Getting Aquainted With Words

Dia Dhuit

or (hello)


In my first post, I asked people to jot down

"cupan" and "caife"

Can you find the words on this link below?


http://www.villacabreros.com/ir

This link was posted on a Facebook page as a site where you can view the language.

The first step I am going to take in learning this language is to
see how the words look to my eye. Eventually, I want my eyes to recognize
languages (words) that are not familiar.

Here is another site you may like:

www.beo.ie
So, a "word hunt" or "word search" similar to "I SPY" might be fun and
motivational to practicing this way.


WORDS
PHRASES
WORDS AND PHRASES

I am not going to venture into the world of speech and conversation yet, because
it is an unfamiliar language, and I want my eyes to see it in print first.
Print immersion and print literacy is very important to me. The Irish language, from what I have heard, sounds beautiful, so I want to find the beauty of the words
themselves.

Finding words I see over and over again will give me a gist of what the language
is like, what it appears like on the page, spelling patterns or constructs.
I can try to pronounce it and see whether I am trying to use another language as a model to pronounce the words. What if I am using English or even Spanish to try to pronounce it?

I want to be able to connect to the words and see what I am doing with them first
before outside help or resources. This will enable me to spot weaknesses (& strengths), so I can work to improve myself in the future.

When I first took Spanish, I had feared being required to speak it and understand it.
So, to this day, I feel that hesitancy to speak it and understand it when spoken.
I wonder if I will be that way with Irish.

I think I need to see the word, allow it to become familiar to me, and then see what it becomes to my eyes. Then I will try to see if I can understand what I am reading.
Since, it is not going to be a popular language in the USA, I may not even hear the words at first or observe how fast it is spoken.

A dictionary will at least help me to decipher the meaning of words like "cupan" and "caife," words that seem to be popping up all over the place lately. What is great is that familiar words will frequently appear, and this is good for word-recognition skills.

Days of the week, the calendar, and numbers might also be helpful at first.

So happy studying to me and all!


Activity:

Write out "dia dhuit" five times on paper.

dia dhuit
dia dhuit
dia dhuit
dia dhuit
dia dhuit


Next:

Write out "cup" and then "cupan" and then
"coffee" and "caife."

I want a cup of coffee.
I want a cupan of caife. (substitution of Irish here)

EXTRA CREDIT! (4 bold people!)


Monday: Dé Luain
Tuesday: Dé Máirt


The rest...

Wednesday: Dé Chéadaoin
Thursday: Déardaoin
Friday: Dé hAoine Saturday: Dé Sathairn
Sunday: Dé Domhnaigh