in previous videos i would have mentioned that certain irish words are easy to remember because
of the way that they sound so for example mór means big and this is easy to remember because
if something is big you probably have more of it so you can relate those two words to remind
yourself that mór means big bord means table and this is easy to remember i think because very
often a wooden table is going to be made out of boards anyway so that's a handy link there
and díol is the irish verb to sell or to hustle so in order to buy and sell something you have
to make a deal with somebody so the english word deal and the irish verb díol sound practically
identical there so again that's convenient connection you can make there now let's look
at some more examples and you can use the sounds of these irish words to give you a big clue
as to the meaning in english so asal means donkey and this is easy to remember because
asal is very similar to ass in english which is another word for a donkey
salach means dirty in irish salach and i think this is easy to remember because
if something is dirty you're probably thinking of making the sound yak as in something is yak and
that sounds a little bit like salach so you can make that connection there
spéir is the irish word for the sky and i find this very convenient because spéir sounds pretty
much the same as the english word spare s-p-a-r-e because a sky has loads of spare room spare space
let's say next we have the irish verb codail which is to sleep codail, this sounds remarkably like
the english word cuddle which is like hugging or getting close to your significant other
and it's a good connection to make to remind you what the irish verb for sleep is codail sámh
sleep tight codail sámh
next we have the irish verb éist which is to listen and when you want somebody to listen you will often tell them to shush or shh
and this is a very similar sound to the irish verb éist
tuig is next tuig is the irish verb to understand
and you might have heard the following phrase or phrases to dig something or do you dig it that
basically means do you understand it or do you get what i'm saying and rumor has it that the way of
saying this to dig something actually originates from the irish verb tuig which is to understand
next we have cúl, cúl is a goal as in to score a goal in football and it's always going to
feel cool like you're going to have that cool feeling when you score a goal so that's a handy
connection there to make cúl for goal and cool the feeling when you score a goal
don't forget to let me know in the comment section
some irish words that you find really easy to remember because of the way that they are
spelled or the way they sound so thanks for watching and i will see you soon, slán go fóill.