The lesson
1. Click any card to hear the phrase. The audio plays twice - read the W-Phonics™ guide out loud as you listen. When it's done, the card shows ✓ Heard.
2. Say the phrase yourself - use the W-Phonics™ guide, not the spelling.
3. Click "I said it." The card turns to ✓ Spoken and your progress moves forward.
4.Hide the guide and try saying both languages again
Choose your road
Greetings
Welcome
fall-che
Fáilte
How are you?
CUN-us ah-TAW too
Conas atá tú?
I am good
Taw may guh MAH
Tá mé go maith
And yourself?
Ah-gus too fane
Agus tú féin?
Introductions
What’s your name?
Cod iss ann-im dit
Cad is ainm duit?
My name is…
Iss MISH-eh…
Is mise…
Courtesies
Please
Ieh duh hull
Le do thoil
Thank you
guh REV mah ah-GUT
Go raibh maith agat
You’re welcome
Taw fall-che Row-it
Tá fáilte romhat
Cheers!
S-lawn-cheh
Sláinte!
Goodbye
S-lawn
Slán
Understanding
I understand
Higg-im
Tuigim
I don’t understand
Knee higg-im
Ní thuigim
Do you understand?
on DIG-in too
An dtuigeann tú?
Try it now
Quick practice
Pause here and say these out loud before moving on:
- Ask someone's name and give yours.
- Say "Welcome!"
- Say "I don't understand."
Ready for more?
Hide the pronunciation guides and say it before you see it.
YOU DID IT! You have now spoken your first phrases in Irish. Most people who wanted to do this never got here. YOU DID. That’s the heart of The Wanderer: real speech, early confidence, a steadier road into the language your family once knew.
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An Bóthar go Gaillimh - The Road into Galway
The phrases you just learned, heard in a real conversation. Let it play - the language sounds different when it moves.
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