Calling all Irish!! I need help with a project?? easy pts!?

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joanne o

i call my mother mom, i get the piss taken out of my big time for saying it

daddy

granny, granda

just friends

fellas- boys

eejit - stupid person

craic = fun = whats the craic with ya?

a lot of people say bae"boy" after a sentence = that game was great bae

feck = ****

class = brilliant = that place is class

eat the head of= go mad at someone = he ate the head off that boy

fair play = approval of someones actions = fair play to him

culchies= real country accents = a townie would say this to the country lads

banjaxed = wrecked, broken = that car is banjaxed

yoke = pronounced yolk = is a vehicle = get into the yoke

i also use hi after most sentences lol
eg. where are you goin hi?

thats all i can think of, hope i helped :)

irish

Ok I call my mother "Ma" or " Mam" some call them Mammy,
My dad is just da, dad or daddy. Most people call there grandparents (Granny and Granddad) some call them (Nanny and granddad)
Phrases - Grand not a bother, whats going on? How are ya?
i call my friends just lads.

jay.pearse

Mom- My old lade/mammy/mam/ma
Dad- My old man/daddy/da
Girlfriend-My old doll
Boyfriend-my fella
Grandmother/granny/nana/nan
Friends-Buddies
(i am from cork, we have a very different dialect from the rest of Ireland, so some of these words may only be used in cork)
Hope i helped!

I should be doing something else

Personally I say Mum and Dad or Da
Nana and Granda
Friends or mates

spdy

when talking about girls, you will hear some call them "young one"..pronounced "young wan" . so if you see a girl , you'd shout "hey young wan" Only used for younger girl. For boy, it would be "young fella"
For older people it be "old one" pronounced "aul wan" . Of course to shout "aul wan" at an elderly person would be considered rude.
This depends on which part of ireland. Lads and lassies may be used in other parts. The young wan/young fella phrase would be used a lot in Waterford.
Also another waterford thing is "well boy" or "well girl" when saying hello to a male/female friend.

Christina B

mom = ma or mam or mammy

dad = da or dad or daddy or the ould lad (when hes not in earshot)

grandfather = granda or grandad

grandmother = nana or nanny or nan or granny

brothers and sisters = bro and sis

phrase =
grand means ok, fine e.g im grand

shift or meet or snog mean to french kiss

ride mean to have sex with

biorre is a word used by irish travellers (kinda nomadic people) it mean woman

feen is another word used by irish travellers, is means man

down the (as in down the town) means to go/going e.g are ya going down the town

pints means drinks, from pint as in pint of guinness

thats the shot means great

are ya taking the piss means are you joking

ask me **** means why my good man i couldnt care

gobshite means a stupid person

go way or go on outta that means i dont believe it

ya swear means are you serious

hope im of use - anything else just ask!!

K. F

well we irish use the term ''craic'' alot. and if you're calling someone stupid we use the term ''eejit''. ''mammy'' and ''daddy'' is used for mom and dad .
''grand'' for ''i'm fine''
hoped i helped

mouse_726

One that was used often when I was in Ireland was having "good craic" last word pronounced "crack". The first time we heard it in the phrase, "There will be music in the pub and it should be some good craic." we were very confused. The translation of craic is simply fun or good times.

Here is a website that might help
http://www.irish-sayings.com/

This one also has some great information:
http://www.omniglot.com/writing/irish.htm

If you scroll down on the second site it gives links to other sites

When looking at Irish Gaelic words it's important to remember that they aren't pronounced AT ALL the way we English speakers think they should be. THere is no v, f, or w in the alphabet....but the sounds exist in the spoken language and are combinations of letters such as "mh" and the sound made by those combinations can change depending on where in the word it is.

Is mĆ�ith liom cĆ�ca millĆs!

Firstly yeah we say craic a lot! (My friends tell me that I over use it!!

Well;
Mum; Mam, Mammy (Everybody uses Mammy, even teens! lol!!
Dad; Dad, Daddy (again everybody uses Daddy!!)

Siblings are just sister(s), brother(s), big/lil sis/bro or bruv.

Grandmother; Granny or Nana
Grandfather; Granda or sometimes Gaga

Friends are just friends (we don't use mates unless you are a 21 male!!)

hello!

dad- daddy /da
mum-mammy/ ma
sister-sister
brother-brother
grandmother- nana or i call her by her name (patsy)
grandfather- grandda
friends- bud (whats up bud)

Phrases

whats the story (bud)? what da sory/ dont pernounce the t
get the boat! ge da boa
whats the crack?
alright>>>>means hi

but its different across the country
from dublin
and not all of the people in dublin talk like this!!!
lol hope you get a A++++

Orla C

Mam and Mammy for mother, also Mum.

Dad or Daddy for father

Granny for grandmother, but some of the hotter grannies don't do this.

Grandad for grandfather.

Aunt or auntie, or uncle ... but usually just by their names. My nieces and nephews call me by my name.

Lads and lassies is either Scottish, or some just wannabe-Irish that doesn't know the difference between the two winding you up.

Guaranteed Irish!!!

what ever phrases you use we do too what you think we are!!!!!!!!!!!

janus

Some Words for you/ Slieveen Pronounced Sleeve ian means A treacherous Sly Person/ Lachycoat means a Traitor/ /an Omadain Pronounced Omadawn means Stupid/ /AGombeen Man A Person who likes to give the Impression of being Stupid while Conning you at the same time, Members of Our Government Party Fianna Fail Chiefly Bertie Ahern on the Rob/ / A go by the Wall and Tiddle the Bricks meaning A Sneaky Person Stalking You/ /A gurrier meaning a Street Urchin, usually a Beggar Child or a Child Robber following People to Rob them ,it is an Old fashioned Word not Relevant really anymore./ / Some Country People still call small Children Leanmh Pronounced Laniv meaning Child in Gaelic./

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