please do more poems as it really is a motivatng way to learn and remember new vocabulary. Keep well, a chara.

  • @LearnIrish

    @LearnIrish

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for your suggestion, best wishes and stay safe 🙂

  • @pompikaushal4604
    @pompikaushal46044 жыл бұрын

    Dia dhuit Dane a chara ! Físeán den scoth a gcaithfidh gach duine féachaint air ! Is maith liom Fhilíocht mar áfach nílim fhile! A great video worthy of praise apart from this video I have just seen a few videos on poetry in Irish,and I rate it as one of the best! Kudos to you ! Keep up the good work! Go raibh maith agat agus slán go fóill!😀👍

  • @LearnIrish

    @LearnIrish

    4 жыл бұрын

    Míle buíochas agus beannachtaí, beidh mé ar ais go luath le cúnamh Dé.

  • @maharencall3219
    @maharencall32194 жыл бұрын

    Great video! Would it be possible to have a vid on Irish poetry forms, like the limerick and so on? It would be great to see how they compare to Welsh, which in my opinion is the dog's bollocks when it comes to poetry ;D

  • @LearnIrish

    @LearnIrish

    4 жыл бұрын

    I always remember S4C growing up because we could get that in the South East, I'll certainly look into that, I was considering doing a comparison with Welsh so I'll have to try and learn a few Welsh words.

  • @maharencall3219

    @maharencall3219

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@LearnIrish If you want, I can give you a list that I've noticed are similar. Although the spelling and pronunciation is so different, when I see the meaning of an Irish word, I can often see it's actually quite similar to the Welsh word, which is another reason Irish is so awesome

  • @maharencall3219

    @maharencall3219

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@LearnIrish a quick example for you, I once asked my boss from North Wales how much milk he wanted in his coffee and he said 'joch' which apparently means a splash up there and made me laugh when I found out deoch is a drink in Irish haha

  • @LearnIrish

    @LearnIrish

    4 жыл бұрын

    Very good 😁 please email me on danetyghe@gmail.com and I'll have a look, could be the makings for a great video.

  • @maharencall3219

    @maharencall3219

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@LearnIrish Tabhair cúpla lá dom!

  • @nathanheatley5401
    @nathanheatley54014 жыл бұрын

    Is there any reason your broad and slender rs are more like those of English? Would be nice to hear some good examples of Irish broad/slender constant pronunciation

  • @LearnIrish

    @LearnIrish

    4 жыл бұрын

    Perhaps you might be a bit more specific, what words are you referring to?

  • @nathanheatley5401

    @nathanheatley5401

    4 жыл бұрын

    I just mean that your pronunciation of the Irish tapped broad rs [ɾ] and slender rs [ɾʲ] are both the English phoneme [ɹ]. I assumed that you were a native L1 speaker, so it was strange to hear use using otherwise English sounds

  • @nathanheatley5401

    @nathanheatley5401

    4 жыл бұрын

    First example is this video is teochreasa

  • @LearnIrish

    @LearnIrish

    4 жыл бұрын

    That's the way they come out for me, but I'm not a native speaker, I have learned Irish all through school and speak it as often as possible. You mentioned Teochreasa, what do you mean by that?

  • @nathanheatley5401

    @nathanheatley5401

    4 жыл бұрын

    You pronounce teochreasa in the video with the aspirated English r, like in the word regret. The Irish slender r here would to the best of my descriptive abilities be pronounced as a r/d/z ish sound, as I'm sure you're aware. Fyi in your Spanish Irish video you pronounce the tapped r in Rey (although rolled in Spanish) as it would be in broad rs in Irish. Would be nice to hear you try and use it in your videos 😁

  • @Ivan-gz6fw
    @Ivan-gz6fw4 жыл бұрын

    Go raibh maith agat as seo. I have a video request le do thoil. It might be a lot to ask for, but could you please make a video sometime with some tips on sentence construction? So far, I've found that sentence construction has been very challenging (for me atleast). I'm not confused with basic stuff like the order of words (I know it's a verb-subject-object format), and I realize it's an entirely different language, so not all sentences have the direct same translation (e.g. fuair sí bás le hailse literally means "she died WITH cancer" and not "OF cancer"), but I never know which preposition to use where, even though I know what they're English equivalents are. So if it's possible, I would REALLY be grateful for ANY tips & tricks you have on sentence construction please. I know that what I'm asking for is extremely broad and unspecific, and there probably aren't any tips for these kinda things, but for example: is there any reason why it's "Cad is ainm duit" and not "Cad is d'ainm"? Or is it just something one needs to get used to. I hope that what I'm saying makes sense, and sorry if it doesn't... Thanks again for the video! Beautiful poem!

  • @LearnIrish

    @LearnIrish

    4 жыл бұрын

    The best advice I can provide you is the following - please don't directly compare English to Irish, they are completely different languages with utterly different grammar rules. If you search for answers by wondering why an ancient and poetic Celtic language doesn't somehow follow the rules of a much younger Germanic language, then perhaps you need to adjust your way of thinking. Happiness awaits on the other side, join us.

  • @antseanbheanbocht4993
    @antseanbheanbocht49934 жыл бұрын

    Had'nt heard of the the writer, i will find more of her work. Go raibh maith agat agus slan.

  • @LearnIrish

    @LearnIrish

    4 жыл бұрын

    Well done I'm glad to help you with these videos

  • @antseanbheanbocht4993

    @antseanbheanbocht4993

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@LearnIrish Dia duit. So i went off and checked the poet out, very sad such a young girl. She also sang as Gaeilge and her full Album is here on youtube.👍

  • @12donegal
    @12donegal4 жыл бұрын

    Iontach eile físeán dane D, armharc me ciara ni E clár faisnéise de Céadaoin shíl mé bhí se iontach maith Cad é mheann tu nuair na pubanna oscailte i mi Lúnasa What do you think of the pubs when open in august

  • @LearnIrish

    @LearnIrish

    4 жыл бұрын

    Clár an-mhaith agus eolasach gan dabht, níl mé ag dul go dtí an teach tábhairne, is fuath liom alcóil.