Learning Irish(Gaelic) - Any native speakers here?

[Phog Allen]

Maith an fear, Todd!

Now, I believe in times of old, if we met along a road somewhere, I would have replied to your greeting with, "Dia agus Muire agus Pádraig dhuit", and we could keep going on and on adding a new saint each greeting! I get my fada's by holding 'alt' and pressing the vowel I want, agus sin é!

Here's a link I found to a very famous poem by Antoine Ó Raiftéirí:

http://www.gael-image.com/doras/ceachtanna/ceacht1-lch3.html

Go raibh maith agat! That is one handy tip. Sorry for the bollocksed up spelling on the other post. I will try harder.

Regards, Todd

 

[DunEdinRanger]

Is welcome to the same in Irish Gaelic as it is in Scots Gaelic? Failte Gu

 

[dpm802]

If you find a definitive online resource about learning gaelic please PM me or post it, as part of the 4 proud provinces myself I think I should probably know more about this language.

http://www.lifeclever.com/learn-35-languages-for-free-in-itunes/

Sorry, but Gaelic isn't one of the 35 languages they teach here. They do have Welsh, though. And Esperanto. And Yiddish. And Hebrew. And 31 others.


Another excellent source for languages is www.ProZ.com ... an international gathering of interpreters, translators, language lovers and polyglots. What B&B does for shaving, ProZ does for languages.

 

[Bluestaco]

I got the Pimsleur and everything else the city library had on it a few months ago, thinking I could make a go of it. Nah!
I minored in Spanish and found that easier than hitting a chair with my butt, but Irish...attaining fluency in that would be tough!

 

[Phog Allen]

Dave, I hope I have better luck!

Regards, Todd