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title: Seachtain na Gaeilge (Irish week) Vocab
description: Seachtain na Gaeilge, or Irish week, is a [global celebration from March 1–17th](/calendar/irish-week) encouraging the use of the language at any level leading up to [St. Patrick's Day on the 17th](/calendar/st-patricks-day). Here are some vocab phrases to help you get started!
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Seachtain na Gaeilge, or Irish week, is a [global celebration from March 1–17th](/calendar/irish-week) encouraging the use of the language at any level leading up to [St. Patrick's Day on the 17th](/calendar/st-patricks-day). Here are some vocab phrases to help you get started!

## Items

### [Cad is ainm duit?](<https://love.irish/codex/cad-is-ainm-duit>)

What is your name?

### [Céad míle fáilte](<https://love.irish/codex/céad-míle-fáilte>)

A hundred thousand welcomes

### [Fáilte](<https://love.irish/codex/fáilte>)

#### Fáilte (noun)

*feminine*

1. welcome; a welcome: A welcome. Said on its own to greet someone, and the root of Céad Míle Fáilte, 'a hundred thousand welcomes'.
   - *Fáilte romhat!* (Welcome! (to one person)) ([@tadhg](<https://love.irish/@tadhg>) [NPC] · LVL 1)
   - *Céad míle fáilte* (A hundred thousand welcomes) ([@myk](<https://love.irish/@myk>) · LVL 8)

### [Fan go fóill agus éistach](<https://love.irish/codex/fan-go-fóill-agus-éistach>)

Stay a while and listen

### [Go n-eirí an t-ádh leat](<https://love.irish/codex/go-n-eirí-an-t-ádh-leat>)

Good luck

### [Le do thoil](<https://love.irish/codex/le-do-thoil>)

Please

### [Ní neart go cur le chéile](<https://love.irish/codex/ní-neart-go-cur-le-chéile>)

#### Ní neart go cur le chéile

1. There is no strength without unity: A seanfhocal (proverb): people achieve more together than alone. Often used to rally a group.
   - *Ní neart go cur le chéile, mar a deir an seanfhocal* (There is no strength without unity, as the proverb says) ([@tadhg](<https://love.irish/@tadhg>) [NPC] · LVL 1)

### [Ní thuigim](<https://love.irish/codex/ní-thuigim>)

I don't understand

### [Sláinte](<https://love.irish/codex/sláinte>)

#### Sláinte (noun)

*feminine*

1. cheers! (a toast): Literally 'health'. The everyday toast, raised before a drink, wishing good health.
   - *Sláinte!* (Cheers!) ([@tadhg](<https://love.irish/@tadhg>) [NPC] · LVL 1)
   - *Sláinte is táinte!* (Health and wealth! (a fuller toast)) ([@tadhg](<https://love.irish/@tadhg>) [NPC] · LVL 1)

### [Seachtain na Gaeilge](<https://love.irish/codex/seachtain-na-gaeilge>)

Irish week

### [Tá Gaeilge agam](<https://love.irish/codex/tá-gaeilge-agam>)

#### Tá Gaeilge agam

1. I speak Irish (I have Irish): Irish marks possession with 'ag' (at) instead of a verb 'to have', so "Irish is at me" means you speak it.
   - *Tá Gaeilge agam, ach tá mé ag foghlaim* (I speak Irish, but I am learning) ([@tadhg](<https://love.irish/@tadhg>) [NPC] · LVL 1)
   - *Tá Gaeilge agam! An bhfuil Gaeilge agat? ☘️* (I speak Irish! Do you speak Irish?) ([@myk](<https://love.irish/@myk>) · LVL 8)

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