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  • @foilarmsandhog
    @foilarmsandhog  4 дні тому +4

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  • @DavidNwokoye
    @DavidNwokoye 4 роки тому +5424

    😂😂😂😂 That interrogation sounds like my Irish oral exam.

    • @shanefoley6428
      @shanefoley6428 4 роки тому +82

      I would pay to have seen your Irish oral exam David 😂.

    • @DavidNwokoye
      @DavidNwokoye 4 роки тому +12

      @@shanefoley6428 😂😂😂😂

    • @leadedeagle4169
      @leadedeagle4169 4 роки тому +121

      My irish oral exam I know pretty much nothing I tried to describe my day and said "ith na paiste" I tried to say I ate pasta but I pronounced it like that which meant I ate the child

    • @duckspy436
      @duckspy436 4 роки тому +16

      Leaded Eagle holy shit lmao

    • @octopusfood5643
      @octopusfood5643 4 роки тому +2

      David Nwokoye
      Was it on your teacher oh wait...

  • @ahzamarain6863
    @ahzamarain6863 4 роки тому +39912

    Basically 13 years of Irish education summed up in a minute and a half

  • @jonathandonovan1802
    @jonathandonovan1802 3 роки тому +4863

    reminds me of a story i got told in ireland: there was a succsessful barkeeper in america leading an irishpub always bragging about him being such an irishman and fully knowing gaelic. when an actual gaelic speaking guy went to his pub they started talking in gaelic. The barkeeper only knew the "our father" in gaelic though, so when he was asked a gaelic question he answered in the first rhyme of it. The irish lad quickly understood and proceeded the prayings next verse, on wich the barkeeper could answer in the next one and so on making it look like an actual conversation. the irish lad got all his drinks for free on that night and didn't tell anyone.

    • @user-hq3lh4qo1l
      @user-hq3lh4qo1l 3 роки тому +198

      Barkeeper's a filthy liar

    • @JohnDouille
      @JohnDouille 3 роки тому +334

      Well he's got the same level as most Irish lads.

    • @taspar7241
      @taspar7241 3 роки тому +78

      Tis now an open secret

    • @SSs-ch4ey
      @SSs-ch4ey 3 роки тому +17

      Lmao

    • @desolateones
      @desolateones 3 роки тому +47

      Don't tell me you're one of those Americans that thinks he is Irish because you've Irish ancestors ffs

  • @frogtownroad9104
    @frogtownroad9104 3 роки тому +1741

    “Would you like some ice cream?”
    Criminal’s mind: These are nicest cops ever

    • @sheepastley
      @sheepastley 2 роки тому +37

      If only they weren't completely bonkers

    • @palleppalsson
      @palleppalsson Рік тому +21

      Playing good cop better cop are you? Won't fall for that one.

    • @user-xx7fq5jf2w
      @user-xx7fq5jf2w Рік тому +1

      Is breá mé

    • @myblueskye777
      @myblueskye777 Рік тому +6

      My reply (in Gaelic...er, Irish, of course): "What're ya tryin' ta kill me? I'm pre-diabetic!" 😆

    • @DarrenJamiesonJamieson
      @DarrenJamiesonJamieson 3 місяці тому

      Can anybody explain to me how Germany can understand every word please?

  • @2297monika
    @2297monika 4 роки тому +5154

    Would you like ice cream?
    - Ice cream?
    ANSWER THE QUESTION!
    - I'd love it! 😂😂😂

    • @666Eva
      @666Eva 4 роки тому +7

      Hahahahaha

    • @sd_fllp
      @sd_fllp 4 роки тому +2

      Do u speak Irish?

    • @Softwarecrows
      @Softwarecrows 4 роки тому +16

      @@annaender6710 you ate an orange in Dublin?

    • @sd_fllp
      @sd_fllp 4 роки тому

      @hypnotherapy practitioner uk ok... I can't understand much Irish so idk wut u just said

    • @sd_fllp
      @sd_fllp 4 роки тому +1

      @hypnotherapy practitioner uk Ní labhraíonn mé ach beagán Gaeilge

  • @blanko1235
    @blanko1235 4 роки тому +6952

    Do Irish for ten years then fail ordinary level. That's a real Irish gamer move.

    • @svendinsvinderlin4569
      @svendinsvinderlin4569 4 роки тому +67

      Go to an Irish school for primary and get an exemption for the leaving cert

    • @svendinsvinderlin4569
      @svendinsvinderlin4569 4 роки тому +4

      @Zod of Heaven tru

    • @arianaecall
      @arianaecall 4 роки тому

      Blanko defo👌🏻😂

    • @theirishdemon7644
      @theirishdemon7644 4 роки тому +12

      Blanko
      I even went to an Irish school
      Gael scoíl
      I failed so I did so
      I can’t spell in Irish but I can talk Gaelic

    • @Somethingsomething69lol
      @Somethingsomething69lol 4 роки тому +8

      @@theirishdemon7644 no offence but did you fail if you went to a gaelscoil like your fluent before you start secondary school I spell my name wrong and still got an A

  • @MiloMcCarthyMusic
    @MiloMcCarthyMusic 3 роки тому +988

    The way the English guy kept calling it “Gaelic” even after he was corrected is spot on lmfao

    • @caitrionaweafer2993
      @caitrionaweafer2993 Рік тому +45

      Sin é. Ní éisteann na Sasanaigh linn. Ceapann siad go mbíonn an ceart acu i gcónaí. Ach an oiread daoine anseo ag rá Gaelic freisin. Cuireann sé soir mé!

    • @sallybilzon3507
      @sallybilzon3507 Рік тому +22

      @@caitrionaweafer2993 That’s easy for you to say. 😄

    • @lorrainecrampton1632
      @lorrainecrampton1632 Рік тому +10

      @@caitrionaweafer2993 Ni hea, ní i gcónaí a cheapann muintir Shasana go bhfuil an ceart acu!

    • @caitrionaweafer2993
      @caitrionaweafer2993 Рік тому +6

      @@lorrainecrampton1632 Ar ndóigh, ach go minic.

    • @-L0G1C4L-
      @-L0G1C4L- Рік тому

      Tá mé ina chónaí i Áth Stún, cá bhfuil... tú ina chónaí?

  • @schattentaenzerin
    @schattentaenzerin 10 місяців тому +72

    Years later, it still cracks me up every time when he starts listing the days of the week and has to give up after Wednesday 😂

  • @s.gabriel2853
    @s.gabriel2853 4 роки тому +24539

    I want a whole show based around this non-Gaelic speaking Irish policeman.

    • @isaaccajo4763
      @isaaccajo4763 4 роки тому +184

      Hell yes!

    • @JukeboxTheGhoul
      @JukeboxTheGhoul 4 роки тому +278

      Detective Dia dhuit on duty!

    • @Sean35267
      @Sean35267 4 роки тому +361

      Gaeilge or Irish. Gaelic is a blanket term for several languages.

    • @darko-man8549
      @darko-man8549 4 роки тому +74

      Send it to the Rick & Morty writers for inter dimensional cable

    • @thestonegoose
      @thestonegoose 4 роки тому +54

      @Sean kirrane If he doesn't speak gaelic then he doesn't speak irish. Whilst you are making a point, it's pointless.

  • @jevster680
    @jevster680 4 роки тому +14509

    This is basically what the Irish educational system teaches you, vocab, not the actual language

    • @riskierdaisy
      @riskierdaisy 4 роки тому +163

      Bhfuel,níl sé sin go léir i gceart agat mar táim ábalta é a labhairt go héasca :3

    • @hikari-stinks
      @hikari-stinks 4 роки тому +675

      Riskier Daisy imagine attempting to flex a dead language

    • @misterx1342
      @misterx1342 4 роки тому +163

      Same thing for Afrikaans in South Africa

    • @riskierdaisy
      @riskierdaisy 4 роки тому +35

      @@hikari-stinks XD yaaaaaa.....

    • @misterx1342
      @misterx1342 4 роки тому +20

      @@milosvdl4861 ek kan onderstand 'n beitjie "Dutch", maar in Afrikaans daar is nie 'n "C" en "Z" nie.

  • @TheAtlarchy
    @TheAtlarchy 3 роки тому +94

    I love the fact that the accused one realised that the other one didn't know Irish good enough and played along just to not embarass him xD

    • @anhphi100
      @anhphi100 3 роки тому +23

      I think it was more about how he could get his freedom more easily if he didn’t rat out the Irish detective lol

  • @anonymous_person8280
    @anonymous_person8280 2 роки тому +223

    it would've been incredibly funny if they somehow made the misunderstanding coincidently lead to actual crime, leading to Detective Moran being praised for his good work.

    • @SportyMabamba
      @SportyMabamba Рік тому +11

      We need this Cinematic Universe

    • @bobjohnbowles
      @bobjohnbowles 8 місяців тому +4

      That would be a great plot twist.

  • @annonimooseq1246
    @annonimooseq1246 4 роки тому +10982

    “Do you know any foreign languages?”
    “Well I’ve taken Mandarin at school for ~6 years I guess”
    “Oh so you are conversational?”
    “I know 20 words and can write 8 of them”

    • @jonahs92
      @jonahs92 4 роки тому +161

      你明白我写什么吗? 加油!

    • @jonahs92
      @jonahs92 4 роки тому +33

      @Saudi King Volintine Ander of Arabia Lmao, I agree with you to an extent.

    • @hiimcortana1568
      @hiimcortana1568 4 роки тому +115

      Ewwww. 簡體字。 Here comes the glorious 繁體字。

    • @annonimooseq1246
      @annonimooseq1246 4 роки тому +35

      Jonah S 我明白第一个句子

    • @jonahs92
      @jonahs92 4 роки тому +78

      @@annonimooseq1246 The second is is "jiā yóu". It literally means "add oil", but people use it to mean "you can do it!" or "come on!" or even "great job!"

  • @angie.castle
    @angie.castle 4 роки тому +6273

    Imagine he is innocent, but his directions to the post office were vague enough that they found the bodies

    • @gameronna8600
      @gameronna8600 4 роки тому +246

      The bodies were actually hidden in the alley behind the post office

    • @HCN-rb5jl
      @HCN-rb5jl 4 роки тому +20

      Angela Cast 😂😂😂

    • @anawkwardbean165
      @anawkwardbean165 4 роки тому +63

      What if the bodies were in the post office? He tried shipping body limbs in different packages to hide the evidence until he could escape police custody.

    • @novv__
      @novv__ 4 роки тому +9

      Angela Cast I can totally see that 😂😂😂😂

    • @nanoc.2103
      @nanoc.2103 3 роки тому +4

      Hahah! 😂😂🤣🤣

  • @volantiad
    @volantiad 3 роки тому +212

    Studying Swedish on Duolingo and feeling the same pain: I can tell you that "The yellow hat is on the tortoise between the restaurant and the bear," etc.

    • @fouzanium
      @fouzanium 3 роки тому +17

      Den gula hatten är på sköldpaddan mellan restaurangen och björnen? Konstigt

    • @CourtOfWinter
      @CourtOfWinter 3 роки тому +10

      Mina föräldrar är fula.
      Still one of my favourites. Even though my parent were only somewhat amused.

    • @somerandomdude409
      @somerandomdude409 3 роки тому +1

      I'm Swedish (:

    • @nataliaweronikapetersson3425
      @nataliaweronikapetersson3425 3 роки тому +39

      @@fouzanium not at all strange. Yellow hats in Sweden have higher than the average tendency to land on the reptiles in the vicinity of food supply places and hairy mammals. One needs proper tools to express this phenomenon once it is observed.

    • @Tracymmo
      @Tracymmo 3 роки тому +3

      That's a lyric from an early ABBA song.

  • @alicequayle4625
    @alicequayle4625 Рік тому +31

    Reminds me of the story that my Manx Dad and Grandad were on a train in the UK in an old style compartment. Two people came in and started speaking in Welsh. So Dad and Grandad spent the rest of the journey saying Hello, Merry Xmas and Good Health to each other in Manx for the rest of the journey.

  • @TheQuestionmarkstudi
    @TheQuestionmarkstudi 4 роки тому +7154

    When you say you speak a language, and people think you’re fluent in it..

    • @EllaKarhu
      @EllaKarhu 4 роки тому +475

      You don't really speak the language then, do you. Knowing a couple of phrases doesn't count.

    • @pepevonkek7803
      @pepevonkek7803 4 роки тому +101

      Best thing is- people pretend to be foreign national and then the translator arrives 😂😂

    • @ChefClap
      @ChefClap 4 роки тому +198

      @@EllaKarhu Yeah but it's hard when you're in a in between I speak a good bit of Russian and I'm able to get round just fine with it, but I wouldnt say I'm fluent or close.

    • @iadoreapplehead
      @iadoreapplehead 4 роки тому +120

      Miikka Karhu there’s something in-between you know. Besides I’m never going to say I’m fluent in a language because really, I consider that something that only be achieved by mother tongue speakers. I’d say I speak French well but I also speak Italian on a conversational level. I still make a lot of mistakes but the locals understand me and I understand them. But I don’t speak Italian then according to you?

    • @njjj2688
      @njjj2688 4 роки тому +92

      Miikka Karhu You can speak a language without being fluent. I speak Spanish and can converse pretty well but Iʻm not fluent by any stretch of the imagination

  • @featherlessbiped6586
    @featherlessbiped6586 4 роки тому +3956

    -"Me, you, he, she..." -"Them!" -"He's cooperating!" This cracked me up 😂😂😂

    • @rachele3334
      @rachele3334 4 роки тому +39

      I tried so hard to understand the whole thing. I failed miserably. I did understand that part, though! 😂

  • @christinaribena3972
    @christinaribena3972 2 роки тому +176

    I’m Welsh and this is how my Welsh language skills would also fair with a fluent speaker…although I’d probably still be able to ask the questions to the suspect I think! I loved this, the days of the week bit got me!!! 🤣

    • @uriurw8630
      @uriurw8630 2 роки тому +14

      mae'n cymryd amser ond byddwch chi'n cyrraedd yno!

    • @marietighe6328
      @marietighe6328 10 місяців тому +1

      I'm Irish and I can still fluently ask ( I'm not going to attempt to spell it so I'll say it phonetically) awn will gad a gum dull guh dee an letrriss . Literally can I go to the toilet. That pretty much my knowledge... Well done Irish teachers 😂😂😂

  • @opiedopie
    @opiedopie 2 роки тому +81

    I like how the guy supposedly doesn't understand English but knows the guy said "lovely to meet you" 😂 great sketch

    • @alicequayle4625
      @alicequayle4625 11 місяців тому +15

      You can see he understands English from the first sentence of the interview.

    • @bluesteel8376
      @bluesteel8376 9 місяців тому +13

      Common tactical among bilingual people to try to get out of talking to others.

    • @alicequayle4625
      @alicequayle4625 9 місяців тому +2

      Pogue mahone doesn't mean 'lovely to meat you' it means something more rude.

    • @IceWolfLoki
      @IceWolfLoki 8 місяців тому +6

      @@alicequayle4625Detective Moran only really knows the swears.

    • @alicequayle4625
      @alicequayle4625 8 місяців тому +1

      @@IceWolfLoki his colleague thinks pogue mahone (which means 'kiss my backside) means lovely to meet you.

  • @diannathedolphin7748
    @diannathedolphin7748 4 роки тому +3914

    IM DYING 😂😂😂😂 "She ,he, it"
    "Them"
    "Them! Them"

    • @stephanieyee9784
      @stephanieyee9784 4 роки тому +12

      Skull? (School). What skull?

    • @jackkirwan8146
      @jackkirwan8146 4 роки тому +1

      @Jack didn't he say me you him her we ye/y'all

    • @DeathnoteBB
      @DeathnoteBB 4 роки тому +13

      I loved when the criminal started helping him XD
      Like he was his friend in an oral exam who knew actually knew the material

    • @spacewater5866
      @spacewater5866 4 роки тому +6

      @@DeathnoteBB yeah thats the best part. Since he feels for him for having to try hard to speak Irish and by. "I'd love ice cream" 😆😆

    • @diannathedolphin7748
      @diannathedolphin7748 4 роки тому +1

      @@DeathnoteBB Haha 😂

  • @Misslt27
    @Misslt27 4 роки тому +15824

    I’m currently studying Japanese at uni and I feel this pain. I can’t converse, but I *can* ask you your father’s profession and tell you the pen on the table belongs to me.

    • @katelyn8444
      @katelyn8444 4 роки тому +181

      Leigh-Ann Turnbull Osukunatte sumimasen. That’s all I remember from Japanese class and the spelling is probably off lol I still remember it because it was my most used phrase besides “enpitsu”

    • @Blitzentine
      @Blitzentine 4 роки тому +111

      Sumimasen, sore ha watashi no enpitsu desu.

    • @TheNotorious14
      @TheNotorious14 4 роки тому +35

      笑笑

    • @xluckless
      @xluckless 4 роки тому +50

      @@Blitzentine enpitsu means pencil
      Pen means pen

    • @Finwaell
      @Finwaell 4 роки тому +37

      Well that leads to coversation doesn't it. You have to start somewhere.

  • @redthunderbird7332
    @redthunderbird7332 3 роки тому +75

    "Sinead is... playing football in the toilet!"
    "That's right, she is!"

  • @patriciacorrea8871
    @patriciacorrea8871 Рік тому +33

    I like rewatching this just to hear y’all speak Irish. Can you make more of these?

    • @daivboveri
      @daivboveri 11 місяців тому +2

      They have two more that I know of in Irish. They're both called Ceol agus Ól. Have fun!

  • @elliee5541
    @elliee5541 4 роки тому +5406

    This is my favourite sketch in a while, I’d kill to see any outtakes of the interrogation bit tbh

    • @gracevalente9477
      @gracevalente9477 4 роки тому +42

      Same! Let's hope they include it next time they do an outtakes compilation!

    • @elliee5541
      @elliee5541 4 роки тому +4

      Grace Valente yesss 👌👌

    • @ragdoll86
      @ragdoll86 4 роки тому +6

      Cheap assassins 😶

    • @moamber1
      @moamber1 4 роки тому +17

      And before any of you come to conclusion that Irish lass is about to murder someone - kill, (or chill, because there is no "K" in Irish alphabet), means "church" in Irish, and what this idiom ("I'd kill") means, literally - "I would bless". When said by Irish, of course. Or, at least, with Irish accent.

    • @ragdoll86
      @ragdoll86 4 роки тому +9

      @@moamber1 So when a criminal says in an interrogation that they killed a guy, the Garda just thinks "Aargh, we'll never get them to confess to this murder!" 😶😁

  • @49Jkenny
    @49Jkenny 4 роки тому +2510

    You just nailed the two kinds of Irish speakers there XD Either fluent or enough to pass the exams.

    • @user-fz9vk4js5l
      @user-fz9vk4js5l 4 роки тому +64

      Jamie Kenny
      What about me? Not enough to pass the exams

    • @49Jkenny
      @49Jkenny 4 роки тому +8

      Did ye do foundation?

    • @dreadpiraterobertsii4420
      @dreadpiraterobertsii4420 4 роки тому +16

      70% percent in ordinary yeet

    • @kyliewynne638
      @kyliewynne638 4 роки тому +18

      @@dreadpiraterobertsii4420 60% higher and can't speak a fuckin word now.

    • @kyliewynne638
      @kyliewynne638 4 роки тому +2

      @@49Jkenny Nah probably learning another dead language like latin

  • @sakuranippon4434
    @sakuranippon4434 3 роки тому +30

    As a person who learnt Irish since primary school its even more funny when you understand it and don’t need the subtitles

  • @prateektopinkatti2487
    @prateektopinkatti2487 3 роки тому +1669

    Everybody gangsta until Detective Moran starts listing the days in Gaelic.

    • @CrimsonCreationAGM
      @CrimsonCreationAGM 3 роки тому +56

      Dé Luain, Dé Máirt, Dé Céadaoin, Dé.... Nollag Shona Duit!
      Mé!.... Tú! sé! sí! sinn! sibh!....

    • @sheepastley
      @sheepastley 2 роки тому +14

      @@CrimsonCreationAGM ...siad?

    • @CrimsonCreationAGM
      @CrimsonCreationAGM 2 роки тому +15

      @@sheepastley SIAD! Siad!...

    • @sheepastley
      @sheepastley 2 роки тому +15

      @@CrimsonCreationAGM "Go on, he's cooperatin!"

    • @precision2190
      @precision2190 2 роки тому +8

      It’s Irish not Gaelic

  • @boeinga370
    @boeinga370 3 роки тому +7758

    My Irish teacher showed this to us in school to encourage us to try to study in Irish better 😂😂😂

    • @eviebradney2068
      @eviebradney2068 3 роки тому +204

      Legend 😂

    • @malloryo.4782
      @malloryo.4782 3 роки тому +205

      Sounds like a cool teacher! 😂

    • @DaveyRu
      @DaveyRu 3 роки тому +53

      That wont work since teachers teach us pointless Irish over and over again

    • @americanmapper2445
      @americanmapper2445 3 роки тому +70

      @Vanilla bhabi g¡rl yah your weird

    • @theblackryvius6613
      @theblackryvius6613 3 роки тому +69

      @Vanilla bhabi g¡rl “racist”. So we just throwin this word out there like it’s confetti I see

  • @nelatuhtan265
    @nelatuhtan265 2 роки тому +9

    1:51 The rage... No trace of Anne.

    • @Skyebright1
      @Skyebright1 Рік тому

      Oisean remember your holiday home is in a Gaeltacht area ;)

  • @ourchemistryislikericecake9783
    @ourchemistryislikericecake9783 3 роки тому +23

    Honestly this is second-language learning in every school everywhere. We need to overhaul our language curriculums.

    • @georgeoldsterd8994
      @georgeoldsterd8994 3 роки тому +2

      In my country's schools we learn three or four languages. Maybe it's just me, but I think the teaching is pretty good.

    • @DungNguyen-dk8wm
      @DungNguyen-dk8wm 3 роки тому

      In my nation,they teach English as the second language,but things has got so bad that even though most of Vietnamese can speak English,most are at the toodler level.
      So yah,u got it right.

    • @Tracymmo
      @Tracymmo 3 роки тому

      Well, many countries do get it right. I've met people from many countries who speak three or four languages.

  • @lollyhopkins6088
    @lollyhopkins6088 4 роки тому +8494

    My sister learned irish Gaelic and didn't have anyone to talk to so I spent a year learning Gaelic too to suprise her...
    I learned Scottish Gaelic and cannot communicate with her at all. Well barely🤦‍♀️🙃.

    • @ellarue3753
      @ellarue3753 4 роки тому +838

      Oh wow, that's a sad mistake. Spend a year trying to surprise someone and then find out you can't communicate. That sucks man

    • @raycope2086
      @raycope2086 4 роки тому +169

      It's the thought that counts girl.
      I wish you rainbows.

    • @jamesmccomb9525
      @jamesmccomb9525 4 роки тому +215

      I can't imagine Scots Gaelic being handy seeing as how us that are born here don't even really use it.

    • @cathalodiubhain5739
      @cathalodiubhain5739 4 роки тому +142

      Tá dlúthghaol ag Gaeilge na hAlban le Gaeilge na hÉireann. (Scottish Gaelic is very similar/related to Irish) Ulster Irish is closer

    • @fmasellis
      @fmasellis 4 роки тому +24

      Where did you learn it?

  • @m-akuttner4300
    @m-akuttner4300 4 роки тому +5471

    Swap Irish for French and you've got the educational system in English Canada.

    • @sammexp
      @sammexp 4 роки тому +173

      M-A Kuttner, most bilinguals in Canada are from or live in the « billingual belt » those areas where English and French speakers live there so you need to speak both languages on a daily basis.
      Montreal, Ottawa, New Brunswick, region of Quebec and Ontario near the borders.

    • @Lady_Jay42
      @Lady_Jay42 4 роки тому +47

      Why the hell do they teach it like that?! I've always wondered.

    • @sammexp
      @sammexp 4 роки тому +122

      At the beginning, it's really hard to teach a subject that people don't want to learn. A.K.A Mandatory foreign language, after that, it's just the nature of school itself that is really bad with learning languages. Because they note people on their ability to speak a foreign language and by consequences, they create losers and winners.
      So competition, some losers will feel like it's impossible for them to learn a foreign language that they are dumper than Katia, let's say, but what they don't know about her is that her mother works for a federal agency and therefore her mother helps her with her homework because people in her family already speaks French, so she is in an advantage, but she will make feel other people in her class as inferior.
      They will start to resent and hate their foreign language classes and just try to do the bare minimum to pass the tests, memorizing words and expressions and nothing more.
      Because there is no fun or joy in that stressful and competitive environment, maybe that the students are more equipped to be good employees, but learning the foreign language in question ... Not so ...
      What we should do is favoring cooperation in classes where students can learn from each other, like with Katia and her parents helping her with her homework, but in that case scenario, it would be everyone enjoying this help, even those who are not as privileged as her. So in a positive environment, people wouldn't resent learning a foreign language as much.
      Because it wouldn't be linked in their mind as a painful, stressful traumatic experience, but rather as something fun, challenging and that takes time. Because learning a foreign language takes time and it's really better to enjoy the possess. For example, English is not my Native language Shcool after many many years just taught me the basics. Just being able to get by in English, now my level of English is really advance, but I needed to learn all that by myself. Obviously, it's easy with English with the availability of movies, music, books, etc...
      But that's it and with time it just became more and more, easier to listen to it, to talk, to write English. But I needed to invest myself in that and to make my own immersion. I just enjoyed the process and that's it my English is getting better days by days.

    • @danielled8665
      @danielled8665 4 роки тому +50

      Yuuup! I can't have a conversation but I can order a pizza from a clown.

    • @Rhianalanthula
      @Rhianalanthula 4 роки тому +27

      Im assuming you could replace irish for welsh in some parts of Wales as well.

  • @p34rl20
    @p34rl20 3 роки тому +36

    This is your first sketch ever that I watched. It was on my fb newsfeed about half a year ago. I'm so lucky to have found you guys. Your videos are helping me manage exam stress these days, and it gets really crippling for me, so I'm not saying this lightly. Thanks a million.

  • @alexej8175
    @alexej8175 3 роки тому +31

    I love that! Some seriously good acting there. Can feel how nervous the Irish cop is. Wonder at what point the perp realised the cop was bluffing for his colleague 😂😂

  • @adrenalinesoup6236
    @adrenalinesoup6236 4 роки тому +2375

    as an American who was only able to take Spanish for 3 years in high school... donde esta la biblioteca

    • @MissBlueEyeliner
      @MissBlueEyeliner 4 роки тому +56

      Adrenaline Soup for fuck sake now the rap is in my head for the next year!

    • @jmb9040
      @jmb9040 4 роки тому +60

      La biblioteca es cerca el banco

    • @hornkraft9438
      @hornkraft9438 4 роки тому +59

      Nah, où est la bibliothèque?

    • @dontreallyhaveanoriginalna9876
      @dontreallyhaveanoriginalna9876 4 роки тому +9

      Adrenaline Soup French for me. Je ne parle pas france (idk how the fuck that is written)

    • @ricardopol5313
      @ricardopol5313 4 роки тому +32

      as a Spanish who learned french for 3 years.... Comme ça va?Je m'appelle Marian, et toi?

  • @Dazagh
    @Dazagh 4 роки тому +3439

    No matter how bad you are at Irish, you will never forget how to ask to go to the toilet

    • @BrianThompson-dj2sq
      @BrianThompson-dj2sq 4 роки тому +71

      An bhfuil cead agam dul go dti an leithris (Cork gaelic)

    • @turtle-ot2qc
      @turtle-ot2qc 4 роки тому +11

      @@BrianThompson-dj2sq oof

    • @turtle-ot2qc
      @turtle-ot2qc 4 роки тому +14

      @@BrianThompson-dj2sq I actually forgot how to say that xd

    • @ketchup016
      @ketchup016 4 роки тому +46

      Same with French in (English-speaking) Canada. Est-ce que je peux aller aux toilettes, s'il vous plait? Had that one nailed since grade 4.

    • @xg3m1n1xX
      @xg3m1n1xX 4 роки тому +4

      So true

  • @idrisatardis5553
    @idrisatardis5553 2 роки тому +36

    I went to Ireland on an exchange programme in uni and took an Irish course. I loved it but it’s really difficult and unlike any other languages I’d learnt before. I went to a Pop Up Gaeltacht event in Dublin. I couldn’t understand a thing but really enjoyed it because people there were really encouraging. Wish I could get better at it but it’s hard to find classes outside of Ireland. I tried Duolingo but I’d prefer it if I could be in class in person to talk to other people. I’ve dreamt about moving to the west of Ireland for maybe a few months to learn it.

    • @carola-lifeinparis
      @carola-lifeinparis 2 роки тому +5

      I have an Irish (native) teacher via zoom and there are many classes. Apps do not really work for me, only as an extra. We actually used this sketch in a lesson

  • @camille9803
    @camille9803 Рік тому +29

    Interesting. Some of these words were still in use in Jamaica when I was a child. Didn't know they were Irish Gaelic. I thought they were just old-fashioned English words no one uses any more. Interesting. There were other words in our vocabulary that were probably Welsh and Scottish Gaelic. Makes sense. The Jamaican flag has the cross of St. Andrew; Rastas wear tam o lyns which they call tams; Bob Marley sang about dancing the quadrille etc.

    • @Veganmilkdrinker
      @Veganmilkdrinker Рік тому +1

      Where is your Geansai Camille? 😂 I know thats one used over there

    • @maeveofthelongbows9552
      @maeveofthelongbows9552 25 днів тому

      Jamaica was populated by many Irish slaves taken by the (chu ish) British East India Company in the 1800’s.

  • @moxiot
    @moxiot 4 роки тому +1188

    I lost it at "Is he leading us to the bodies?" when he was giving directions to the post-office.

  • @scamrasc
    @scamrasc 4 роки тому +354

    I love that the criminal is so pleasently surprised at being offered ice cream and asked about his holidays that he becomes extremely helpful in giving directions to the post office.

  • @sherila4834
    @sherila4834 Рік тому +12

    This was my gateway drug to all of FAH. Thanks, algorithm, for getting me to these lads who've made the past 3 yrs more bearable.

  • @ShanesQueenSite
    @ShanesQueenSite 3 роки тому +26

    This was one of my favourite sketches. After 12 years learning Irish I know about as much Irish as that guy. So funny.

  • @dandelion473
    @dandelion473 4 роки тому +4698

    Me, half-Irish half-Italian and can't speak either language: *starts sweating nervously*

    • @Nick_Nekro
      @Nick_Nekro 4 роки тому +30

      Honestly same lol

    • @mrnopy6707
      @mrnopy6707 4 роки тому +564

      Hobbit Girly you are a disgrace to both your halves. Your only means of redemption is if you can cook a sick pasta dish while drinking a pint of guinness every 5 minutes.

    • @Cyprian96
      @Cyprian96 4 роки тому +88

      Thats kinda sad

    • @AJ-ox8xy
      @AJ-ox8xy 4 роки тому +99

      Yes, I feel your pain. I'm half Italian and half Mexican. No matter where I go in my family, everyone just sees me as a failure for not speaking their language. I'm studying though now. Starting with Italian and then will move to Spanish.

    • @dandelion473
      @dandelion473 4 роки тому +30

      @724warlord Yes, it is an American lol

  • @bigjuicypotato1482
    @bigjuicypotato1482 3 роки тому +3163

    I'm an Irish person and I can say that I actually learned more Irish in this video than the entire education system

    • @PrincessNinja007
      @PrincessNinja007 3 роки тому +29

      After watching thr same Spongebob episode over and over, I leanred "etilt" which has something to do with planes

    • @nevergiveupdearfriend7289
      @nevergiveupdearfriend7289 3 роки тому +11

      İ don't understand what do you talk in your country,isn't it Irish?

    • @bigjuicypotato1482
      @bigjuicypotato1482 3 роки тому +111

      @@nevergiveupdearfriend7289 No. We speak English but we have to learn Irish (a very different language) in school as a subject and it isn't taught very well

    • @nevergiveupdearfriend7289
      @nevergiveupdearfriend7289 3 роки тому +20

      @@bigjuicypotato1482 oh i see. İ always thought you speak Irish in daily life ,my apologies. Can I ask you why English is your spoken language? İs it something about nationalism or french revolution etc? İ don't have quite knowledge about history of europe and politics. Can you summarize it of it is possible?

    • @bigjuicypotato1482
      @bigjuicypotato1482 3 роки тому +65

      @@nevergiveupdearfriend7289 We were a part of Britain for almost a millennium.
      That's the easiest way to explain it.
      Also a very small amount of people do speak Irish daily but it is only a few thousand.

  • @Lukasg3d
    @Lukasg3d 3 роки тому +34

    I expected for them both to just start speaking in a thick accent 😂

  • @CrimsonCreationAGM
    @CrimsonCreationAGM 3 роки тому +41

    *that moment when you learned Irish from a policeman that can’t speak Irish*

  • @lauren8135
    @lauren8135 4 роки тому +2221

    As an American, this is about the same as the sum total of the Spanish I learned in school, but instead of "where is the post office?" the one everyone remembered was "where is the library?"

    • @Tracymmo
      @Tracymmo 4 роки тому +38

      Cedric the Entertainer had on his show "Que Hora Es?", the Mexican soap opera for people who only had three weeks of Spanish in the 4th grade. ua-cam.com/video/4cKGyOE_jOI/v-deo.html

    • @brianmead7556
      @brianmead7556 4 роки тому +51

      Fellow American who learned languages through schooling. It's lack of applied practice. This video is my German, because I hardly use it, but my Russian is actually pretty good, because I use it frequently.

    • @sasa90150
      @sasa90150 4 роки тому +152

      ¿DONDÉ ESTÀ LA BIBLIOTHECA?

    • @sasa90150
      @sasa90150 4 роки тому +64

      @Arch Stanton LOL. Speaking French as a first language and then learning Spanish has some advantages; you just have to spanishify a French word and it works 85% of the time. Trouble is : the orthography can be quite different :P
      Bibliothèque
      Biblioteca

    • @skblyt
      @skblyt 4 роки тому +14

      As a Polish person, it's the same for us with basically any foreign language we learn other than English (usually German, French or Spanish). Though it's also the same with English for people who don't use it outside of school. So yea, learning languages at school sucks. I learned German for few years and only remember how to say few basic terms.

  • @roorody
    @roorody 4 роки тому +1152

    I love how he's speaking total bs with such confidence 😂

    • @thethmooteresa
      @thethmooteresa 4 роки тому +25

      That is the magic, i promise you. I would get math answers wrong but when friends ask me, i instantly answer with determination without looking at them and...that's how I got wrong with my side of the class 😁😁 all for one, and one for allllll

    • @snowdream2530
      @snowdream2530 4 роки тому +9

      That's just Irish class when we have to talk to each other

    • @msrebecky98
      @msrebecky98 4 роки тому +1

      Me dying the LC oral 🤣😭

    • @emi_______
      @emi_______ 4 роки тому +2

      Me doing my Irish oral

    • @4lex4dventures96
      @4lex4dventures96 4 роки тому +6

      that, my friend, is the life story of everyone who has ever tried to speak a second language

  • @clarondahappyhive8388
    @clarondahappyhive8388 Рік тому +5

    Sinead is doing..what ?!!! 🤔🤣🤣🤣❤️

  • @NetherKingVulcannus
    @NetherKingVulcannus Рік тому +7

    As an Irishman myself, I can confirm that no one I know personally other than my Irish teacher herself

  • @ianmurphy7188
    @ianmurphy7188 4 роки тому +630

    Me: Why do Irish folks always answer a question with a question? Irishman: Oh, do we now?

    • @MrPlito95
      @MrPlito95 3 роки тому +19

      Spaniards say the same about us galicians lol

    • @PinkMelatonin
      @PinkMelatonin 3 роки тому +20

      Why is this so true?
      Oh wait-

    • @Botafogoplayground
      @Botafogoplayground 3 роки тому +6

      @@PinkMelatonin Absolutely true. It must something common to Celtic people.

    • @TotalRookie_LV
      @TotalRookie_LV 3 роки тому +6

      Same jikes are about Jews.
      - Rabinowitz, why are you always answering to a question by a question?
      - So what?

    • @gritsonamission
      @gritsonamission 3 роки тому +2

      Why do ye want to know?

  • @DeathnoteBB
    @DeathnoteBB 4 роки тому +465

    And then they run off together and begin a beautiful friendship

  • @jodiemarie9901
    @jodiemarie9901 3 роки тому +9

    Foil arms and hog have some unreal sketches but this one will always be the best

  • @saureco
    @saureco 3 роки тому +16

    "Sinead is playing football... in the toilet."
    😶

  • @GoogleUser-dwcy
    @GoogleUser-dwcy 4 роки тому +1393

    I'm learning Welsh on Duolingo and I can greet dragons, I can ask you if you enjoy eating the five spiders, if you are a house wife and an unemployed electrician, if you want to iron the cheese, but not how old you are or where you're from.
    Edit: I can also tell you a lot about Owen's parsnips.

  • @schattentaenzerin
    @schattentaenzerin 4 роки тому +2202

    Doulingo keeps telling me "there are more people learning Irish here then there are native speakers"
    But now I guess the native speakers are the ones trying to learn it there :D

    • @annie-264
      @annie-264 3 роки тому +144

      no need to out us thanks

    • @nitroxm
      @nitroxm 3 роки тому +7

      Than*

    • @pyrotechnic96
      @pyrotechnic96 3 роки тому +22

      If they're a native speaker of Irish then they wouldn't need to use Duolingo.

    • @chris7263
      @chris7263 3 роки тому +9

      @@MrHarrystank to be fair, learning a second language is hard. For adults with jobs and kids to raise, it's not lazy to not have the time or energy to devote to a project like that. Especially if you don't really *need* it for your daily life, and you aren't surrounded by native speakers to keep you focused and motivated.

    • @inebriatedfowl3197
      @inebriatedfowl3197 3 роки тому +14

      @@chris7263 americans literally expect the whole world to speak english.

  • @Sketcherfish
    @Sketcherfish 11 місяців тому +5

    Despite learning irish for years. I still cant speak irish well lol.

  • @chris7263
    @chris7263 3 роки тому +12

    I feel like this is relevant to anyone who tried to learn a foreign language in school. This is absolutely where my French was at five years after I finished school 😅

    • @kme
      @kme 11 місяців тому

      Same. And here I thought I was good at it. Until we moved to France and I was absolutely *lost* trying to make sense of what they were saying. I can understand and speak (a little) better now, but damn, that was a humbling moment. Hubby *still* teases me. 'borderline fluent, eh?' me: 😅

  • @shadowbanned5164
    @shadowbanned5164 4 роки тому +2273

    This reminds me of a true story I heard years ago in New Zealand
    A German guy was on trial and he could only speak German so the judge not having an interpreter handy asked the folks watching the trial in the gallery if anyone could speak...A huge tattoo covered Maori guy with dreadlocks put up his hand to act as an interpreter and came to stand next to the dock where the German guy was standing.....The Judge asked the Maori guy to ask what the defendants name was for the record...The Maori guy cleared his throat...turned to face the defendant and asked loudly...... *VOT ISH YOUR NAAAAAAMEE?*

    • @CatholicWeeb
      @CatholicWeeb 4 роки тому +348

      Judge: -_-

    • @lelecoliandro5668
      @lelecoliandro5668 4 роки тому +160

      he probably got that right tho 😂

    • @veloc123
      @veloc123 4 роки тому +64

      that maori guy went on to become Jonah Lomu...and got moarried to the love of his life Kylie Minogue...

    • @raycope2086
      @raycope2086 4 роки тому +8

      LMAO

    • @stephendalton2532
      @stephendalton2532 4 роки тому +108

      The true story was a German in an Irish court (Dublin) it was just after world war 2. And when the offending party said it the judge sentenced him to 6 month's imprisonment for contempt of court.

  • @dodecahedralbruh23
    @dodecahedralbruh23 4 роки тому +335

    Finnish police interrogating a swedish man would be similar

    • @nora-fy7xr
      @nora-fy7xr 4 роки тому

      @@venga3 it doesn't help at all

    • @Izzy-ec4qq
      @Izzy-ec4qq 4 роки тому +4

      Or someone from Åland interigating a finnish speaker, that would be fun

  • @carolvause1796
    @carolvause1796 Рік тому +2

    Why am I crushing over Detective Moran???!! 😍😍😍

  • @Bo-vf8yk
    @Bo-vf8yk 6 місяців тому +1

    I'm learning Irish from scratch and rewatching this video every once in a while. Every time I rewatch it I can understand a few more words than before :) Still a long way to go but I'm happy to see the progress

  • @XxYiftoxX
    @XxYiftoxX 4 роки тому +238

    I love the Irish comradery at the end when he covers for the cop with the kiss my ass part.

  • @thatcopenguy
    @thatcopenguy 4 роки тому +6036

    I'm ethnically chinese and I speak 4 languages.
    None of them are Chinese.

  • @thomaspomeroy5678
    @thomaspomeroy5678 2 роки тому +2

    I just discovered your comedy group about 2 months ago and I have really enjoyed your material. It is very difficult to find solid humor like this. I find myself belly laughing. It is so good to get away from politics.

  • @Finn_Lawless
    @Finn_Lawless 5 місяців тому +1

    Who's old enough to remember when the national anthem was played at the cinema before a film? Most folks would stand, belt out the first line, then gradually drift off in muted tones. There'd always be at least one prick who'd proudly deliver the rest 'as Gaeilge' like they were an opera performer, while the others fidgeted nervously.

  • @mitch7890
    @mitch7890 4 роки тому +5163

    Lol

    • @kari1989
      @kari1989 4 роки тому +159

      Its even worse when there's foreign people getting better grades in Irish classes than Irish people💀

    • @peterc0358
      @peterc0358 4 роки тому +57

      @@kari1989 all the Polksi lads going to the gaeltacht

    • @HarrySuh
      @HarrySuh 4 роки тому +27

      Basically how English is for Koreans...

    • @gerickarose
      @gerickarose 4 роки тому +42

      Canadians with French

    • @gars129
      @gars129 4 роки тому +13

      Like Non Latino Americans who get high school spanish.

  • @sam735
    @sam735 3 роки тому +812

    I'd totally watch a whole "Detective Moran" series, he's hilarious!

    • @shahesmail313
      @shahesmail313 3 роки тому

      Can you speak irish ?

    • @seriascannain6675
      @seriascannain6675 3 роки тому +7

      So funny! I learned more Irish in 3 weeks in the Gaeltacht than in a year or 2 in school even though I only did an hours class a day and spend the rest of the time playing sports, dancing and talking 'As Gaeilge". Had great craic there!

    • @SonshineGirl001
      @SonshineGirl001 2 роки тому +1

      Me too!!!

    • @alexej8175
      @alexej8175 2 роки тому +2

      Yes!! Foil Arms and Hog please give us more!!

  • @Xarx42
    @Xarx42 2 роки тому +2

    Oh so relatable! I started to learn Spanish with Duolingo. And I know so many useful sentences...
    El elefante come arroz. - The elefant eats rice.
    But my favorite...
    La tortuga bebe leche. - The turtle drinks milk. 🙈

  • @aquasky77
    @aquasky77 11 місяців тому +3

    That is a very intense "lovely to meet you" isn't it 😂

  • @ClezVideos
    @ClezVideos 4 роки тому +958

    More Irish than I remember despite learning it for 14 years in school 😩

    • @RichieW
      @RichieW 4 роки тому +4

      Ta

    • @bites
      @bites 4 роки тому +4

      Agus mé fein freisin

    • @lee_2302
      @lee_2302 4 роки тому

      an féidir liom dul chuig an leithreas

    • @lizardlegend42
      @lizardlegend42 4 роки тому +1

      @@lee_2302 An mhaith tú cáca milis?

    • @newsdude4988
      @newsdude4988 4 роки тому +5

      @Danielsvideos
      Duolingo.com, más mian leat cúpla focal a foghlaim ;)

  • @cancerino666
    @cancerino666 4 роки тому +244

    Had 9 years of french schooling myself... croissant

    • @saundyuk
      @saundyuk 4 роки тому +8

      Ou est la bibliothèque?

    • @saundyuk
      @saundyuk 4 роки тому

      @Honeysuckle Blossom Indeed, did 4 years of French at school, then took another 2 years at French A level, but apart from school trips have never actually been to France on holiday or anything. So that was worthwhile lol :) Meanwhile I go on camping trips to different parts of Wales every other year (love it there) and keep wishing English schools gave the option of learning Welsh instead - would probably have been far more useful to me and I'd have used it a lot more.

    • @Cyhcg5uhgb
      @Cyhcg5uhgb 4 роки тому

      I had 2 years of french (dropped it like a brick when I got the chance) Bagette.
      Also 2 years of German: Krankenwagen

    • @kilsestoffel3690
      @kilsestoffel3690 4 роки тому

      @@Cyhcg5uhgb really? Ambulance?
      I've been to France and Ireland with school. And during these few days I've learned more then in 5 years at school.
      Btw, "Wo ist die Bibliothek?"

    • @conniepayne4425
      @conniepayne4425 4 роки тому

      Cancerino 😂

  • @orlafennelly7112
    @orlafennelly7112 3 роки тому +3

    This is brilliant lads! Was lucky enough to see u live last year in January hope to see u again post pandemic!

  • @midnightchannel7759
    @midnightchannel7759 Рік тому +3

    I rarely laugh out loud, it just never happens. But with you guys, I sit here watching my phone, and laughing my head off: you guys are hilarious!

  • @peterkropotkin1158
    @peterkropotkin1158 4 роки тому +976

    Im irish and this is painfully accurate for 90% of the population of ireland myself included, im more fluent in Norwegian than my own countries native language the only word i understood without translation was póg mo thóin

    • @ollie5630
      @ollie5630 4 роки тому +39

      Same I live in Ireland and speak irish but I'm more fluent in Spanish

    • @anomienormie8126
      @anomienormie8126 4 роки тому +14

      * squint * you spell it like Thóin? Latin alphabets, ffs.

    • @clownworldhereticmyron1018
      @clownworldhereticmyron1018 4 роки тому +29

      @2good2be4gott Norwegian is relatively easy to learn if you know english

    • @ShishiSonson
      @ShishiSonson 4 роки тому +32

      @peacelovechocolate But it is your language and you should learn it, lazy ass prick.

    • @ozzy85Mpower
      @ozzy85Mpower 4 роки тому +6

      You can thank the english for that

  • @YourName-tt8tz
    @YourName-tt8tz 4 роки тому +647

    There is a sad irony to this video. Back around 2000 there was an announcement made that there was officially one last and final monolingual Irishman...meaning he spoke Irish and Irish only all his life and doesn't even know English. He was maybe 45 back then maybe more I don't remember. When he dies though, Irish will be classified a new way as a language I forget the terminology but it has serious implications. So they were going to him having him read all the texts they could and recording everything possible to ensure the monolingual native fluent Irish accent wouldn't be lost. Hope the guy is still kicking, if not what a sad day. My Irish-Do iss meer uh dwit! A hen, a dōg, a tree, a matter, a coowig, a shayv, a shop, a hope, annoy, a day...and um....yea I guess that's all. And it's probably so off in spelling and mistaken the pronunciations I hear that it is incomprehensible to an gaeligophone.

    • @thisrandomdude2880
      @thisrandomdude2880 4 роки тому +167

      Apparently he died in 1998. The name was Seán Ó hEinirí. Quick google search will get ya the results. Pretty sad tbh, it's an interesting language with a... how to put it nicely... shitty recent history? Yeah that sums it well. When they say "the luck of the Irish" I'm always confused since historically speaking there wasn't much luck to go around on that island, having their population wiped out by a couple/a dozen percents every now and then.

    • @shutout951
      @shutout951 3 роки тому +63

      @@thisrandomdude2880 The luck of the Irish is a way of saying bad luck

    • @GalaxyCloud
      @GalaxyCloud 3 роки тому +49

      I'm so sorry about this but seeing how someone that's not irish spells irish words really cracks me up, not blaming you it's pretty darn difficult to spell but for anyone wondering here's the actual Irish words at the end of that sentence
      Dia is mhuire duit! (typically used when replying to hello used when saying "hello to you too")
      A haon, a dó, a trí, a ceathar, a cuig, a sé, a hocht, a naoi, a deich (basically numbers from 1-10) lol I mightnt have spelled them all right but you get the idea
      and rest in peace to that irish man 😢

    • @YourName-tt8tz
      @YourName-tt8tz 3 роки тому +19

      @@GalaxyCloud lol boy was I off! And died in 1998? Wow so that was an old documentary. I still cant remember the terminology used for languages like Irish though that it would have been switched to category wise...meaning it is a dead language but has a significant number of secondary iriah non monolunguimal speakers. I wonder if it would go back to normal classification if in some unlikely universe, Ireland went back to using Irish since it would have an all new accent and timbre and cadence from the original language's run.
      For the sake of the world and its language students though, I would recommend a more thorough revamping of the alphabet and spelling to align with a more latinized or anglicized w....no...you know something, looking at the above post again, I think one thing that is so incredibly charming about Irish is the amazing usage and unique usage of course of the same alphabet much of the world uses and knows but taken fornauch a one of a kind wild ride with Gaelic.

    • @GalaxyCloud
      @GalaxyCloud 3 роки тому +37

      @@YourName-tt8tz, in my opinion, I don't think Irish is ever really going to be like the main language in Ireland. its a nice language to have don't get me wrong, but I don't see it being used anymore as much as English. too little people in Ireland know Irish fluently for that. As for making the spelling more 'English' it's really not all that difficult once you start to get the hang of it. Well at least the reading part, spelling might be a little weird sometimes, but honestly, isn't English as well? Though the Irish do love their vowels in spelling like the word ''siopadoireacht'' it might look complicated to say but its literally ''shopa-dor-ukt'' (it means shopping btw) i think its the grammar that gets to me though, i still don't fully get it but there are weird language things like saying ''I'm hungry'' in Irish (Tá ocras orm) literally means 'hunger is on me'. Yeah, sorry for going on a little tangent there about the Irish language but hope someone learned something from it.

  • @sarmajere2866
    @sarmajere2866 3 роки тому +4

    JUST started studying Gaelic as my project this year since I love a lot of Trad music and wanted to have the ability to get some idea of the proper substance of some songs and when it got to "Me, You, He, She, They", I lost it!

  • @judithconnor6717
    @judithconnor6717 Рік тому +2

    This is my favourite sketch!

  • @applewagon253
    @applewagon253 3 роки тому +227

    So funny! Kind of reminds me of the whole debacle where they sent an email for a sign to be translated into Welsh and wrote “I’m out of the office” on a road sign in Welsh

    • @alicedwonderland7733
      @alicedwonderland7733 3 роки тому +7

      did this really happen? lol

    • @hairyairey
      @hairyairey Рік тому +8

      @@alicedwonderland7733 yes picture of the sign on the BBC news site together with story

    • @willch.2259
      @willch.2259 Рік тому +18

      @@alicedwonderland7733 The English part of the sign said "No entry for heavy goods vehicles. Residential site only." The Welsh 'translation' read "I am not in the office at the moment. Send any work to be translated."

    • @alicedwonderland7733
      @alicedwonderland7733 Рік тому +5

      @@willch.2259 too funny! Thanks for sharing.

    • @iteamy
      @iteamy 10 місяців тому +1

      CLASSIC

  • @MannyXO
    @MannyXO 4 роки тому +351

    “He’s leading us to the bodies” DEAD!! 😂😂😂😂😂

  • @conorfitzpatrickdesign9616
    @conorfitzpatrickdesign9616 3 роки тому +1

    1:55 absolutely perfect shot for these three lines. Great camera work.

  • @JuanyXXI
    @JuanyXXI 4 роки тому +187

    When you learn a language on Duolingo and decide to put it on practice 😂.

    • @schattentaenzerin
      @schattentaenzerin 4 роки тому +10

      Doulingo; "your duck is sleeping on my shirt"
      Me: 0_O okaaaaaay then...
      But it's quite good (I'm learning Spanish) to keep the ball rolling. I've started taking to myself about things at home, like "I'm now cooking pasta with sauce", "we don't have bacon" or "this yellow dress is mine". It becomes more natural and now I'm starting to watch kids shows like Phineas and Ferb or shows I already know in Spanish and every day I understand a bit more.

    • @emmylee8862
      @emmylee8862 4 роки тому +10

      I had "Tá an fear sá chuisnoir" the other day! (Meaning "there's a man in the fridge ")

    • @schattentaenzerin
      @schattentaenzerin 3 роки тому +9

      @@emmylee8862 I'm laughing way too hard at this. 😂
      There are some quite disturbing ones. Yesterday I got "El cuchillo alcanza al hombre" which translates to "the knife catches up with the man" - Maybe it's the same guy and he ended up in the fridge later 🤔

    • @emmylee8862
      @emmylee8862 3 роки тому +3

      @@schattentaenzerin hahaha that's epic

    • @chelsieclaire1473
      @chelsieclaire1473 3 роки тому +6

      @@emmylee8862 Once, I got "Leann na lachan an nuachtán" = "The ducks read the newspaper."

  • @root_astr0
    @root_astr0 4 роки тому +703

    This is actually perfect timing, because I did a speech at the climate change protest in Dublin, but because I did it in Irish, nobody understood a word.

    • @root_astr0
      @root_astr0 4 роки тому +39

      @Steffen Bakken Yeah, it was me and my friend, Hazel

    • @theultimatebro9278
      @theultimatebro9278 4 роки тому +10

      @@tommyj3188 can't tell if this is a joke

    • @tommyj3188
      @tommyj3188 4 роки тому +19

      @@theultimatebro9278 New york is 33feet above sea levels or 10m or so, london is 36ft or 11m or so UN estimates say that sea levels will rise by 15-26 feet by 2070 this makes a lot of cities near uninhabitable. My point being big business knows this and stirs up fear in the public the idea being get people to come together to solve a global problem which further enhances the UN agenda of a world government.

    • @tommyj3188
      @tommyj3188 4 роки тому +19

      @@theultimatebro9278 If it is such an issue like you guys make it out to be despite there being no long term trend or much proof humans affect climate more than the variation you expect to see decade on decade, why was the 1970s cooler than the 1960s globally?
      The 1940s-1960s is really when we started releasing a measurable amount of CO2. And also the physics of global warming don't make much sense gasses in our atmosphere dissolve in the sea as the sea heats up more gasses escape so there should be a slightly higher total CO2 level however its made no measurable impact since we first got reliable reading of the composition in our atmosphere in the 50s.
      The last few centuries have been actually some of the coldest in the last couple thousand years, also why was it called "Global Warming" 10 years ago? Now everyone calls it "Climate Change". Maybe because the world wasn't warming and people began to doubt the ludicrous claims being made about "Climate Change".

    • @DannyBoy-jy1kq
      @DannyBoy-jy1kq 4 роки тому +12

      root_Astr0 well no one listens when they speak in English either. Don’t take it to heart. 🤣

  • @Editorknowsbest
    @Editorknowsbest 2 роки тому +42

    As someone who’s lived on 3 continents and studied 4 languages (only mastered my native tongue), this made me laugh so hard. 😂
    The struggle to communicate is real!

    • @annieseaside
      @annieseaside 2 роки тому +3

      My problem is that while I understand a lot of French, Spanish and Italian when it is my turn to speak I construct a sentence with words from all 3 languages. Often close, but just as often a bewildered look on the other person’s face.

    • @Editorknowsbest
      @Editorknowsbest 2 роки тому +2

      @@annieseaside Ah yes: the potpourri approach. 😆 That’s where the hand gestures and earnest facial expressions kick in.

  • @patrickbbale
    @patrickbbale Рік тому +12

    I’m French and started to learn Irish; to be honest, it’s quite hard but hopefully I can speak some in the future! 👍

  • @e2theoc
    @e2theoc 4 роки тому +157

    "Scoil?? What Scoil?!TELL US WHERE THE BODIES ARE!" genius as per usual :D

  • @novadawg6913
    @novadawg6913 3 роки тому +778

    Went on a trip to Ireland last year and ran into this! One tour guide had been bragging for days about how Gaelic is coming back through the schools and she was so proud to learn it. But when we stopped near a farm north of Galway we ran into a farmer trying to move some sheep, and when she approached him the dude started instantly going off in Gaelic. We all saw her completely freeze and just stare tongue-tied. I love the ideas of bringing the language back, but if just studying it in High School was enough, then most Americans would be able to speak Spanish these days!

    • @deltafrappuccino
      @deltafrappuccino 2 роки тому +68

      i'm very late, but irish has been taught for 12-13 years of a student's life for quite some time now. it's still not enough, though, because they don't teach how to speak conversationally, you only know the answers to some basic questions, which is kind of referenced in the skit. the oral exam is how we learn irish conversationally, but you pretty much learn a written-off answer for each question. "hello," "hello to you too," and "how are you?" "i'm very good, thank you" are probably as far as most people get, so by all means moran being able to ask "what did you do for your summer holidays" is pretty exceptional since that question is optional for the examiner to ask. i'd honestly argue that america's language classes are better, from what i've heard, and that's kinda disappointing, but also kinda hilarious.

    • @comrade1135
      @comrade1135 2 роки тому +2

      @@deltafrappuccino Is breá liom an Airgintín

    • @flamingarbre1284
      @flamingarbre1284 2 роки тому +17

      And most canadians would be able to speak basic French lol (we officially have to learn it from grade 4 to 9 but it sucks ass, even if you go to a french immersion school)

    • @squirehaggard4749
      @squirehaggard4749 2 роки тому +11

      @@deltafrappuccino I just can't see the point in taking endless hours of students' time to teach them a language that practically nobody outside of Ireland speaks. You literally would find more people in the world who know Latin that Gaelic. And in Ireland everyone still speaks English as their first language (except for in some remote areas you'd probably never visit). You'd better serve the teaching of Irish culture by teaching Irish history and literature in translation, and swap the time spent on dead-language instruction for engineering or maths or finance...or foreign languages that more than .0001 % of the Earth's population speaks.

    • @ifyouloveChristyouwillobeyhim
      @ifyouloveChristyouwillobeyhim 2 роки тому +14

      The problem is the school systems, not the period of learning.

  • @anniegurre4060
    @anniegurre4060 3 роки тому +10

    I came back to this video after finishing my leaving cert and I'm surprised at the fact that I was able to translate what foil/arms/hogs was saying (I don't know who's who don't attack me ). I guess that's what happens when I pay more attention in Irish since I'm absolutely useless at french.

  • @janedoe-hq9vn
    @janedoe-hq9vn 3 роки тому +6

    "He's leading us to the bodies!"...🤣🤣🤣

  • @DrFlapJack
    @DrFlapJack 4 роки тому +570

    The only thing I learned from Spanish class in high school is how to say that I don't speak Spanish, so this is pretty relatable.

    • @hyenapunkmohawk
      @hyenapunkmohawk 4 роки тому +16

      No hablo espanol

    • @San_Deep2501
      @San_Deep2501 4 роки тому +29

      @@hyenapunkmohawk *español

    • @hyenapunkmohawk
      @hyenapunkmohawk 4 роки тому +20

      @@San_Deep2501 lmao I dont have that on my keyboard

    • @aramisortsbottcher8201
      @aramisortsbottcher8201 4 роки тому +6

      @@San_Deep2501 *español.
      You forgot the point.

    • @kilsestoffel3690
      @kilsestoffel3690 4 роки тому +14

      I've been on holiday to spain as a kid. I know "helado con nata, por favor" (ice cream with cream, please). Learning it was good, the portion for that cute little girl that at least tries to speak the language was just a little bit bigger than usually

  • @zgamer45
    @zgamer45 3 роки тому +152

    I love that the dude covers for him at the end.

    • @maranatha_777
      @maranatha_777 3 роки тому +6

      He doesn't. He is saving his own a**. XD

  • @mushroomherbs
    @mushroomherbs 3 роки тому

    I forgot all about these guys from ages ago. So glad to find this in my feed!

  • @Vamshk
    @Vamshk Рік тому

    God I'm loving these series .. you guys are amazing

  • @rosakim8555
    @rosakim8555 4 роки тому +277

    “Sinead Is playing football in the toilet” idk why this made me crack up as much as it did

    • @pixielove25
      @pixielove25 4 роки тому +2

      Same!😂

    • @serenajgately8349
      @serenajgately8349 4 роки тому +3

      A lad in my school broke a toilet after kicking it with a football during break a few weeks ago

  • @maddyg3208
    @maddyg3208 3 роки тому +229

    99% of how well people learn second languages at school anywhere

    • @SuperBararo
      @SuperBararo 3 роки тому +13

      Most schools anywhere do English as a second language

    • @TheBicycleRepairman2
      @TheBicycleRepairman2 2 роки тому +8

      Second? Absolutely not, piece of cake. The 3th and 4th... definitely.

    • @annieseaside
      @annieseaside 2 роки тому

      Except the Germans who speak better English than we do. Lol

    • @ifyouloveChristyouwillobeyhim
      @ifyouloveChristyouwillobeyhim 2 роки тому

      Public schools are just messed up.

    • @bharathsf
      @bharathsf 2 роки тому +1

      AS an Indian, we had 4 languages. Sanskrit was the 4th and we could be conversational as long as we were studying it. Now lost touch! This is only in school. Apart from that, my mother tongue is different than the state language and we can speak the languages of the neighbour states too

  • @banseokjung7269
    @banseokjung7269 3 роки тому +9

    This reminds me of the korean education system about how they teach English. They don't teach anything useful for communication unless you're speaking in a grammatically perfect version of English that has you identify every single word and what its role is in the sentence.

  • @rion2499
    @rion2499 Рік тому +3

    The sad truth is I can speak French easier than Irish, and I only have a secondary school (middle/high combined) education in French, while I was “taught” Gaelige/Irish from age five.
    Basically, we’re taught all the basics of the language in primary/elementary school, and then go on to secondary school with an “understanding” we already know the basics: which we don’t because they were “taught” to us in a very young age. And that “education” was very different and spotty for every child.
    Nonetheless, the secondary school curriculum goes straight into pros and essays, and never goes back over the basics on any real depth; and for exams we are encouraged to basically learn off whole essays/paragraphs that we’ve had corrected by “Irish teachers,” (basically fake it), to pass our tests. Not to mention, the Irish school curriculum is based on the two weeks of intensive testing that you do in the end of your last school year, as opposed to a continuous average/GPA. Fun.
    The saddest thing is that we only lost our language in the mid-1800s or so. And we got our independence back from Britain only a hundred years later, after eight hundred years of colonisation. We even had “bush schools” (named from the idea of literally teaching children in secret “in the bushes”) when Irish was outlawed. But yeah, the final two nails on the coffin were when speaking Irish in school was corporeally punished (kids would wear a meter stick around their neck, and any time they spoke Irish in class, the teacher would put a notch in the stick, which would count how many times that student would be hit with the stick at the end of class). And, of course, the Great Famine, when there was a potato blight that decimated the Irish peoples’ only real food source (as potato’s were abundant and could famously grow anywhere, even the sides of roads) and Great Britain refused to waste resources (that they had; they were still even _exporting_ beef from Ireland during the time, if I recall) to feed us when we ran out, eating grass in desperation being a strong visual that’s stuck with me. (Estimated 1 million died, 1 million emigrated, why Irish people are all over the globe; population only now back to where it was then in the last ten years, but of course, that means it’s much less that other countries of a comparable size cause we missed a lot of that growth time. But “at least” we can freely travel/live in Britain on Irish passports, even after brexit; they know they owe us, even if many English have forgotten, and Irish history is not taught in English schools).
    But yeah: a very proud people, the irish. ;) Even if many can’t speak the language well. Also, your formal warning to never say Ireland is part of the UK; we may have lost our Northern part due to plantations, but we’ve never really given much “love”for the British. (I hear there were celebrations all around when the queen died lol).
    That’s not to say, fuck all English people, at all; it’s more the power™️ than the common people that we truly hate. ;)c

  • @lizzieyeomans6959
    @lizzieyeomans6959 4 роки тому +599

    "Dé Luan, Dé Máirt, Dé Céadaoin... Nollaig shona duit, mé, tú, sé, sí, sinn, sibh... eh..."
    "Siad"