today I will be talking to you about 10 simple things
you can do to improve your Irish
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Hello and welcome back to Irish in my heart
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I will be speaking in Irish in this video but
don't worry
there are English subtitles
and Irish subtitles are available for my patrons
the link is in the description for Patreon
10 simple things you can do
are you ready?
maybe you already know about these things
maybe you are already doing them and well
good on you
round of applause
but you might not know so
here are 10 things
the first thing is
post-its
put post-its all over the house
all over the house
put post-its on your mirror
we all love looking in the mirror
there's no doubt about that
when you look at yourself
looking at your hair you know
if you are a complete beginner
put simple things on the post-it, for example,
the numbers 1-10
and then when you are brushing your teeth
you will be able to say the numbers in your head or
if you are learning the present tense
put the branches on the post-it
verbs with 1 syllable, slender or broad
you can put anything on the post-it
maybe a nice proverb
and also you can put post-its on things in your house
with the name of the thing on the post-it
for example, mirror
kettle
couch
it might be strange to put a post-it on your sofa
you would have visitors and they would ask you
why is there a post-it on your couch?
what is 'tolg'?
there were post-its all over my flat when I started learning Italian
write comments in Irish
for example
on this video
I often see comments from people saying
I've been learning Irish for a few years
for 3 years
5 years even
and I love your videos
thank you very much
in English
the comment is in English
why can't you write 'go raibh maith agat'?
you can
so try to use your Irish when you have the chance
social media, take advantage of that
you don't think it helps but it helps
change your phone language
I'm not sure about android but
I'm sure you can change the language of your phone on iphone to Irish
and follow people on Instagram
or twitter
who use Irish
there are a lot of accounts on Instagram
Twitter, even tiktok
I don't have tiktok
but I should I think
I don't want the drama
I will put a few suggestions for Instagram in the description
but I am probably forgetting people
because there are a lot of people and I probably don't know them all
but then during the day
you will be looking at things in Irish
or you will be reading a few words and as I said before
you don't think it helps but it helps
Learn the word of the day from focloir.ie and teanglann.ie
they have a word of the day every day
you might know the word but maybe not
it only takes 1 minute
less than that
if you don't know the word
practice
write sentences with it
foclach , play foclach
or spelling game
I love these games, often i'm playing
foclach, foclach is like wordle
i've never played wordle so i don't know but
it's a word that has 5 letters
and you have to guess the word
and i think you have 5 guesses
the game is hard sometimes
for example today, I guessed 1 word
and there was no letter of the word
in the word that was in question
and I thought well, that's it
that's all
I can't think of another word
it's hard but I think it would be worth it
and the spelling game if you want to improve your spelling in Irish
it says words in different dialects
you can choose 1 dialect if you want
but the words are said in different dialects
and you have to spell the word
you can't move on until you get the word
so it's a test
a difficult test
write your lists in Irish
your list of things to do
shopping list
I love writing my lists in Irish
I never write lists in English anymore
it feels weird when I do it
a list of things you have to do
for example, exercise, appointment, clean the kitchen
simple things
talk to your pet or yourself
I talk to Snoop in Irish
and he likes it
where is your ball?
walk, are you hungry?
aren't you cute?
and if you don't have a pet, talk to yourself
while in the shower
talk to yourself
in Irish
what am I going to do today well
I have to go to the doctor
I want to do some exercise
just think in Irish
often people say
aw well there is no one in my area to talk to
talk to yourself
and then when you have a chat circle or pop-up online
or in person
you will be ready because
you were thinking about what you want to say
if you think that's a bit weird
maybe record it
record yourself
ok now I'm going to talk for 5 minutes
about my hobby
or why I don't like potatoes
read a few pages before you go to bed
a few pages from an Irish book of course
instead of scrolling on your phone
read a few pages from an Irish book
and at the end of the week you will have I don't know
maybe 15 pages read
and then at the end of the month there would be
math
you would have read 60
pages
it doesn't matter, if you are a complete beginner
read books for children
if you have an intermediate level, read books a little more difficult
but it doesn't matter
don't read 'An Hobad ' before you go to bed
if you only have a few words
as I said in another video
but you will have a headache before you go to bed
something light
nice, interesting
watch 'Molscéal'
there are plenty of videos available on 'Molscéal
they are only between 2-4 minutes
every person has between 2-4 minutes
I think there are sometimes subtitles
and sometimes there are no subtitles
it depends
but try it anyway
and there is a wide range of content available also
videos about different topics
you will not be bored, I promise you
instead of spending 5 minutes on tiktok or YouTube
Molscéal
the last thing is to join a group
and a group that I recommend to you is
my own group
Patreon, we have a Facebook group
you will be able to talk to other people
but if you pay a little more
you will be able to talk to other people on Zoom
we meet often on Zoom
we practice and speak Irish
I will put information on the screen and the link in description as always
and then you will be able to speak Irish with people every day
put 1 post in the group
I learned this word
from focloir.ie, word of the day
did you know this word?
here is a sentence with the word
something simple so
but that's it my friends, I hope you enjoyed the video
and here are 10 simple things
you can do every day
to improve your Irish
I hope that there were a few new ones for you
tell me in the comments
in Irish, comments in Irish
thank you very much for watching the video and thank you very much to my patrons
you help me a lot
that's it friends, I'll see you in the next video
bye