Wednesday 29 October 2014

Dia duit! Or hello! 

This week starts off our club of Irish called X-Fada where I can learn a very beautiful language (as for me of course) which is Irish. I was in Ireland some years ago and I fell in love with this country, people and language of course. Ireland is sooo beautiful and really worth visiting. It has breathtaking views, great history and very intereseting myth background. And music of the Ireland is so specific. You can get into some pubs and there will be some people not knowing one another but playing their instruments together and singing together while having some beer. But as for me the best part of Ireland is out of cities, in the places where you can breath fresh air and just enjoy this peace and silence that we miss sometimes. Moreover, if you want to go somewhere because you saw before some pictures with informations about an interesting place, I'm sure in your way you'll encounter other intriguing places worth seeing. And it is the way I found Ireland- misterious and full of gorgeous buildings, castles, ruins or just nature. I hope this country will stay as it is, some would say old-fashioned, but for me truly as it just it took my heart away. I hope too I'll be back there some day. As for now I have to learn more Irish to be prepared ;) To show you how great Irish sounds here you have last year top song „Wake me up” by Avicii but in irish made by Lurgan project. I hope you like it.

Slán!    



Irish lyrics:
Fáinne fí i gcoim na hoíche.
(Níl) 'tada riamh nach mbíonn thart.
Diabhail fhios a'm cá bhfuil deireadh mo scéil
Ach táim ar an mbealach ceart.

Deir siad liom gan a dhul sa tseans,
Nach dtagann ciall roimh aois.
Bhuel 'sé m'aistear é, Ní léir cén fhad a mhairfidh sé,
'Sé togha ar aon chaoi.

So Lig mé saor ón suan 'tá orm.
(Tai)speáin 'om bóthar éasca cothrom.
Bainfidh mé ceann scríbe amach, sí m'aidhm,
Cíbe treo átá i ndán.

(Tá) Mé ag iompar úalach mór an tsaoil
Ach níl a'm ach péire lámh.
Suile troma is an ghrian a dhul faoi
Ach ní chodlaíonn mé go sámh.

"Bris amach agus tú fós sach óg."
Chinnigh mé le dul in aghaidh.
Seo mo ré, Seasfaidh mé an fód,
'S leanfaidh mé ar aghaidh.

Wednesday 15 October 2014

The very beginning...

Have you ever wondered how does it feel to save someone's life? By the word 'someone' I mean not only human's life but also other beings that we can say that "live" all around us. From animals to our beloved teddybears that we took care of and shared a great part of our lives with. Once I did encountered a very interesting page where I could "save the words". On this page there was a lot of words mostly unknown for me. I tried to figure out what this page was all about but then it came to me. The words started to speak "Hey, pick me" and all I had to do was to choose an option "Adopt". Then I became the saviour of this word by learning it by heart to use it in the future. What is that for you may ask. But it's a great pleasure for me to save words that are not so far from the oblivion. What's more, I think I'm saving a part of a great but a bit old culture by doing so. Just wonder how this world would be like if everyone knew just a couple of words? Sick plan, huh? So if you want to have a great companion of your English adventure, pick a friend ;)