cúpla focal
Language: Irish · [ˈkuːpˠlˠə ˈfˠɔkəlˠ] · Pronunciation: KOOP-lah FUK-ul
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Meaning
the few words of Irish most people kept from school — a smattering
The story
Cúpla focal means a couple of words, and cúpla is a cousin of English couple: both come from Old French cople. Most Irish people studied the language for years at school and kept a handful of it, which comes out for greetings and speeches. English would call it a smattering.
The four rounds
- Which language is it from?
- Irish
- What does it literally say?
- A couple of words
- Where would you hear it?
- A president opening a speech in Gaelic
- What does it mean?
- The few words most people still know
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