How many Irish here can people can speak their native language fluently?
I spent 8 years in primary school, 5 years in Secondary, and aced the Irish Leaving Cert...but I still can't have even the most basic conversation with someone speaking in Irish...
How bad is that?
I'm not alone though, most of my friends and family are the same...
How is it possible that so many people fail to grasp the language when it has been a constant subject throughout their primary and secondary education?
2006-08-25 02:42:27 · 10 answers · asked by lilyangele 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Mar nil suim ag aon duine san abhar gaeilge. Ni usaionn postanna an teanga seachas muinteoiri.
2006-08-25 02:48:40 · answer #1 · answered by kano7_1985 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hmm I'm irish , but I live in the U.S. I am learning french and I can have conversations, in fact I have to do 8 conversations a year to pass, I think it was like my great grandfather or something like that who's french, I started learning french in 6th grade, and I'm in 9th now, I think it's pretty easy so far, I want to do a abroad program in collage and go to France like my mom did. I kind of ended up off the subject, I dont know how you still cant grasp it very well, maybe because you have been learning it for so long you just didn't pay attention because you thought "well I've been learning it for a long time so it will be easy" That's the only thing I can think of, becuase I think that sometimes.
2006-08-25 02:53:31 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Irish language seams to be taught as a language that glorifies servile agricultural peasants that are immersed in Catholicism and the woes of the past ,out of step with a modern society.
2006-08-25 12:37:25 · answer #3 · answered by ruffian 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I can't speak it fluently but I could probably hold a conversation
2006-08-25 02:48:20 · answer #4 · answered by Ben H 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i'm kind of irish most of my family are irsh and speak it so ive just learnt it also just learnt welsh by watching welsh tv
2006-08-25 02:47:21 · answer #5 · answered by Chesh » 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i got taught it in primary school and secondary school, but i only have passing gaelic,
i even failed my silver fainne, so your not alone.
2006-08-25 02:50:16 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
you need to use it on a daily basis,
im not celtic, but i play in a celtic band and im slowly learning the language.
2006-08-25 02:48:01 · answer #7 · answered by digital genius 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i take it your not from canada. we,learn french never irish, which i am part irish. so i agree with you, it does suck
2006-08-25 02:48:18 · answer #8 · answered by annie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i'm have irish in me .
2006-08-25 02:49:21 · answer #9 · answered by ILY_Taylor Lautner 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
not me.
2006-08-25 02:48:27 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋