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A nice Irish grammar book

  • 01-06-2007 8:58am
    #1
    Micamaca
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 346 ✭✭


    Hi folks,

    I'm studying languages in college and I'm a bit ashamed I can't speak my own native tongue. Can anyone suggest a good grammar book...it's only now after learning french and german that I can appreciate grammar. I'd like to go back over irish grammar as I can't remember any of the titles...I remember the modh conneallacht or summat but have no idea what it was except we all hated it!

    Had a quick look in Hoggis Figgis and Waterstones yesterday and not much there. Some very complicated looking irish books. Can anyone suggest something, even something their children are using in school?

    go raibh maith agat! mica


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  • #2
    Grudaire
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    I think that Gramadach na Gaeilge by Folens is very good:

    http://www.folens.ie/catalog/list_books.php?pageNum_rsSearch=2&totalRows_rsSearch=16&level=2&class_id=%&exam=%&serieslink=%&catid=13


  • #3
    Micamaca
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 346 ✭✭Micamaca


    Cheers! I'll give that a shot. I bought teach yourself Irish Grammar today to start with...which at least has a few exercises to get me started. I'm hoping it will come back to me :o


  • #4
    Kwekubo
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    There's some decent grammar books you can get that are specifically designed for those who already speak basic Irish and are looking to move up to an advanced level. I take it you're in Dublin since you mentioned Hodges Figgis, have you tried the Conradh na Gaeilge bookshop on Harcourt Street?


  • #5
    Micamaca
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 346 ✭✭Micamaca


    No, I haven't tried Conradh na Gaeilge...I hadn't heard of it. But I will, thank you.

    I've started reading Teach yourself Irish Grammar this morning...it's so interesting! All the things I just learnt at school, seimhius etc, are laid out for me again. It seems to me as an objective reader that the rules don't make much sense. But as I'm studying other languages this is no surprise and no turn-off! Luckily I've learnt them before so it should come back to me. But it's really interesting. It's different now than learning at school...now I want to learn them.

    I'll definitely poke my head into that shop the next time I'm in town. Thank you! mica


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