Comments on: Grandmother in Irish (Gaelic / Gaeilge) http://irishkc.com/grandmother-in-irish-gaelic-gaeilge.htm Kansas City Irish Festivals, Music, Pubs, & Events by an Artist in Ireland Thu, 24 May 2012 09:18:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: sandra http://irishkc.com/grandmother-in-irish-gaelic-gaeilge.htm#comment-282855 sandra Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:13:41 +0000 http://irishkc.com/index.php/grandmother-in-irish-gaelic-gaeilge.htm#comment-282855 i am using seana, pronounce shanna, as a made up abbreviation for seanmhathair much like granny is for grandmother i am using seana, pronounce shanna, as a made up abbreviation for seanmhathair much like granny is for grandmother

]]> By: e http://irishkc.com/grandmother-in-irish-gaelic-gaeilge.htm#comment-265184 e Thu, 01 Oct 2009 13:34:20 +0000 http://irishkc.com/index.php/grandmother-in-irish-gaelic-gaeilge.htm#comment-265184 Beth - <em>Mamó</em> is Irish and only used by someone speaking in Irish. It is pronounced like you would say Mom in English followed by an Oh sound. There's really nothing further to add to the post and the comments - it's all there already. When you're talking pet names people can call their grandmothers anything they want. Most people in Ireland speak English and call their grandmothers English pet names. I've not ever heard one here in Dublin that sounds like "Mem" in either language Beth - Mamó is Irish and only used by someone speaking in Irish. It is pronounced like you would say Mom in English followed by an Oh sound. There’s really nothing further to add to the post and the comments - it’s all there already.

When you’re talking pet names people can call their grandmothers anything they want. Most people in Ireland speak English and call their grandmothers English pet names. I’ve not ever heard one here in Dublin that sounds like “Mem” in either language

]]> By: BETH http://irishkc.com/grandmother-in-irish-gaelic-gaeilge.htm#comment-265139 BETH Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:29:14 +0000 http://irishkc.com/index.php/grandmother-in-irish-gaelic-gaeilge.htm#comment-265139 Hi i just was trying to figure this grandmother prononciation out. I to and soon to be a grandmother in a few weeks and would like to know an Irish name for grandmother but short! I know a women here is from Dublin and her grandkid call her mem pronouced in English. I wonder if its mamo in Irish like mom. Thanks for the help Hi i just was trying to figure this grandmother prononciation out.
I to and soon to be a grandmother in a few weeks and would like to know an Irish name for grandmother but short!
I know a women here is from Dublin and her grandkid call her mem pronouced in English. I wonder if its mamo in Irish like mom.
Thanks for the help

]]> By: e http://irishkc.com/grandmother-in-irish-gaelic-gaeilge.htm#comment-260587 e Mon, 24 Aug 2009 17:35:14 +0000 http://irishkc.com/index.php/grandmother-in-irish-gaelic-gaeilge.htm#comment-260587 Hi Patricia, Congratulations on your soon to be grandmotherhood. It's all in the post and comments above. There's not really anything else to add, but all the above examples are used in Ireland. Speaking English, Nana and Granny are probably the two most common words used in Ireland equivalent to Grandma. And speaking Irish <em>Mamó</em> and <em>Nana</em> are the most common pet names for grandmother. <em>Mamó</em> is pronounced as described above and <em>Nana</em> is pronounced as it is in English so that it rhymes with the name Hannah. Hi Patricia,

Congratulations on your soon to be grandmotherhood.

It’s all in the post and comments above. There’s not really anything else to add, but all the above examples are used in Ireland.

Speaking English, Nana and Granny are probably the two most common words used in Ireland equivalent to Grandma. And speaking Irish Mamó and Nana are the most common pet names for grandmother.

Mamó is pronounced as described above and Nana is pronounced as it is in English so that it rhymes with the name Hannah.

]]> By: Patricia http://irishkc.com/grandmother-in-irish-gaelic-gaeilge.htm#comment-260465 Patricia Mon, 24 Aug 2009 03:32:12 +0000 http://irishkc.com/index.php/grandmother-in-irish-gaelic-gaeilge.htm#comment-260465 Hello, I will soon be a young grandmother :D, my mother was born in Ireland, I don't know why she came here, anyhow lol....I would like the proper word for grandma that the Irish use, so any help would be very much appreciated. I know there is mamo but is this what they say in Ireland and exactly how is it pronounced. Thank you so much... Hello,

I will soon be a young grandmother :D, my mother was born in Ireland, I don’t know why she came here, anyhow lol….I would like the proper word for grandma that the Irish use, so any help would be very much appreciated. I know there is mamo but is this what they say in Ireland and exactly how is it pronounced.

Thank you so much…

]]> By: eolai http://irishkc.com/grandmother-in-irish-gaelic-gaeilge.htm#comment-208608 eolai Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:08:13 +0000 http://irishkc.com/index.php/grandmother-in-irish-gaelic-gaeilge.htm#comment-208608 Thanks Traolach. We actually have this already on the <a href="http://irishkc.com/index.php/missouri-irish-name.htm#comment-53570" rel="nofollow">great-grandmother post</a>, but I should have put it in here also. Go raibh maith agat. Thanks Traolach.

We actually have this already on the great-grandmother post, but I should have put it in here also. Go raibh maith agat.

]]> By: Traolach O' Connaghtai http://irishkc.com/grandmother-in-irish-gaelic-gaeilge.htm#comment-208607 Traolach O' Connaghtai Tue, 30 Sep 2008 13:58:39 +0000 http://irishkc.com/index.php/grandmother-in-irish-gaelic-gaeilge.htm#comment-208607 Sinseanmhathair seo as gaeilge greatgrandmother this in English Sinseanmhathair seo as gaeilge
greatgrandmother this in English

]]> By: eolai http://irishkc.com/grandmother-in-irish-gaelic-gaeilge.htm#comment-66659 eolai Wed, 10 Oct 2007 13:59:34 +0000 http://irishkc.com/index.php/grandmother-in-irish-gaelic-gaeilge.htm#comment-66659 Jessica , Without getting into differences of dialect, <em>Mamó</em> would be pronounced something like Mom-OH . That's "Mom" as in the English word Mom. And <em>Mhamó</em> is pronounced Wom-OH where "wom" rhymes with "mom". Sorry about the delay in responding - I've been travelling around a lot lately. Jessica ,

Without getting into differences of dialect, Mamó would be pronounced something like Mom-OH . That’s “Mom” as in the English word Mom.

And Mhamó is pronounced Wom-OH where “wom” rhymes with “mom”.

Sorry about the delay in responding - I’ve been travelling around a lot lately.

]]> By: Jessica Koogler http://irishkc.com/grandmother-in-irish-gaelic-gaeilge.htm#comment-65472 Jessica Koogler Sat, 06 Oct 2007 17:30:16 +0000 http://irishkc.com/index.php/grandmother-in-irish-gaelic-gaeilge.htm#comment-65472 How do you pronounce the word Mamo? How do you pronounce the word Mamo?

]]> By: Fearn http://irishkc.com/grandmother-in-irish-gaelic-gaeilge.htm#comment-53750 Fearn Thu, 16 Aug 2007 12:25:21 +0000 http://irishkc.com/index.php/grandmother-in-irish-gaelic-gaeilge.htm#comment-53750 + focal “draíochta" ? tarraingt na ndaoine ar an bhfocal mamó/ seanmháthair/ máthair mhór a bhí i dtrácht agam + focal “draíochta” ?

tarraingt na ndaoine ar an bhfocal mamó/ seanmháthair/ máthair mhór a bhí i dtrácht agam

]]> By: eolai http://irishkc.com/grandmother-in-irish-gaelic-gaeilge.htm#comment-53675 eolai Wed, 15 Aug 2007 19:22:10 +0000 http://irishkc.com/index.php/grandmother-in-irish-gaelic-gaeilge.htm#comment-53675 Ha ha! B’fhéidir go bhfuil. Níor chuir mé an ceist sin uirthi. Agus níl fhios agamsa faoi an focal “draíochta”. Inis dúinn, le do thoil. Ha ha! B’fhéidir go bhfuil.

Níor chuir mé an ceist sin uirthi. Agus níl fhios agamsa faoi an focal “draíochta”. Inis dúinn, le do thoil.

]]> By: Fearn http://irishkc.com/grandmother-in-irish-gaelic-gaeilge.htm#comment-53670 Fearn Wed, 15 Aug 2007 18:40:15 +0000 http://irishkc.com/index.php/grandmother-in-irish-gaelic-gaeilge.htm#comment-53670 Sí do Mhamó í, Sí do Mhamó í, Sí do Mhamó í, Sí cailleach an airgid. Haigh b'fhéidir go bhfuil fhios ag an Meiriceánach go bhfuil airgead at a mhamó ;-) ar chuir tú ceist riamh ar na daoine tuige a bhfuil an focal "draíochta" uathu? Sí do Mhamó í,
Sí do Mhamó í,
Sí do Mhamó í,
Sí cailleach an airgid.

Haigh b’fhéidir go bhfuil fhios ag an Meiriceánach go bhfuil airgead at a mhamó ;-)

ar chuir tú ceist riamh ar na daoine tuige a bhfuil an focal “draíochta” uathu?

]]> By: eolai http://irishkc.com/grandmother-in-irish-gaelic-gaeilge.htm#comment-53626 eolai Wed, 15 Aug 2007 07:00:20 +0000 http://irishkc.com/index.php/grandmother-in-irish-gaelic-gaeilge.htm#comment-53626 True enough Primal, but that would only half explain it - in that it doesn't explain why I am practically never asked to translate "Grandad" who should have the same common enemy as Grandma? True enough Primal, but that would only half explain it - in that it doesn’t explain why I am practically never asked to translate “Grandad” who should have the same common enemy as Grandma?

]]> By: Primal Sneeze http://irishkc.com/grandmother-in-irish-gaelic-gaeilge.htm#comment-53625 Primal Sneeze Wed, 15 Aug 2007 06:47:14 +0000 http://irishkc.com/index.php/grandmother-in-irish-gaelic-gaeilge.htm#comment-53625 Kids get on so well with grandparents because they have a common enemy. Kids get on so well with grandparents because they have a common enemy.

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