Modern Irish: A Comprehensive Grammar is a complete reference guide to modern Irish grammar, providing a thorough overview of the language.Key features include:highly systematic coverage of all levels of structure: sound system, word formation, sentence construction and connection of sentencesauthentic examples and English translations which provide an accessible insight into the mechanics of the language

Basic Irish: A Grammar and Workbook provides a jargon-free introduction to the most commonly used grammatical structures within the Irish language. Focusing on the repeated use of grammatical patterns, this Workbook develops an understanding of the structures presented, making the forms familiar and automatic for learners.This user-friendly workbook includes:terminology introduced and explained with multiple examplesexercises in the grammat...

Intermediate Irish is a jargon-free workbook examining the most commonly used grammatical structures within the Irish language. Focusing on the repeated use of grammatical patterns, the Grammar develops an understanding of the structures presented, making the forms familiar and automatic for learners.This user-friendly workbook includes:terminology introduced and explained with multiple examplesexercises in the grammatical forms introduced ...

Small steps lead to big adventures for a pair of unlikely friends in this "charming modern fable" by the Newbery Medal-winning author of Crispin ( Booklist).Avon the snail has never had an adventure. And adventure, he has heard, is the key to a happy life. So he sets out on an exciting journey with his new pal, Edward, a thoughtful but misinformed ant. Together they meet all manner of wise, weird, and intriguing creatures—including a dragon!—and d...

Pádraic Pearse, who played a prominent part in the 1916 rebellion, declared Ireland a Republic from the steps of the General Post Office in Dublin. He was executed, along with the other leaders, for his part in the Rising. But he was a gentle warrior at heart. These five stories show us that Pearse was a man of deep understanding with immense human awareness of the way of life of the average person. He analyses the sorrows and joys of the Irish people of his time, and writes of the tragedi...

Ireland, the land of saints and scholars, has always been prized for its folk wisdom. Here are over 250 "seanfhocail" (literally, old words) - proverbs and sayings - with their translations, that still resonate today. They remind us that “Ní féidir an sheanfhocail a shárú” (You can’t beat an old saying); “An té a bhíonn siúlach, bíonn sé scéalach (He who has travelled has knowledge); and “Fuighilleach síl, fuighilleach cíosa, agus fuighilleach carad, trí rud chomh maith agus bí ag aon duin...

This Irish-language course is directed at learners whose first language is English and particularly those living abroad and others who have had no exposure to the Irish language in the Irish educational system. The explanations and teaching notes are all in English and the course is suitable for complete beginners right through to intermediate level. The references and examples cited guide learners through the various dictionaries, grammars, dialects and forms which they encounter in the c...

'Dreimire Pharthais is i an phaidir...' [English translation below]T ceol is filocht an phobail le fil sa dolaim shuntasach seo de phaidreacha dchasacha Gaeilge n Mhenaois go dt an l inniu - paidreacha a tugadh ghlin go glin mar chuid den traidisin bil. Le domhan na Gaeilge a bhaineann na paidreacha seo, agus t teanga is rithim na seanamhrn le sonr iontu.Seo chugainn na haingle agus na haspail; Brd agus a brat; Michel agus a sciath; Naomh Pdraig agus Colm Cille Dhn na nGall. Maisithe le sa...

NOTE: Please note that this book is in not in the English language; it is an Irish-language work only. Dutch-born journalist Alex Hijmans lives in one of Brazil's many poor and dangerous suburbs. As the only white person in this district, populated with the impoverished descendants of Africans who were brought as slaves to Brazil, he ponders the great life secret of these suffering souls: how can they live contented lives in a place devoid of worldly possessions?

Are you planning an Irish-language tattoo or inscription, or just curious about Irish? Find out why it's dangerous to rely on the internet for an Irish translation! Learn how to honour the Celtic language and culture of Ireland – and avoid embarrassing mistakes – with a glossary of over 400 authentic Irish-language words, phrases, and sayings suitable for tattoos and inscriptions. The book also features illustrations of real-life Irish tattoos mistakes, a history of the Irish lanugage, adv...

Teaching English is a big challenge to the ESL students as well as native speakers. Especially making someone read English has always been another big challenge for the teachers. It may take years to teach how to read English correctly, unless we get an effective way of teaching method. After many years of research, I could find out an effective way that could help students understand the phonetics easily and read English words effectively in a short period of time. I applied this method w...

Designed for students with a basic knowledge of Russian, this book provides an accessible reference grammar and related exercises in a single volume.Across more than forty grammar topics it introduces the student to Russian people and culture through the medium of the language used today, covering the core material which the student would expect to encounter in their first year of learning Russian.Complete with a full key to exercises and glossary, Basic Russian is a...