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French speakers learning Irish
— the mistakes your language makes you commit

Your native language (Français) quietly pushes you into specific Irish errors. Here are the ones to watch — and the fix for each. This is exactly how WordSlick coaches you, every day.

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from your first language

Silent letters are normal — you knew that

French already taught you that spelling and sound part ways. Irish bh/mh/dh/gh behave the same: "leabhar" is roughly "lyour", "oíche" is "ee-ha". Read by chunk, not by letter.

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avoir cannot be translated

"J’ai un livre" → "Tá leabhar agam"; "j’ai faim" → "Tá ocras orm". Irish has no verb for "have" at all, so both sentences go through a preposition.

from your first language

être splits in two

"Je suis fatigué" → "Tá mé tuirseach" (a state), but "je suis médecin" → "Is dochtúir mé" (an identity). One French verb, two Irish ones.

from your first language

Liaison prepares you for t- and h-

French liaison already trains your ear for sounds that appear between words. Irish does it in the spelling: "an t-arán" (the bread), "na héin" (the birds).

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oui, si and non have no equivalent

French gives you three ways to say yes and no; Irish gives you none. Echo the verb: "An dtuigeann tú?" → "Tuigim" / "Ní thuigim".

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The adjective still follows the noun

"Une maison blanche" matches "teach bán" — the description follows the noun. Just remember that a feminine noun softens it: "bean mhór".

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