An Bhfuil Tú Ar Meisce Fós? - Learn to Speak Gaelic Free for St Patty's Day
03/13/2009

If you caught any of those Bennigan's commercials - before the company crapped the bed and went under faster than A-Rod's credibility - you know "Sláinte!" is how you say "Cheers/To your health" in Gaelic, the native tongue of Ireland.

Rosetta Stone wants you to not only toast in Gaelic this St. Patty's Day, but be able to order a pint of Guinness, tell an Irish lass to kiss you cause you're Irish, and let your roommates know you've got a killer hangover. All for free.

Starting right now you can brush up on your brogue by grabbing one week of free online Irish language tutorials at RosettaStone.com. You'll get the same immersive learning Rosetta is known for, and will be showing off your Gaelic prowess in the pubs come St. Patty's Day. The lessons are only available until March 19th, so get on it.
(Click here to register.)

To get you started, I had the guys over at Rosetta send me some phrases you might find useful this weekend.

A pint of Guiness, please
Pionta Guinness, le do thoil
Phonetic: pyunta Guinness leh duh hull

Kiss Me, I’m Irish
Tabhair póg dom, táim Éireannach
Phonetic: TOO-irr pogue dum, toyme AY-ron-ock

Cheers! (or, to your health)
Sláinte
Phonetic: sloynta

Are you drunk yet?
An bhfuil tú ar meisce fós?
Phonetic: on will too air mesh-ka fowss?

For the next morning...
Be quiet! I have a headache
Bi ciuin! Ta tinneas cinn orm
Phonetic: Bee quewn! Taw tinniss kinn urm

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