Esperanto in Irish Fáilte (Welcome) › Forums › General Discussion (Irish and English) › Esperanto in Irish This topic has 1 reply, 1 voice, and was last updated 8 years, 1 month ago by Seáinín. Viewing 2 posts - 1 through 2 (of 2 total) Author Posts August 3, 2015 at 10:12 pm #36864 BrusParticipant The Irish-language Wikipedia article on Esperanto has this: Teanga idirnáisiúnta is ea an teanga Esperanto (baineann Gaeilgeoirí áirithe úsáid as an leagan Sprantais freisin). Am I reading that right? Some female speakers, and only female speakers, use Sprantais? Why only females? August 4, 2015 at 12:12 am #45799 SeáinínParticipant “baineann … úsáid as” means “makes use of” here. “baineann” is a form of the verb “bain”. It has nothing to do with females. Author Posts Viewing 2 posts - 1 through 2 (of 2 total) You must be logged in to reply to this topic. Log In Username: Password: Keep me signed in Log In