Where are the other children, Seán?

My translation:

Cá bhfuil les enfants eile, a Sheáin?

I had to look at it for twenty seconds before I could see why it was wrong.

And I left my French lessons behind 40 years ago.

Eh bien I had no problème with that at all, at all.

hehe how long did you study French? I've been thinking about taking it up as well and was wondering how easily it is to get the words confused.

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ha! As a matter of fact, I do tend to lose focus at times. It just happened not long ago as well. I am on the 2nd section of the Memrise course you recommended maidofkent, and I was "watering the plants" and had the day pop up for me. I couldn't remember what it was from earlier, so I missed it. When I saw it I slapped my head, "oh yeah!" A question or two later I got the day again and sat there looking at the screen thinking, "I JUST HAD THIS ONE AND I CAN'T REMEMBER IT" haha ugh Brain farts.

Happens to me all the time. Usually it's a matter of me saying something in Irish inadvertently, but sometimes I write it as well. In fact, just yesterday I was writing out a wire harp arrangement of "Joy to the World" and wrote above one section "poco a poco níos airde."

I did French for 4 years and took to it relatively easily, but I've never used it.

I don't know why it should come to me now, I guess it's more to do with being in a similar learning situation rather than confusing the words.

For someone interested in languages I would say that French wouldn't be too difficult to learn.

Easier than Irish, anyway.

And every time I write the word Gaelic (in English) I always have an irresistible urge to add another 'i' before the 'l' - as in Gaeilic.
(PS French irregular verbs and knowing how to use idiomatic expressions can also be quite daunting for a learner)

Cool beans! I figured that I should at least learn one Romance language, lol.

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If you're interested, there are coursebooks available for learning French through the medium of Irish.
www.foreverlanguages.com/index.php/products

- à la française and On y va! and On y va! 2

and I mustn't forget to mention Foclóir Póca/Dico de Poche Gaeilge/Fraincis - Français/Irlandais - collection Pouloupig published by Yoran Embanner (ISBN 978 2 9148 5552 5) and complied by Loig Cheveau/Lughaidh Ó hEacháin.