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Scroll through the entries.
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QUESTIONS!
1.) How did you do it?
2.) Did you follow verbal clues or photos?
3.) How many words can you recognize without using a dictionary?
4.) When you see the words, "cupan" and "tae" write them down.
5.) Write a sentence or try to write one with just those words.
The rest of the words can be in English or another language, if
you prefer.
I want a ( ) of ( ).
How many other activities can we come up with using a language we
do not know yet?
Activity:
Try to see if you can allow your eyes to pick out words and
translate them. Perhaps, you have heard some already or even
seen it around in our popular cultural settings.
Words to Practice:
Hello: Dia Dhuit
Monday: Dé Luain
Tuesday: Dé Máirt
Cup: cupan
Coffee: caife
Tea: tae
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Sunday, April 11, 2010
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
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
Saturday, April 10, 2010
Celtic Fest / Chicago 2010!
Dia Dhuit.
Anyone visiting Chicago, Illinois in the month of May (2010)
can stop by "Celtic Fest" 2010.
It will be taking place on May 8 and May 9th at:
Millennium Park
201 E. Randolph St.
Facebook also has a phone number posted.
Information is available on these following pages:
www.celticfestchicago.us
Also on Facebook: Search "Celtic Fest Chicago"
Slan.
***Most Chicago events also have information on:
www.metromix. com
Anyone visiting Chicago, Illinois in the month of May (2010)
can stop by "Celtic Fest" 2010.
It will be taking place on May 8 and May 9th at:
Millennium Park
201 E. Randolph St.
Facebook also has a phone number posted.
Information is available on these following pages:
www.celticfestchicago.us
Also on Facebook: Search "Celtic Fest Chicago"
Slan.
***Most Chicago events also have information on:
www.metromix. com
Thursday, April 8, 2010
Irish Spring & Summer!
Dia dhuit.
If you have an interest in all things Irish, you can visit
this site:
http://www.celticcafe.com/celticcafe/Home/index.html
They have something there for everyone. So please join.
I believe they have a Facebook page also.
If you are going to visit the states, Chicago, in particular
will be hosting Celtic Fest.
I got this from "MetroMix.com" (print version of the local free paper:
The RedEye)
May 8 - 9
This time it will be at Millennium Park.
201 E. Randolph St.
If you have an interest in all things Irish, you can visit
this site:
http://www.celticcafe.com/celticcafe/Home/index.html
They have something there for everyone. So please join.
I believe they have a Facebook page also.
If you are going to visit the states, Chicago, in particular
will be hosting Celtic Fest.
I got this from "MetroMix.com" (print version of the local free paper:
The RedEye)
May 8 - 9
This time it will be at Millennium Park.
201 E. Randolph St.
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Words
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KabxdNofzGM&feature=related
The Window Sill
April 7, 2010
A site born today
Not online as of yet
Inspired by a gray cat...
& by Edge of Night viewers and fans
& for actors and actresses past and present
who still are out there
somewhere
Words live on.
ADDENDUM:
Official birth: 3:00pm
Place: U.S.A.
Site: www.graycatsill.blogspot.com
Please visit us if you are a fan or just curious
about this venture!
The Window Sill
April 7, 2010
A site born today
Not online as of yet
Inspired by a gray cat...
& by Edge of Night viewers and fans
& for actors and actresses past and present
who still are out there
somewhere
Words live on.
ADDENDUM:
Official birth: 3:00pm
Place: U.S.A.
Site: www.graycatsill.blogspot.com
Please visit us if you are a fan or just curious
about this venture!
Saturday, April 3, 2010
Irish Endurance
For Eire
For Irish daughters
everywhere
May you run the race
that is set before you
even when you feel alone
in the immigrant experience
in different lands
You are beloved.
"Footprints" (Leona)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rqsltr5vsE&feature=related
"Voice Within" (Christina)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7qOsti5r2U&feature=related
"Ever So Lonely" (Sheila)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbcKO92OGNI
For Irish daughters
everywhere
May you run the race
that is set before you
even when you feel alone
in the immigrant experience
in different lands
You are beloved.
"Footprints" (Leona)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rqsltr5vsE&feature=related
"Voice Within" (Christina)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7qOsti5r2U&feature=related
"Ever So Lonely" (Sheila)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbcKO92OGNI
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