I've been teaching myself rudimentary irish for the last few
months, with reasonable success. I've been to Ireland many times for
holiday, now I'm going armed with my limited speaking abilities to
Dingle. Now my silly question: We usually eat in pubs, and (as
vegetarians) we usually order what they call 'toasted cheese
sandwiches' (sometimes they call them 'toasties'), which is
approximately an 'american' grilled cheese sandwich. What would I
call this in Irish ?
My second question: One language tape (Pimsleur = Munster Irish),
which has no book and therefore I have no idea of it's spelling, says
the word for drink is (with a long 'o') oll , or to drink is a'oll.
My other tapes say the word for drink is deoch....what is the
difference?
My third question: counting and numbers are really confusing. For
example, I see 'two' as do, dha, and I think I've seen it spelled with
a 'g' as well (it was go or gaw). Can someone explain these different
forms and how do I use them?
I have more questions, but first things first..........
Thanks !
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