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Nathanna Úsáideacha

• Cogar - whisper

San eachtra seo labhróidh mé faoi ainmneacha ainmhithe. Another word used for animal is Míol.  You may be familair with the Irish for Whale Míol Mór. But did you know Míol is most typcially a louse. Making Míol Mór - A big louse. 

Ag cur is used in a number of Irish phrases. Some of which have made it into Hiberno-English such as Ag cur as - Putting (someone) out or anoying them. 

Ba cheart go mbeadh a fhios agam ar rudaí bunúsacha tar éis scoile, ach ní raibh. Is dócha, nach raibh mé ag éisteacht.

For example I didn't quite understand many of the things that "ag" can mean.

• Ag means "at" and can be used like at in English

I didn't know that there was no words for Yes or No in Irish.

"But wait", you might be saying to yourself. "Yes there is! Sure isn't 'Sea yes. Or is it Tá? Maybe we have two words for yes?"

In this episode we will learn about sloinne or the Irish surname.

• Ó (Ua) - descendant of

• Mac - Son of

Ba cheart go mbeadh a fhios agam ar rudaí bunúsacha tar éis scoile, ach ní raibh. San eachtra seo I will talk about the Irish equivalent of the English word "a".

Bíonn mo bhean chéile míshásta liom mar úsáidim "wan" in ionad "one" as Béarla. But where does that unusual pronunciation of one come from?

Everybody knows Slán means goodbye. Ach cad is brí le "Slán" i ndáiríre?

Slán means healthy, well, good, safe, perfect, intact and, quite aptly for these times can even mean, immunity. 

We are all, currently, stuck within our 5km, being reintroduced to the places near us. This episode covers words commonly used in Irish place names. Two great resources are the book "That Place We Call Home" by John Creedon and Logainm.ie

Some common words used in place names include

• Knock - cnoc - Hill