Dia duit agus fáilte ar ais, Hello and welcome back
In this Irish language video I'm going to give you some simple but effective
phrases that you could use if you are a beginner learning the Irish language
these phrases will be useful in terms of having a conversation with other learners and
and also, perhaps talking to an Irish language teacher if you have one
but before I go on, a lot of people have asked about subtitles and printouts
I Subtitle all my videos on YouTube
but you must make sure that your subtitles are switched on on your own YouTube channel, so
Please ensure your subtitles are on so you can read the subtitles on my videos
Ok back to this video then
The first phrase is Tuigim
Tuigim means I understand and Ní thuigim means I don't understand
Tuigim - I understand, Ní thuigim - I don't understand
If you wanted to flesh out those phrases a little bit you could use the following words along with them
Tuigim go maith
I Completely understand or I fully understand, Tuigim go maith
Ní thuigim thú - I don't understand you
Next we're going to look at a situation when you want to ask somebody to repeat that
Abair arís - say that again or repeat that
Abair arís le do thoil - Repeat that please
Abair arís go mall - repeat that slowly
that comes from the Irish word Abair to say
An Irish language teacher might say the following
Abair é seo i mo dhiadh - repeat after me
Next we have
Go raibh maith agat which you probably know as it's a very
common Irish
phrase
Go raibh maith agat means Thank you
But if someone has helped you with some Irish words or phrases or grammar, you could say the following
Go raibh maith agat as an gcabhair - Thanks for the help or thank you for the help
Another way of saying thanks is the following - Míle Buíochas
it just means thanks a lot or many thanks, míle buíochas
Next we have fan nóiméad
fan nóiméad means wait a moment or wait a minute
Mar shampla, fan nóiméad céard a dúirt tú? - Just a minute, What did you say?
So you could use that if you're just struggling a little bit to understand something or you've misheard something as Gaeilge
Fan Nóiméad céard a dúirt tú? - just a moment. What did you say?
Finally we have what could only be described as a proverb
Practice makes perfect
Cleachtadh a dhéannann máistreacht
This is true no matter what you're doing whether you're learning a language or
Doing a hobby practice makes perfect
Cleachtadh a dhéanann máistreacht. If you enjoyed this please give it a thumbs up and
Don't forget to subscribe for more Irish language videos just like this
Thanks for watching and I'll see you soon, Míle buíochas agus feicfidh mé go luath thú mar sin