Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday seem obvious enough.Any thoughts on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday?
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This clears it all up!I am a primary school teacher in my 50s. Listen here to some examples:If you ever have any questions, don’t hesitate to ask.I had always been told that Luan, or Dé Luain, came from either the festival “Lúnasa”; or its namesake, the god “Lú” – do you have a source supporting the idea that Luan came from Luna instead of Lú?See Irish and Old Irish under Celtic languages. Our blog serves as regular motivation for you to speak the Irish language. Modern Irish, as attested in the work of such writers as Geoffrey Keating, may be said to date from the 17th century, and was the medium of popular literature from that time on. Our communities invite both experts and learners to join in discussion.Receive daily tweets of the Word of the Day. Let us know your thoughts below!If you’re a Bitesize Irish member, also check out Lesson: Days of the week at If you’re not yet a member, why ever not? Thanks a million for your question. The official status of the Irish language remains high in the Republic of Ireland, and the total number of people who answered 'yes' to being able to speak Irish in April 2016 was 1,761,420, which represents 39.8 per cent of respondents out of a population of 4,921,500 (2019 estimate) in the Republic of Ireland. )” in "Gaelic", Now's your chance to dive deeper!Irish Gaelic is the native ancient living language of Ireland.Maybe you call it “Gaelic”. “Luan” does, indeed, mean “Monday,” but If you don’t know what the genitive case is, here’s a brief article about it:Bitesize members can access more in-depth explanations in the following lessons:For now, it suffices to say that the genitive case is This is the form you use when simply reciting the days of the week, or when referring to a specific day of the week, for example:“An” is the definite article…equivalent to “the” in English.Remember how I said that you would never use “Luan” (or any of the other days of the week) by itself in Irish? If you’ve studied a language such as French or Spanish, some of these names may have a familiar feel. It was once predominantly an Irish-based language although it has now been heavily influenced by Hiberno-English. I wish I could find someone to practice with face-to-face. 70,000 viewers watch Nuacht RTÉ every evening on RTÉ One. Let us know your thoughts below!If you’re a Bitesize Irish member, also check out Lesson: Days of the week at If you’re not yet a member, why ever not? Tá an aimsir go deas inniu. I’m wanting to theme my 2021 bullet journal/planner “as Gaeilge”, and part of that is to write out a calendar with the Irish names of the months and days, etc. It's along the shores of Lough Derg. If you simply need to recite the days of the week, here is what you would say:Dé Luain (Jay LOO-in): MondayDé Máirt (Jay march): TuesdayDé Céadaoin (Jay KAY-deen): WednesdayDéardaoin (JAY-ar-deen): ThursdayDé hAoine (Jay HEEN-yeh): FridayDé Sathairn (Jay SA-ha-rin): SaturdayDé Domhnaigh (Jay DOH-nee): Sunday I’m guessing they are very closely related. With Bitesize Irish, you get to learn to speak Irish in easy Bitesize portions.If you'd like to jump into learning to speak Irish today, This is an approximate pronunciation of the phrase:It's hard to “catch” those new sounds of our beautiful Irish language, right?Our Bitesize Irish program features extensive phonetic pronunciations of Irish.What date is your birthday? I LOVE the audio lessons as reinforcement. Was there a week?It helps a lot. It’s for a novel I am writing, so I need all the detail I can get.BTW If anyone is interested in the novel I would be happy to share some details. /Taw on am-sher guh jass in-yuh/ The weather is nice today. The EndThank you for commenting and for sharing your version of the story I didn’t realize this was so old, sorry for posting!I looked up ‘Irish days of the week’ on the off chance that I might find something on the pre-Roman/ pre Christian names of the days.