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| Tyrion101 Senior Member United States Joined 3916 days ago 153 posts - 174 votes  Speaks: French | Message 1 of 3 23 October 2014 at 1:32am | IP Logged |
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Well Ive spent the last week in the UK and Ireland and have been having a blast, two quick things I'd like to
report, first is judging from the way our serveuse reacted she was impressed with how I read from the French version of the menu. That made me feel good, I only messed up one part. I said veville in steak of vanille. I'd like to know if I said anything at all in that regard. The other was that here in Dublin all the signage has both English and Gaelic and I thought I'd try to pick up as much as I could while I was here. I've figured out that you flip the adjective and nouns like in French. Other than that it's confusing. I've picked up a handful of words, but that's it. I'm not seriously learning Gaelic I don't think it can be done from bus trips and signage alone. Slí means way. Anyone here ever learned the language? Edited by Tyrion101 on 23 October 2014 at 1:33am 1 person has voted this message useful | |
 jeff_lindqvist Diglot Moderator SwedenRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6912 days ago 4250 posts - 5711 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English Studies: German, Spanish, Russian, Dutch, Mandarin, Esperanto, Irish, French Personal Language Map | Message 2 of 3 23 October 2014 at 6:11pm | IP Logged |
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I have indeed (log here, I just posted there) and many others in Team Celts.
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| sctroyenne Diglot Senior Member United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5394 days ago 739 posts - 1312 votes Speaks: English*, French Studies: Spanish, Irish | Message 3 of 3 29 October 2014 at 7:20pm | IP Logged |
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Come join us down the rabbit hole :) I, too, decided to take it up after seeing it around
on signs during a trip to Scotland (ended up going with Irish first, though). I can say that it has a pretty steep learning curve - at the beginning it will seem ridiculously hard but I can say I'm reaching a stage in which it seems much less so. The main features are Verb-subject order, initial mutations (which can be considered similar to French liaison only much more complicated), some initally bizarre verbal noun constructions that will take some getting used to, and a phonetic system that's quite challenging when starting out. Also, there are three major dialects plus a standard - some of the differences between them may seem huge when starting out, but appear less so as you make more progress. Congratulations on using your French! 1 person has voted this message useful |
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