Gaelic Books - Beginners?

kevin04 · Gaelic Books - Beginners?

Hallo,

Tha mi ag ionnsachadh ri 'Speaking Our Language', Beag air Bheag, agus Alba/RNG.

Tha mi a' tuigsinn gaelic beag, agus tha mi ag iarraidh Leabhracihean.

Anns a' bherula, Gabhaibh mo leisguell..

Hi Folks,

I'm learning Gaelic, and doing it in my spare-time.

I feel, that I would like to purchase a Book from GaelicBooks.org to help me, and of course a Dictionary, but I was wondering if anyone could recommend a decent/beginner story/book.

Of course, I am looking at 'Early Learning' or possibly Before Teenage Years novel.
I can understand quite a lot of words, but my grammar is not so good. I've seen a book called 'Cait a' bheil Seonaidh Caimbeul?' on the GaelicBooks website, and was hoping someone might be able to tell me how easy/hard it is to read.

I understand that none of you know how my learning is going, but If anyone has any ideas of a Basic book which would help and also continue the interest that I could purchase, I'd be very grateful.

Tapadh leibh

GunChleoc

Chan eil mi eòlach air an leabhar sin, tha mi duilich.

Sorry, I don't know that book.

Tha sreath leabhraichean ann a chaidh an sgrìobhadh aig clann sgoile is deugairean is tha iad gu math furasda ri leughadh.

There is a thread of books that were written by schoolchildren and teenagers that are easy enough to read.

Tha sgeulachdan glè ghoirid ann is beagan bàrdachd.

There's very short stories in them and a bit of poetry.

https://lsh507.securepod.com/gael.../product_info.php?products_id=101

https://lsh507.securepod.com/gael...fo.php?cPath=15&products_id=7

kevin04

Tapadh leibh a'Ghuncheloic.

GunChleoc

'S e do bheatha is tha mi 'n dòchas gun còrd na leabhraichean riut!

kevin04

Thank You, Will let you know how it goes, and hopefully I'll be able to say that anns a' ghàidhlig too by that time Wink

GunChleoc

Guma math a thèid leat! Very Happy

calum

Edinburgh Council produce children's books with phonetics and English translations under the main Gaelic text. It's useful for parents reading to their kids. Could be good for beginning learners too?

GunChleoc

I think bilingual texts are good for self-studying beginners, because you can try to figure it out yourself and then check the translation to see if you got it right.

kevin04

Tapadh liebh folks Smile

I'll give Embra Cooncil a e-mail, and see what they say.

I've went for ''Cait a bheil Seonaidh Caimbeul?" from Gàidhlig Books.

Stevie

Damn, I wish I had a bit more time to devote to gaelic learning.

I'm okay for this summer onwards but before then, timewise, is unrealistic. But you guys give me hope.

GunChleoc

5 minutes a day will take you further than you think Very Happy

Stevie

Interesting...?

GunChleoc

Uill, the most important part of language learning is that you keep at it constantly - use it or lose it.

What I did once I had studied the basics was to post 1 sentence a day to the net. Just one, and it took me far. Of course, I often needed a bit more than 5 minutes to construct it Laughing

kevin04

Very true from Gunchelog.

I knew a girl from Sweden who described learning languages as ''like Milk, if you don't use it, it'll go sour'' and it really is a good definition.

I had a 1 Standard Grade for French, and I cannot remember a thing from it, as I never used it and never read/listened/watched tv in French.

A few minutes of Gaelic a day will really help. I'm learning it at the present, and I'd describe myself as having a spluttering of Gaelic, but with Radio Nan Gaidheal/Alba etc, there are opportunities to listen/watch tv in Gaelic.

Only downside of a language like Gaelic is finding someone to talk to in person with, especially if you live abroad or in a remote part of the country that is not necessary a Gaelic area. One of my good pal's mum is a Gael and is a fluent Gaelic speaker, my friend speaks a little, but probably not as much as me, his uncle comes to the pub with us if he is home for a Holiday and if it's just us at the Bar, or sitting at the table we'll talk Gaelic, but if the rest of our pals come across, it just seems rude to continue talking in Gaelic in front of the group.

GunChleoc

That's one of the difficulties the language is facing, that just one English speaker in the room will be enough for everybody to switch over to English and stop using their Gaelic.