{"id":3159,"date":"2018-08-05T07:13:05","date_gmt":"2018-08-05T11:13:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sla2018\/?p=3159"},"modified":"2018-08-05T07:13:05","modified_gmt":"2018-08-05T11:13:05","slug":"an-bhfuil-tu-ceart-go-leor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sla2018\/2018\/08\/05\/an-bhfuil-tu-ceart-go-leor\/","title":{"rendered":"An bhfuil t\u00fa ceart go leor?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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An bhfuil t\u00fa ceart go leor? Are you okay? This is a frequent question at the pubs in Carraroe as you approach. This question had become a topic of conversation among some of my friends as we tried to discern what the bartenders meant by \u201cAn bhfuil t\u00fa ceart go leor?\u201d \u00a0We initially assumed that by asking if we were okay, they were expressing their concern (Although with \u201cAmerican\u201d tattooed across our foreheads, this could still be true). Among a young demographic of non-native speakers, this really seemed like a potentially plausible explanation.<\/p>\n

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We asked our teacher in the intermediate class, a native speaker finishing her PhD in Irish. She corrected us to say that \u201cAn bhfuil t\u00fa ceart go leor?\u201d was almost their way of asking \u201cHow are you?\u201d\u00a0 And similarly to the ubiquitous \u201chow are you,\u201d it is not acceptable to answer \u201cAre you okay\u201d by launching into a long explanation of how difficult classes are, how tired you are all the time, how confusing the Irish language is, etcetera, etcetera.<\/p>\n

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No complaints about rain when it looks like this!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Even more specifically, in the pub setting, asking \u201care you okay\u201d even more specifically means \u201cdo you need anything\u201d or \u201chave you been helped yet.\u201d\u00a0 They ask the question the same way in English; it is still \u201cAre you okay?\u201d. If you\u2019re okay, you\u2019ve been helped already, or you\u2019re not ordering anything.\u00a0 Otherwise, it\u2019s not that you are currently emotionally unstable or having a tough time, just that you haven\u2019t been helped yet, in which case the proper response would just be to launch into your order or ask them a question.\u00a0 I find it fascinating to learn not only the phrases in Irish, but how they carry over to the English in Ireland as well.<\/p>\n

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This week, we visited one of the Aran Islands, Inis \u00d3irr (Inisheer).\u00a0 Below are some of the pictures of our trip.\u00a0 The Irish name \u201cInis \u00d3irr\u201d means \u201cRiver meadow Island.\u201d\u00a0 It\u2019s English place name holds no meaning.\u00a0 This is true of so many places in Ireland.\u00a0 Their Irish name holds meaning and a vivid description of the place, while the English version is a nonsensical word. This is part of the reason that preserving the language, especially in Gaeltacht regions, is so important. The Irish words hold so much more meaning and culture than their English counterparts.<\/p>\n

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