• Áthbhliain faoi mhaise – A prosperous New Year to you all.
  
• Fáilte ar ais – welcome back.
  
• Tá súil agam go raibh Nollaig shona ag gach éinne. I hope everyone had a lovely Christmas.
  
• Bliain nua agus dea-rúin – New Year Resolutions.
  

Maybe you’ve decided to develop your Irish Language skills this year – I hope so. All it takes is a few words (cúpla focal!) on a regular basis. Maybe you could build on the vocabulary (stór focal) we learnt last year?

A useful website for Irish is Duolingo – great for developing your vocabulary and it’s free – easy and fun to use – bain triail as. (give it a try).

Anois píosa beag faoin geimhreadh – Now a little about winter:

• Tá sé fuar inniu – It is cold today
• Tá sé ag cur sneachta – It is snowing
• Is lá seaca é – it is a frosty day
• Tá sé scamallach – It is cloudy
• Níl sé gaofar – It is not windy
• Níl an ghrian ag taitneamh – The sun is not shining

Let’s try a few comparative forms:

• Fuar – níos fuaire – is fuaire (cold - colder – coldest)
• Dorcha – níos dorcha – is dorcha (dark – darker – darkest)
• Te – níos teo – is teo (warm – warmer – warmest)
• Geal – níos gile – is gile (bright – brighter - brightest)

Éist le réamhaisneis na haimsire – listen to the weather forecast on TG4 and see how many words you recognise.

Feicfidh mé sibh go luath (see you soon).

Ádh mór! (Good luck).