in this video we're going to learn the irish for some european countries and i'm going to
share with you some words that would remind me of these
countries so let's start with iceland an íoslainn is the irish for iceland
and whenever i think of iceland i think of fire and ice tine agus oighear
another thing that reminds me of iceland is volcanoes
so the irish for a volcano is bolcán bolcán beo is an active volcano
gníomhíocht bholcánach volcanic activity
an iorua is norway, norway is famous for its fjords and in irish fjord is the same as it would be in english fiord
but góilín is an inlet or a creek in irish góilín, norway is also famous for its oil
ola is the irish for oil ola and to all appearances norway seems like a very
wealthy country so the irish for wealthy is saibhir, moving on to sweden
an tSualainn is the irish for sweden sweden is famous for its music and for its
furniture exports so the irish for pop music is pop cheoil and the irish for a band is
banna cheoil ikea is one of the most famous swedish brands in the world and although there's no direct
translation for ikea because it's not really needed the irish for furniture is troscán
next is finland an fhionlainn is the irish for finland whenever i think of
finland for some reason i think of ice hockey haca oighir is the irish for ice hockey
finland is also famous for its education system the irish for education is oideachas
next is denmark an danmhairg is the irish for denmark
denmark is famous for its beer the irish for beer is beoir but you could also
use leann as well leann technically means ale leann could also be pronounced leann as well
denmark as well as norway and sweden is famous for the vikings na lochlannaigh is the irish for the vikings
denmark is also a great proponent of green energy the irish for green energy is fuinneamh glas
moving on to germany an ghearmáin is the irish for germany
the one thing i think of when i think of germany or german people is poncúlacht punctuality
next an ísiltír which is the netherlands
it literally means the lowlands one thing i always think of when i think of
the netherlands is windmills muileann gaoithe is the irish for a windmill
the netherlands are also famous for tulips in irish tulip sounds very similar it's just túilip
túilipí faoi bhláth fully grown tulips
next we have belgium an bheilg is the irish for belgium
the one thing i always think about here is chocolates the irish for chocolate is seacláid
meascán seacláidí= a mixture of chocolates
next is france an fhrainc is the irish for france
it's famous for the eiffel tower amongst other things túr eiffel is the eiffel tower
it's also famous for a wide variety of cuisine eg fíon is wine and cáis is cheese
france is also well known for the french revolution réabhlóid na fraince
moving on to spain the irish for spain is an spáinn
spanish people are famous or at least they were anyway for the siestas
which is an afternoon nap the irish for a nap is néal, rinne mé néal i took a nap
spain is also well known for bull fighting the irish for bull fighting is tarbhchomhrac
don't forget to let me know in the comments section some words that remind you of various
different european countries & i'll be back very soon with another video
thanks for watching slán tamall.