Hey there,
I'm not a member, I'm just trawling the internet trying to learn Irish. I'm an Australian with Irish background and the only class they have here is just a bit out of my way (bloody public transport!) at the moment without a car.
I've been learning stuff online and a lot of sites say 'how are you' is 'conas atá tú?' or similar. Other places have things like 'cén chaoi a bhfuil tú'? and I've seen 'an bhfuil' used at the beginning of questions. I was looking on this board and found this site:
http://www.rte.ie/easyirish/aonad1.html Which one is correct, why, and is it a dialect difference, or is one very basic Irish and the other more complex, more 'correct' or more or less formal?
Also, it has 'Is mise Aoife' for 'I'm Aoife'. How is this different to 'Táim Aoife?'
Go raibh maith agat, a chairde!