Má tá tú ag caint faoi rud éigin in particular - (don't know how to say that either!), conas a deirtear 'how are you getting on?' meaning - how are you getting on with that particular thing?' Tá 'conas ar éirigh leat?' (How did you get on?) ar eolas agam ach nílim cinnte faoin aimsir láithreach.
This is not a 'how are you in general' question.

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Hi Saoirse,

Agus tú ag caint fá rud inteacht (éigin) ar leith, thig leat 'cad é mar atá ag éirí leat?' a rá.

Slán,

An Braonach

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Ultach mé agus Gaeilg Uladh a labhraim go measardha maith!

Grma, a chara.

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A Bhraonch - an ionann "cad é mar.." agus "goidé mar ..." mar a deirtear i gCúige Uladh ?

Is ea.

Caidé mar = goidé mar -- sa chaighdeán scríobhtar "cad é mar" (ach tá an "d" caol).

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Is fearr Gaeilg na Gaeltaċta ná Gaeilg ar biṫ eile
Agus is í Gaeilg Ġaoṫ Doḃair is binne

This is another of those questions that will vary according to dialect because the preferred method of saying "how" in each dialect is slightly different:

Cé' chaoi a bhfuil ... ? "How ... ?" (GC)
Goidé mar atá ... ? "How ... ?" (GU)
Conas atá ... ? "How ... ?" (GM, CO)

Cad é is the same a goidé in Ulster Irish. (crossed with Lughaidh).

I think Connemara speakers sometimes also use cé mar as well (but not cad é mar usually).

The usual spelling of cé' chaoi is cén chaoi but I've removed the n to better represent the pronunciation. However, dropping of the n between consonants is normal practice in native Connemara Irish.

This should give:

Cé' chaoi a bhfuil ag éirí leat ? "How are you getting on ?" (GC)
Goidé mar atá ag éirí leat ? "How are you getting on ?" (GU)
Conas atá ag éirí leat ? "How are you getting on ?" (GM, CO)

(Corrections welcome.)

And that's not to say there aren't other ways to say it.

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Múinteoir Gaeilge - Irish Teacher
My "specialty" is Connemara Irish, particularly Cois Fhairrge dialect, but I can also speak Ulster and Munster Irish with native-level pronunciation.
Is fearr Gaeilge ḃriste ná Béarla cliste, cinnte, aċ i ḃfad níos fearr aríst í Gaeilge ḃinn ḃeo na nGaeltaċtaí.
Gaeilge Chonnacht (GC), go háraid Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge (GCF), Gaeilic Uladh (GU), Gaelainn na Mumhan (GM), agus Gaeilge an Chaighdeáin Oifigiúil (CO).

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Múinteoir Gaeilge - Irish Teacher
My "specialty" is Connemara Irish, particularly Cois Fhairrge dialect, but I can also speak Ulster and Munster Irish with native-level pronunciation.
Is fearr Gaeilge ḃriste ná Béarla cliste, cinnte, aċ i ḃfad níos fearr aríst í Gaeilge ḃinn ḃeo na nGaeltaċtaí.
Gaeilge Chonnacht (GC), go háraid Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge (GCF), Gaeilic Uladh (GU), Gaelainn na Mumhan (GM), agus Gaeilge an Chaighdeáin Oifigiúil (CO).

A little off topic, but very interesting. I just googled: 'conas ar éirí leat' to verify that I had spelled my initial comment incorrectly! I was led back to this thread (fifth on the list of results) so we featured six hours after the thread being started here. How cool is that!

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