Is there a big difference between the Irish and English language?

Question

Is there a big difference between the Irish and English language?

Answer 1

yes very different and from my experience very difficult to learn compared to french or spanish,hard to translate exactly and  very easy to make a mistake..verbs usually come at the start of sentences otherwise you can make a mess of what youre trying to say,...

Answer 2

You will see the difference if someone replys in Irish.

Answer 3

Irish is g*y l**k.

Answer 4

Yes very very different.

Answer 5

Tá an difríocht idir Gaelige agus Bearla.

Answer 6

Yes.

Answer 7

Completly different, English originates from the German language and Irish is a Celtic lanuage which is similar to the traditional languages of Scotland Wales and the Isle of Man,

Slan Leat

Answer 8

As you can see from the above answers there is a big difference...myself I am quite saddened that many Irish people cannot speak Irish...myself included...most of the few words I can say are from school such as (I don't claim to to remember to be able to spell the words) An bhuile cead agum dul go dti on leathreas which roughly translates into..please can i go to the toilet!

Oh and its all coming back now...(by the way this is not a lesson in Irish just me reminiscing) Chuigh me ag dul go dti on shiopa...channaig me eadi agus milshean...(I went to the shop and  bought clothes and sweets) if anyone knows how to spell this correctly please feel free to inform me...i really wish I could remember more and listened more in school...

Sorry to all you Irish people...I have just let the side down I know but I will make up for it one day by taking Irish classes

Answer 9

big enough!

i have to learn it in school......it is actually really hard!!

fada's and vrbs and the way you have to place your sentences really mix me up!!

Answer 10

they contain different words

Answer 11

If you are English there is no way you would understand Irish, it derives from a different source..   The official language of Ireland is english as spoken so eloquently by  98% of Irish people whose grammar is generally superior to that of English people, Scottish , & Welsh, although the Welsh speak beautifully.by and large.

Answer 12

Bhuel is teanga amháin Gaeilge agus teanga eile Béarla! Tá siad an-dhiffriúl ar fad! Is teanga Ceilteach Gaeilge. Is teanga Anglo Saxon Béarla.

Ach tá cúpla focail Béarla tábhachtach i Gaeilge agus and rud chéanna le focail Gaeilge sa Bhéarla. Mar shampla, nuair a deirteir "is maith sin", tagann an focal Bearla "smashing"asat. Tá súil agam go feiceann tú an difríocht anois.

Well, Irish is one language and English is another! They're very different! Irish is a celtic language and English is anglo saxon.

But there are a few english words that are important in Irish, and the same with Irish words in english. For example, when people say "is maith sin" (iss mah shin) (i like that), the english word smashing comes from it. I hope you now see the difference.

Answer 13

Óinsín!!!!!!!!   Éire go brách

Answer 14

If you mean Irish Gaelic and English, YES!

If you mean Irish English and England English... well, my only comment on that is that England English needs to stop being spoken by the English in Northern Ireland!

Get your illegal government and occupying forces out of Northern Ireland!

Answer 15

ya there completely different

Answer 16

yes, there are big differences....expecially between the pronunciation......irish one is more"closed" for example the irish pronunce of the "u" is more close tho the "o".....

but there are more differences...also between words....

byee!!

Answer 17

Yes Irish language (Gaeilge) is a Celtic language ;) It has nothing to do with English. Two completely different languages!

Answer 18

Yes they are two completely different languages like spanish is different to french.

Answer 19

Well for a start in England we do not speak Gaelic,if you had not noticed.Plus if you are not conversant in Gaelic you won't understand it .That's the prime difference

Answer 20

Is there a difference? Yes Huge!

e.g

English- Thank you very much

Irish - Go raibh mile maith agat

English- How are you?

Irish- Conas ata tu?

English- I like cake!

Irish- Is maith liom caca milis!

And finally,

English- Bye now!

Irish- Slan anois!

Answer 21

They are two very different and distinct languages. For example, 'hello' in Irish is 'Dia dhuit' and you respond by saying 'Dia is Muire dhuit'. English is Germanic, whereas Irish is Celtic and more closely related to Welsh than modern English is.

Hiberno-English covers the various dialects in English spoken in Ireland which have been strongly influenced by the Irish language.