Lá Fhéile Pádraig sona daoibh agus go raibh míle maith agaibh!

I haven't had the time to look at each of the sentences you gave me in detail, but what I saw looks really impressive. Seems like there is hardly any gap left now. So thank you very much for the great job you did! And yes, I know the actors could do with a few "grand tips" on clear speech - I've spent quite a few hours listening to them myself.
And thanks for the elucidation of the Donegal forms, Errigal. Some of them I knew in theory, but remembering and recognizing them in practice is a different story... ;-)

I have to continue writing now and will be going through the sentences over the next few days.

Someone here once said you know you have amazing listening comprehension skills when you can understand more than a few words Séamus Mhichil Tom says! I admit I have a very hard time following him, and I don't think it's a "native speaker's Irish vs. learner's Irish" thing, as I haven't had much trouble following other native speakers. I think the man just mumbles!

Redwolf

Séamus Michil Tom? Is that cursing old Séamus? "Hard time" would be a very nice understatement for me. Anything longer than "friggin' [+ single noun]" is beyond me... Can't decide who's harder to understand, him or red-haired Síle.

Anyway, this is what I'm going to take:
1) So ehm, cá huair a mbeidh tusa ag gabháil chun an bhaile?
2) Ah, frig an dinnéar! I mean, Bernie, níl mé ag iarraidh a bheith ag troid leat ach..
3) Agus na hoícheannta uilig a raibh dinner parties agat agus cuireadh an ruaig orm suí síos chun an bheár.
4) Sin é atá mí-cheart leatsa Jason, níl drive ar bith ionat.
5) An bhfuil a fhios agat seo, a Sheáin, tá lúchair orm go bhfuil tú ag dul a chrochadh suas na fuddy-duddy suits in sa deireadh thiar thall.
6) Quality time mo leath-deiridh.
7) Is doiche gur cheart dúinn an giota beag sin a chuir isteach níos luaithe.
8) Haigh, bhuel an bhfuil a fhios agat seo, is furast aithne gur phioc tú suas grand tips ag an chonference.

aríst for the help! That was priceless!

Síle? You must be watching older episodes of the series!

Yes...Séamus Mhicil Tom is the old fella with the flat cap and tweed coat who alternates between poaching salmon, making poitín, and holding up a corner of the bar at Tigh Thaigdh.

Redwolf

I am indeed, 3rd season.



Something must have gone wrong with the copying and pasting yesterday... I definitely didn't want any 'suí' in there. But thanks for pointing it out again.

For 5) my intuition is to go with suits sin.

No 7 doesn't really matter. I'm only going for English elements anyway and thought I'd spotted a 'think' in there. But as nobody else heard that I'll just leave out the whole sentence.

Síle speaks really really fast. I find it hard to understand her. Rónán Mac an Bhuí is much easier to understand.
It could be a bit easier when seeing it on video and in context.
Séamus Mhicil Tom - he does mumble a bit, typical of a lot of Conamara people. I have a cousin that I find hard to understand sometimes

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It is recommended that you always wait for three to agree on a translation.
I speak Connemara Irish, and my input will often reflect that.
I will do an mp3 file on request for short translations.
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I've no idea who Rónán is (probably one of the characters in the later episodes?), but as a learner (beginner - intermediate) I don't find Séamus Mhicil Tom any easier to understand than Síle - even though it's mostly Connemara-Irish I am learning. It might well be because of the age difference.


It would most definitely be easier with the context and the picture along with the sound. I have to say I was really impressed how much you all go out of the sound files without the context and all.

However, to give you a change to further practise this wonderful skill I have another exercise for you.
I uploaded another file - lodgeail: http://www.keepandshare.com/doc12/show. ... 2&fclick=y

What I get out of it is:
(...) Sarah airgead an Bh&B thabhairt?? ar Bhernie, lodgeáil(...) Bernie (...)
subtitle: Sarah can give Bernie the B&B money and Bernie can lodge it all.

So, could you help me with this one too, please?

Rónán Mac Aoidh Bhuí is a presenter on Raidió na Gaeltachta. He's not on Ros na Rún.

This is probably my own fault, but I don't see any new files there.

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It is recommended that you always wait for three to agree on a translation.
I speak Connemara Irish, and my input will often reflect that.
I will do an mp3 file on request for short translations.
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Oh, I see. I gave up listening to RnaG some years ago. Maybe it would be worth giving it another try one of these days. I feel that watching Ros na Rún so much (and not least working with it) has helped me a lot when it comes to understanding spoken language.

I'm sorry, the new file was not made public. (I'm not familiar with the file hoster, looks very messy to me.)
You should be able to see it now. It's called lodgeail.