the USA is an acronym for the United States
of America and i think these acronyms or abbreviations are a great way to
process information, if ever I have to study for
something I will use acronyms or abbreviations
where possible as they help me to learn and remember
important details, so with that in mind I want to present
to you the following acronym
Siopa Caife
so that means coffee shop in irish and we're going to use
each letter from these two words as the basis
for learning new words and phrases to do with eating out in a restaurant
or a coffee shop, let's start. So naturally we'll start with
siopa, s let's look at the verb suigh which means to sit so that
could be useful a useful verb to use in a coffee shop or
a restaurant, suigh. Shuíomar síos = we sat down
scuaine means a queue, so you could be waiting in a
queue at the coffee shop or at the restaurants
some foods then that's good to know beginning with the letter s- salann which
means salt, salann, sceallóga which means chips
or in America they're called french fries - sceallóga
and subh which means jam. moving on to i then, so two great verbs
here Ith which means to eat and Íoc, which means to pay
so D'itheamar iad go léir = we ate them all
D'íocamar an bille = we paid the bill
moving on to o, another good verb here of course Ól
which is to drink and Ordaigh which is to order
so for example D'ól sí cupán tae = she drank a cup of tea
of course the verbal noun ag ól
could be used as well here that would be quite convenient, ag ól is drinking
just like ag ordú is ordering
and speaking of the verb Ordaigh
D'ordaíomar níos mó tae agus cáca = we ordered more tea and cake
moving on to p Pléigh is the irish verb to discuss, Pléigh
for example Phléigh siad é = they discussed it ag plé is a useful
verbal noun that means discussing and it could also
be used for talking or chatting ag plé
Phléigh siad é ag am tae = they discussed it over tea
Pancóg is the Irish for a pancake, pancóg, something you would be more than likely
able to get in a restaurant or a coffee shop
and plódaithe means packed or crowded plódaithe
moving on to a Amharc is a great verb here amharc
so amharc is the Irish verb to look ag amharc go maith = looking good
ag amharc ar an mbiachlár = looking at the menu
ag amharc thart = looking around that could be something you do
once you step inside the coffee shop, ag amharc thart, looking around.
moving on to c then Ceannaigh is another really useful verb here
Ceannaigh is to buy so for example Cheannaigh mé cístí = I bought cakes
císte and cáca can both mean cake, císte and cáca there, for
example píosa eile cáca = another piece of cake
cara is another good word
to have here beginning with the letter c cara is a friend
you could be meeting a friend at the coffee shop, cara mór - a great friend
moving on to a again
let's look at some foods this time as opposed to verbs
arán is bread arán so for example arán bán = white bread
anraith is soup, anraith
anraith glasraí le huachtar = cream of vegetable soup
and anlann is sauce anlann donn = brown sauce
the letter i is next, iarnóin for example
means afternoon so you could be meeting somebody in the coffee shop in the afternoon - iarnóin
iasc is fish, iasc agus sceallóga = fish and chips
and ispíní means sausages, ispíní agus brúitín = sausages and mash or bangers and mash
im is butter
which is something you might have on your scone or on your roll - im
chomh bog leis an im - as soft as butter
moving on to the letter f then freastalaí so freastalaí is a server or a waiter
Ghlac an freastalaí an t-ordú uainn = the waiter took our order
fág is a verb beginning with the letter f as you can
see so fág means to leave or to exit
D'fhágamar ag meán lae = we left at midday
feoil is meat, feoil, feitheamh is the irish word to wait feitheamh, and that could be used
in conjunction with scuaine up above which is a queue
so for example
ag feitheamh sa scuaine = waiting in the queue
our next letter then is e and here we have the verb
Eagraigh which is to organize or to arrange or to plan, Eagraigh
Bhí cruinniú eagraithe sa siopa caife = a meeting was arranged in the coffee shop
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slán go fóill.