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HANGMAN

Aim: To guess the word or phrase

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The computer chooses a word or phrase from the topic. You have to try to guess that word or phrase by clicking on letters.
Wrong guesses add pieces to the hangman's gallows.

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People - appearance

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People - appearance

HANGMAN game to learn Describe people in Irish

Extremely popular game for vocabulary and just for fun both on paper and on screen.

With our Hangman game for "Describe people" you will be learning the Irish vocabulary for the topic Describe people. The language you will learn is in the vocabulary list below, and consists of 10 Sentences that describe people's bodies.


1	Tá sí ard.	She is tall.
2	Tá sí íseal.	She is short.
3	Tá sé measartha ard.	He is medium height.
4	Tá sé matánach.	He is muscular.
5	Tá sé tanaí.	He is thin.
6	Tá sé ramhar.	He is fat.
7	Tá sí i gcathaoir rothaí.	She is in a wheelchair.
8	Tá draideanna aige.	He has dreadlocks.
9	Caitheann sí spéaclaí.	She wears glasses.
10	Tá gruaig dhubh chatach uirthi.	She has black, curly hair.

In our Hangman for Irish learners the computer chooses a piece of Irish vocabulary from the selected topic and you attempt to guess it by clicking letters on a keyboard. The game is set on a beach, and wrong guesses darken the sky and sea and more clouds sweep across until...well, try it and see what happens!

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How to play Hangman to learn Describe people in Irish

Play Hangman to learn Irish at learn-irish.net

Select "Hangman" from the Irish games page.
On the settings screen you can change topic or click "PLAY" to start the game.
The scene is a beach - there is a Irish keyboard and empty numbered spaces for a Irish word or phrase.
Spaces between words are marked by an underscore ( _ ) while other punctuation (.,-') is filled in for you.
Guess letters in the word or phrase by clicking keys on the keyboard.
Correct guesses add that letter to the appropriate spaces in the word or phrase.
Wrong guesses add pieces to the gallows and hangman. Wrong letters are displayed above the keyboard with a cross next to them.
Continue guessing until you complete the Irish word or phrase, or your character is hung.
If you win, you get to see the happy man animation and to hear some clapping.
If you lose, no animation, no music, just some gloomy boings - switch them off by clicking on the gallows.
You can play multiple rounds and the program will keep your score against the computer.

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