Forvo's language guide helps you to learn and pronounce common words and expressions in Irish Gaelic.
We have created the guide as part of Tosta , a collaboration project promoting the minority languages of Europe’s Atlantic coast.
The seven languages included in Tosta are Welsh , Basque , Frisian , Scottish Gaelic , Irish , Cornish and Galician . We hope these guides will help you to discover and learn the rich cultural and linguistic heritages of these languages.
Tosta culminates in the Atlantikaldia festival which takes place between September 22 - 25 in Errenteria, in the Basque Country. Forvo will be participating in Atlantikaldia so come along and join us!
Click on the words for a translation (where available).
Photo: Dave Meier
Irish greetings and phrases
Learn some common greetings and sayings in Irish Gaelic
Common Irish words
Learn how to pronounce common words in Irish Gaelic
Prononciation de inniu inniu [ga ]
Prononciation de inné inné [ga ]
Prononciation de amárach amárach [ga ]
Prononciation de anois anois [ga ]
Prononciation de níos déanaí níos déanaí [ga ]
Prononciation de álainn álainn [ga ]
Prononciation de gránna gránna [ga ]
Prononciation de Milis Milis [ga ]
Prononciation de luath luath [ga ]
Prononciation de déanach déanach [ga ]
Prononciation de deacair deacair [ga ]
Prononciation de mór mór [ga ]
Prononciation de beag beag [ga ]
Prononciation de Sean Sean [ga ]
Prononciation de mórán mórán [ga ]
Prononciation de beagán beagán [ga ]
Prononciation de beagánín beagánín [ga ]
Prononciation de oscailt oscailt [ga ]
Prononciation de dúnta dúnta [ga ]
Prononciation de go mall go mall [ga ]
Prononciation de tapaidh tapaidh [ga ]
Irish names of places
Learn how to say names of places in Irish Gaelic
Prononciation de teach teach [ga ]
Prononciation de tábhairne tábhairne [ga ]
Prononciation de siopa siopa [ga ]
Prononciation de búistéara búistéara [ga ]
Prononciation de chúirt chúirt [ga ]
Prononciation de pictiúrlann pictiúrlann [ga ]
Prononciation de dioscó dioscó [ga ]
Prononciation de eaglais eaglais [ga ]
Colours in Irish
Learn to pronounce the colours in Irish Gaelic
Prononciation de dubh dubh [ga ]
Prononciation de bán bán [ga ]
Prononciation de buí buí [ga ]
Prononciation de dearg dearg [ga ]
Prononciation de oráiste oráiste [ga ]
Prononciation de gorm gorm [ga ]
Prononciation de glas glas [ga ]
Prononciation de donn donn [ga ]
Prononciation de corcra corcra [ga ]
Prononciation de bándearg bándearg [ga ]
Months and seasons in Irish
How to say the months of the year and the seasons in Irish Gaelic
Numbers in Irish
How to say the numbers in Irish Gaelic
Prononciation de aon aon [ga ]
Prononciation de do do [ga ]
Prononciation de trí trí [ga ]
Prononciation de ceithre ceithre [ga ]
Prononciation de cúig cúig [ga ]
Prononciation de sé sé [ga ]
Prononciation de seacht seacht [ga ]
Prononciation de ocht ocht [ga ]
Prononciation de naoi naoi [ga ]
Prononciation de deich deich [ga ]
Prononciation de aon déag aon déag [ga ]
Prononciation de dó dhéag dó dhéag [ga ]
Prononciation de trí déag trí déag [ga ]
Prononciation de cúig déag cúig déag [ga ]
Prononciation de sé déag sé déag [ga ]
Prononciation de seacht déag seacht déag [ga ]
Prononciation de ocht déag ocht déag [ga ]
Prononciation de naoi déag naoi déag [ga ]
Prononciation de fiche fiche [ga ]
Prononciation de tríocha tríocha [ga ]
Prononciation de daichead daichead [ga ]
Prononciation de caoga caoga [ga ]
Prononciation de seasca seasca [ga ]
Prononciation de seachtó seachtó [ga ]
Prononciation de ochtó ochtó [ga ]
Prononciation de cead cead [ga ]