learning how to speak gaelic

[candicake18]

hello everbody! well..i've been trying to find out how u can start to learn gaelic. i've been trying to learn it for a while..so if anyone who knows gaelic and wants to teach me please tell me!!

[Morrison]

Your asking a lot Candi.
Try for Specific words or phrases.Maybe someone who knows will answer you. I know a bit, but I can't teach you Gaelic, just the bits I know.
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[Celyn]

This should be a list of Gaelic learning materials online. I'm sure it even mentions a dictionary. I think I should try it myself - a good project for the winter.

http://www.smo.uhi.ac.uk/beurla/Gaelic_lessons.html

And a "language links" site. Some of the links relate to music etc., but there are several that look good.

http://languages-on-the-web.com/links/link-gaelic.htm

[NZman]

Isn't it just Welsh without all the GOB

Love the NZman

[Mairi]

Fàilte,

Yes, Gàidhlig is definitely “different”! I have been dabbling in the language for about 2 years. While I am nowhere near conversant, I am beginning to develop a familiarity with it, to the point that I can read it and not make too many pronunciation mistakes, and can even recognise a few words. There's hope for me yet!

I suggest that you either find a Gàidhlig class (not too easy to do, at least in the US), or get a course on tape. The language has quite a few sounds that have no English equivalent. Trying to sound out words according to the transliteration in a book could get you into some bad pronunciation habits.

There are some language links at my website, which you may find helpful. Go here:

http://www.crosswinds.net/~fuaimshona/index.html

Choose Frames or No Frames, then click on Resources.

Hope this helps.

Mise le meas,

Màiri

[Seanair]

Mairi;
Mise le meas looks like a useful phrase. What is it in English? I'll then know more Gaelic than I do now.
Seanair

[Mairi]

Hallo, Seanair,

"Mise le meas" is a typical letter closing, akin to "yours truly". It means, literally, "myself with respect", and is pronounced "MEE-shuh luh mess".

Best of luck with the Gàidhlig!

Le dùrachdan,
(with good wishes)

Màiri