How about the word for "Quiet" or "Silence"? I forgot that one.
Yours, Fringe4
Liam Smith wrote:
>>We just got a new dog, and I would like to train him to respond to
>>Gaelic commands. I was hoping someone could translate these simple words
>>into other simple words. :)
>
>
> I had sent this to you directly from the other newsgroup, but I guess
your
> spam filter deleted it before you saw it - that or you didn't like my
> answers, in which case, here they are again:
>
>
>>Sit
>
> Suí (say - SEE)
>
>
>>Stay
>
> FAN (say - FAhN - that's fa as in father with an N on the end of it)
>
>
>>No
>
> There is no direct correlative word in Irish. You can use Don't (Ná -
say
> "NAW") or is not (Ní hea - say "NEE HAA", the "ea" combination being a
sound
> much like the a in the American English word Pasty.)
>
>
>>Good Boy
>
> Buachaill Maith (say - BOO-khil MAHHHH, with the BOO as in BOOK, kh=a
> gutteral sound like the Scottish "Loch", and a definite aspiration, or
> exhalation, on the end of MAHHHH, again the a as in father)
>
>
>>Come
>
> Tar (just like in English)
>
>
>>Down
>
> Síos (say - SHE-ss, that is the English word She with a hiss at the end)
>
>
>>Outside
>
> Amach (say - um-AKH with a as in father and kh as in Loch)
>
>
>>Inside
>
> Isteach (say - ish-CHAAKH, again an a as in pAtsy and kh as in Loch)
>
>
>>"At my side" or Heel
>
> Sáil (for heel, say - "SAW'L" that is, the English word SAW with an L on
the
> end of it)
> or
> Le hais (for beside say - leh HASH)
>
>
>>Well, thats all I can think of. Any help would be appreciated. I'm also
>>looking for the phonetic spelling of the words if someone could post
>>that too.
>
>
> Bear in mind, I'm not an Irish speaker, but I'm learning Irish. These
are
> the orders one would give to a person, save we might use more than a
single
> word to convey the thought, such as Gabh amuigh (say Go um-ACH) for go
> outside, or GET OUT!
>
> Enjoy teaching your new dog new tricks.
>
> Slán tamall
>
>
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