: Dia dhuit, mo chara! Tá mé go maith, go raibh maith
: agat. Agus conas atá tú?
: Níl eolas agam ar "leamh," ach tá eolas agam ar
: "leabhar;" an bfuil tú ag abair é sin? Tá mé
: ag foghlaim leis an website seo:
: http://www.contemporarypoetry.com/brain/lang/index.htm
: Tá mé go foghlaim Gaeilge le lái (?) a ceacht ... And
: that's where my steam runs out; as I was trying to
: say, I've only been studying Irish for four days. And
: unfortunately, I haven't gotten to how to pluralize
: yet; I know it involves an "i" sometimes,
: like the genative ... I'm only on lesson a hocht ,
: and I don't know exactly how to do the numbers yet; I
: know there are several different ways whether
: enumerative, adjectival, and so forth. Still, is
: maith liom Gaeilge álainn, agus is fearr liom sí ná
: Béarla Shean (Old English?) .
: Slán agus beannacht leat!
I think it's be Tá mé ag foghlaim Gaelige le ceithre lae. And leamh is related to leabhar, it means to read. One thing in Irish that is in contrast to English and German is that the adjective and noun are the other way round, mar shampla, Shean Bearla nó Óiche mhaith.
Unfortunately my Irish isn't as good as I'd like, and since I have been learning Irish since primary, I was never taught the rudiments of grammar and syntax, so it just comes naturally, and unfortunately often wrong, but it's nice to hear someone outside the Éire learning Irish.
Tá súil agam nach stopaidh tú ag foghlaim faoi Gaelige agus stair na hEireann.
~zeph~
