In this video we're going to look at the similarities between certain Irish and
Spanish words, Irish and Spanish are very different
languages, but certain words and verbs do share a striking similarity and we're
going to explore some of those now. I should state I have never spoken Spanish
and probably never will so please excuse me if my pronunciation is not the best
in relation to the Spanish words, anyway let's start with some numbers if we have
a look at these numbers here you'll see that there is some similarities between them
for example a dó is two in Irish & dos is two in Spanish
so they look quite similar
and moving down then 8 9 & 10 are very similar as well
a hocht in Irish for example has a strong resemblance to ocho which is eight in Spanish
let's move on now to talking about some words and verbs and comparing
the Spanish and Irish equivalents so let's start with God the Irish for God
is Dia Dia, and in Spanish it's Dios Dios so you can see there's a strong
similarity there between those two words moving on and sticking with the
religious theme, the Irish for church is Eaglais, Eaglais, and in Spanish Iglesia
again they resemble each other quite a lot there
the Irish for priest is Sagart, and in Spanish Sacerdote
moving on then the Irish for king is Rí and in Spanish Rey, our next word then, the
Irish verb to listen is Éist and then in spanish Escucha so again
you can see a certain similarity there between those two verbs, let's move on to
the Irish verb Write and that is Scríobh and then in Spanish Escribir
the Irish verb to say is Abair you could also say Labhair as
well, I would associate Labhair with speaking and Abair with saying but they
can be slightly interchangeable I suppose
so anyway Abair in Irish and then in Spanish then it's Hablar, so again
quite a similar look and sound to those two verbs there, Irish Abair and
in Spanish Hablar even the Irish verb Labhair has a certain similarity as well
with Hablar, let's move on then to the Irish for read which is Léigh and
then in Spanish it's Leer, so again a certain similarity there you
could say, the Irish fur tongue or language is Teanga and then in Spanish
Lengua, so again they share quite a strong resemblance there I'm
sure you'll agree. The Irish for salt is Salann, and then in Spanish - Sal
the Irish for a hill is Cnoc and then in Spanish it's Colina
Let's move on then to the Irish for country which is Tír for example ar fud
na tíre is throughout the country, Tír and then in Spanish it's Tierra
now technically Tierra in Spanish means land or soil or earth but I'm sure you'll
agree there there is a strong resemblance between the two words
there Tír and Tierra and you know they what they mean there is a certain cross
over there I'm sure you'll concur with that.
The Irish for horse is Capall and then the Spanish for horse is Caballo
The Irish for a Bull is Tarbh
that could be pronounced Tarbh as well but I would say Tarbh, in Spanish - Toro
so you can see there are some of the similarities between Irish and
Spanish, they do share a common Indo-European root anyway, so I hope you
enjoyed this video and if you did please give it a like, and if you know of any
other words in Irish & Spanish that share a certain resemblance or
similarity please let me know in the comment section I'd be very interested
to read them and find out, thanks for watching
slán go fóill.