i am triing to find out a name that the Irish use to call grandparents i have a grand daught that is 1 and just starting to talk and i want her to know her true place of orent. i think that family history is very important. please help me thank u
2006-10-31 16:32:33 · 6 answers · asked by Tina T 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Royalty
The informal words for granny and grandad in Irish are:
Granny: Mamó (pronounced: mam-oh)
Grandad: Daideo (pronounced: dad-yoe)
Formal
Grandmother: Seanmháthair (pronounced: shan-wah-her)
Grandfather: Seanathair (pronounced: shan-ah-hir)
2006-11-01 01:46:12 · answer #1 · answered by alpha 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Mamó agus Daidéo. Pronounced (Maw mo aw gus jday jdo). These are the most popular in Ireland and what I called my grandparents. And irish is renewing and many children in Ireland are being taught threw irish in primary school. We have a tv channel and radio station solely in irish as well as all signs and government documentation is in irish and english. You might also like to know that Irish will be an offical language of the European Union from January 2007. So teaching you child Irish may end up with a very prosperous career not just understanding her heritage.
2006-11-01 12:33:08 · answer #2 · answered by eorpach_agus_eireannach 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
grandmother: seanmháthair: grandfather: seanathair: and there are 3 major dialects areas of Irish spoken in different parts of Ireland.
2006-11-01 00:38:01 · answer #3 · answered by Sparkles 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Granny
2006-11-01 05:02:47 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
In ancient Celt, grandmother - dama-wyn
not sure about grandfather, but father is either formally - athair, or informally - athra
I've also heard grammer and da
2006-11-01 00:44:11 · answer #5 · answered by roamin70 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
máthair chrÃonna = grandmother
garinÃon = granddaughter
2006-11-01 00:37:07 · answer #6 · answered by TarasBoutiqueAtEtsy 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋