Learnig Gaelic , best options?

kevin04 · Learnig Gaelic , best options?

Hi folks,

I'm wanting to learn Gaelic and have had a keen interest for a while, my only trouble is I might be away from Scotland for a wee while in the next 5months but I was considering buying a teach yourself gaelic book by Boyd Robertson, or does anyone have a good choice of book to choose? I know some phrases e.g Ciamar a tha sibh-thu? is mise kevin, de an t-ainm a tha ort etc all pretty basic stuff and basically still learning via bbc on how to pronounce the words,

any ideas of a good distance learning package or a good book or so to learn? I read somewhere a while back about a college doing distance learning courses but I cannot remember which one,

cheers in advanace

sorry for being so vague,

ta x

SLG

Have a look at http://www.learn-gaelic.info/ click on 'clubs and classes' and then search by 'delivery' and you can select all distance learning courses. There are quite a few. I've never done one, although I did hear some bad feedback from soneone who had done the course through Lews Castle. That was a few years ago though.

kevin04

cheers slg, i managed to purchase teach yourself gaelic , thanks for the advice though Very Happy

FearGallta

You could also have a loot at http://www.smo.uhi.ac.uk/en/cursaichean/inntrigidh/index.php

It's "An Cùrsa Inntrigidh", The distance learning course for beginners at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig the Gaelic college in Skye. Good luck whatever you decide anyway.

darkside

Marie

Here are some Gaelic sayings that I learned from a Gaelic Teacher.

CIAMAR A THA SIBH ? (PL) HOW ARE YOU ?
( kim er aha Sheev )

CIAMAR A THA THU ? (S) HOW ARE YOU ?
( kim er a ha hu )

THA MI GU MATH ! I AM WELL !
( Ha mi gu ma )

CIAMAR A THU THU FHEIN ? HOW ARE YOU, YOURSELF ?
( kim er a ha hu hayne )

BEANNACHD LEIBH GOODBYE
( Ben uk leave ) (lit) Blessings With You

kevin04

Cheers folks,

I can speak a bit of Icelandic although they are complete different lanaguages and am still keen on learning gaelic and the distance learning course with the college in Skye seems perfect for me - does anyone know if it's running? or starting a new one in January or so?

agentmancuso

kevin04

No worries at all agent,

My girlfriend is Icelandic, did a course and can speak pretty decent although proun'c is quite difficult sometimes.

You should head up to land of fire and ice! and you now know someone who has connections, lives there Smile

SLG

kevin04

Hi slg

thanks for that, i contacted the college and they are so helpful and friendly, going to register for febs classes.

Ive got a wee phrase book with the basic and a wee grammar book too so just learning away at the moment via that but hopefully set m up well for the course in Feb.

Are you a gaelic learner yourself buddy/?

Maol.Chaluim

Beag air Bheag is a good course as well.

SLG