Nice. Thanks for the lesson. I found you, while researching for a novel featuring the Bean Sidhe as a refugee group, small in number, but mighty in power.
Yes, actually, a chara is the vocative form of cara, used for calling someone out; just as if I would say "goon night Daryl", assuming your name stays the same in irish, I'd say "oíche mhaith, a Dharyl" because I'd call on you, grammatically speaking. So you basically say "goodnight, O friend" ; you don't need the possessive because it's clear that someone you call upon as friend is *your* friend (and Irish having no verb "to have", its relation with the notion of possession is quite different)
@@BitesizeIrish Hi Gabrielle, there's a legend that says that Sunniva was a saint from Ireland who fled to Norway. I understand that it is an Irish name, but maybe it is Norwegian instead. My relatives said that the way I spelled it was very English.
Hi Gabrielle, I have found this out. Sunniva is a Norwegian name, but was used by a famous saint in Ireland: www.nordicnames.de/wiki/Sunniva en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunniva
@soulreading3364 The closest term we have is *Níl aon tintean mar do thintean féin* Which basically means *there's no home like your own*. It's become somewhat of an irish meme since the early 90's though
Mo chara= eg: Chuaigh mé agus MO CHARA go dtí an pictiúrlann ( Me and MY FRIEND went to the cinema) A chara= eg: A CHARA! chuala mé go raibh tú tinn! (MY FRIEND! I heard you were sick!)
Yes. The convention is to use the vocative case when addressing someone directly. We place 'a' before the noun/name. You may enjoy this blog of ours about Irish endearments: www.bitesize.irish/blog/irish-endearments/. If you'd like to learn about this and many other elements of the Irish language in greater detail you may join us over at biteseize.irish 🙂
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Aw, your joy and your accent - which sounds well south-west - makes my smile. Go hálainn, a chara.
good tip on the "a/mo" distinction, i've been saying it wrong before now. go raibh míle maith agat!
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Nice. Thanks for the lesson. I found you, while researching for a novel featuring the Bean Sidhe as a refugee group, small in number, but mighty in power.
I thank you, and I will be looking for more of your teachings..
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I wonder if the black Irish brought it over, as in spanish cara means dear? Could be cognate? Anyway just a thought
It originates in Latin 😉
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Is tusa an duine is fearr liom a bheith thart
If I say to someone "Oiche mhaith mo chara" as a way of saying "goodnight my deer/friend' should it be a chara instead then?
Yes, actually, a chara is the vocative form of cara, used for calling someone out; just as if I would say "goon night Daryl", assuming your name stays the same in irish, I'd say "oíche mhaith, a Dharyl" because I'd call on you, grammatically speaking. So you basically say "goodnight, O friend" ; you don't need the possessive because it's clear that someone you call upon as friend is *your* friend (and Irish having no verb "to have", its relation with the notion of possession is quite different)
Is the same true for plural friends when addressing them ah instead of mo?
@@BitesizeIrish GRMMA, a chara!
Exactly.
It's cara m'anama grammatically correct? And is it acceptable to use it to describe the love and relationship for one's partner?
Go raibh maith agat! (Did I say that correctly) because I’ve been struggling trying to say this
Yes!
hi! and how would you say "hi friends" or "hello friends?"?
Dia dhaoibh a chairde = Hello my friends
It literally means "God be with you my friends". Irish is a such a beautiful, God-filled langauge.
Friend is absolutely a haunted word... because chara is a human that fell underground before enyone else in undertale
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Thank you Siobhan! How do you pronounce the name 'Sunniva'? Thanks!
@@BitesizeIrish Hi Gabrielle, there's a legend that says that Sunniva was a saint from Ireland who fled to Norway. I understand that it is an Irish name, but maybe it is Norwegian instead. My relatives said that the way I spelled it was very English.
Hi Gabrielle, I have found this out. Sunniva is a Norwegian name, but was used by a famous saint in Ireland: www.nordicnames.de/wiki/Sunniva
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunniva
Hey! How do you say ‘Home Sweet Home’ in Irish?
@soulreading3364
The closest term we have is *Níl aon tintean mar do thintean féin* Which basically means *there's no home like your own*. It's become somewhat of an irish meme since the early 90's though
@soulreading3364
You pronounce it like *Kneel ayn tinton Mar du Hinton fayn*
Oh shit this ones my name
Go gcumhdaí Dia a slán thú a Shiobháin 🙏🏼
Nó "a Siobhán" nó "a Siobhán" - nílim róchinnte, an féidir leat é sin a shoiléiriú domsa? Go raibh míle maith agat :D
Well, I have to say: I do not get it! When can I use A chara and when can I use mo chara? could you please give some examples
A chara is used when addressing a friend.
Mo chara is used when referring to your friend.
Mo chara= eg: Chuaigh mé agus MO CHARA go dtí an pictiúrlann ( Me and MY FRIEND went to the cinema) A chara= eg: A CHARA! chuala mé go raibh tú tinn! (MY FRIEND! I heard you were sick!)
Grace O'Sullivan A bhfuil si go maith aris? (do chara?)
I now need to practice saying my own name. Rolling those Rs does not come naturally to me.
haha same
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You sound like you are from Sligo -- am I right?????????????
No I think thats a cork accent.
My name is cara
same
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So, a mother who wants to say "my darling" to a child, wouldn't say "MO STÓR" ??? Rather "a STÓR"?
Yes. The convention is to use the vocative case when addressing someone directly. We place 'a' before the noun/name. You may enjoy this blog of ours about Irish endearments: www.bitesize.irish/blog/irish-endearments/. If you'd like to learn about this and many other elements of the Irish language in greater detail you may join us over at biteseize.irish 🙂
For both sex "cara" ? In German Freund / Freundin
Go raibh maith agut
She single jaja
i like u nice girl