If you are from Ireland do you know Irish Gaelic?

Question

If you are from Ireland do you know Irish Gaelic?

Answer 1

I'm from Ireland and I know a bit of Irish

Not a lot know but enough (I hope) to pass the Leaving Cert

As other people have said not every Irish person is fluent in it but most of us know enough from all the years we did it at school to have a bit of a converstation in it

Answer 2

im from dublin and i was in the Gaelteacht on the Aran islands beside galway and de people der spoke irish and i was like wat the f*ck they talking about the only thing i understood sum1 saying was 'ta se fur amach' (its cold outside) and somethin like 'ta geansai beag' (small jumper) somethin like that anyway and we were looking at them sayin "wat de F*ck u talking about seriously" ah i love ireland, dont like the language sumtimes its hard t understand but its ok?.. i love learning Russian thats a deadly language :):).. Slan! xxxx

Answer 3

Im from ireland. Actually, its called Gaelge. Welsh, Scottish and Irish all grew from Gaelic which is why they are similar in some ways but they are still very different. All school children in ireland are taught the language until they go to University. It is spoken fluently in parts of ireland called the "Gealteacht". These are mostly in the west of the country, furthest away from the influence of England. We use it on roadsigns, our national anthem, some radio and tv broadcasts as a matter of national pride even though most of us never use it in normal everyday situations.

Actually, if irish people are on holiday and dont want americans or english people to hear us talking about them we will speak to each other in Irish. HA.

Answer 4

YES 99% of irish residents know irish we are taught it for more than 12 years at school,we just dont speak it everyday and not all of us are fluent in it but we can speak it.However it is spoken daily in certain parts of the country.Throughout the country it is written on roadsigns,spoken on radio and broadcast on tv.It is known as Gaeilge in Ireland not Gaelic.Gaelic is our national sport and is very popular here.

Answer 5

Most of us have learned it, yes.

Answer 6

Is it the football you're talkin about?

Ah yes, we know Irish Gaelic right enough. Now the Kerrymen know a lot about it. Jack O'Shea and The Gooch, of course. If you're lookin for a punch-up then look no further than the Dubs........ Dirty bunch of players so they are!

Answer 7

Yeah. The way it was taught in school was boring in the extreme. It was as if it wasn't a living language, which it has been struggling for years to become. I speak French about 20 times better and Italian 10 times!! Sad, but true. By the way, those of you who have replied as Gaeilge will see your posts deleted as for some bizarre reason, Yahoo! UK and Ireland doesn't allow native languages in answers - only English!

Answer 8

Se, Ta Gailge agum sa.  Agus tusa?

Answer 9

It's just called Irish, and no I don't. I know a few words from the road signs though! Fluent Irish speakers are more common in the West in whats called the Gaeltacht regions, which you'll find more info about here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaeltacht

Answer 10

i'm from ireland and no i don't know it.

i was bored to death getting taught it in school and my teachers were all very bad.we went through 14 years of learning it and got tested on a bit of  c**p poetry.i had no interest in it which also impeded my ability to learn it.i've never needed it since so i don't know why we learned it.

i can speak french though !

Answer 11

yes we all learned it at school, everyone knows Irish whether they are fluent or not. But while at school it was boring to learn and thought we wouldn't need that language. I did Irish at school for 12 years and i can speak more Brazilian portugeuse than i can Irish. I taught myself to speak Portugeuse because my fiance is Brazilian. Any way, while i was at school the Irish teachers were c**p and made Irish boring. That's my own opinion.

Answer 12

We call it Irish, and  everyone learns it at school from age 4 to age 17/18.  Few people are actually fluent in it, but everyone knows at least a little bit.  Some people speak it as their native language.

Answer 13

Before Now, my Irish was ok, It was more advanced than a normal leaving cert because I got an A2 in HL Irish but now, I have brushed up on it because I had to do an interview as gaeilge for my H Dip Interview.

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Answer 14

yes, Tá Gaeilge agam agus beagán Gaeilge na hAlban freisin.

(I have Irish and some Scottish gaelic too)

Answer 15

Ni thuigim an ceist seo in aon chor.............