Didn't exactly no where to put this...figure "hobbies" would be decent enough...

Does anybody speek or write Gaelic? I'm working on learning Scottish Gaelic, but a lot of the resources I have are either very very primary or they are commercial (i.e. radio) and they speak fluently....and fast. With the vast differences in pronunciation of even the same letters depending on their location in a word it is making it very very difficult.

Even Irish or Welsh Gaelic would work....just to get the pronunciation down.

Anybody?

Just curious... but why Gaelic?

Didn't exactly no where to put this...figure "hobbies" would be decent enough...

Does anybody speek or write Gaelic? I'm working on learning Scottish Gaelic, but a lot of the resources I have are either very very primary or they are commercial (i.e. radio) and they speak fluently....and fast. With the vast differences in pronunciation of even the same letters depending on their location in a word it is making it very very difficult.

Even Irish or Welsh Gaelic would work....just to get the pronunciation down.

Anybody?

I know someone who speaks gaelic. I'll talk to her this weekend.

Just curious... but why Gaelic?

Heritage, preserving a dying language, complexity, :shrug: It is an amazing language.

I know someone who speaks gaelic. I'll talk to her this weekend.

Ooo thanks!

I know someone who speaks gaelic. I'll talk to her this weekend.

I assume she speaks English also then?:lol:

I assume she speaks English also then?:lol:

Yes, she does. She speaks gaelic for the same reasons as Gwyd wants to learn it.

Heritage, preserving a dying language, complexity, :shrug: It is an amazing language.

I've heard it spoken. I think it sounds like they're hocking up a loogie. :lol:

I've heard it spoken. I think it sounds like they're hocking up a loogie. :lol:

:lmao: Only when they say ch! All the other times it sounds very peaceful.

I've heard it spoken. I think it sounds like they're hocking up a loogie. :lol:Not Gaelic, that's a very lyrical language. Maybe you are thinking of Hebrew :shrug:

:lmao: Only when they say ch! All the other times it sounds very peaceful.

True. But they say ch/gh a lot! :lol:

I think it's really cool you want to learn an old Celtic language! Good luck. :yay:

Not Gaelic, that's a very lyrical language. Maybe you are thinking of Hebrew :shrug:

No. I meant Gaelic. And particularly Scottish Gaelic.

Thanks!
And if anybody is wondering what it sounds like...
BBC ALBA - Radio nan GÃ#idheal (http://www.bbc.co.uk/radionangaidheal/)

Click on "Eist beo"

Well, its been about 2 weeks since I started this...and I have to admit, its rather difficult. There are so few learning resources, and all of them are very...void. As opposed to teaching you individual words then combining them to form sentences, most of them are "Here is a dialogue and here is the translation". Even the book I am using only gives you the NEW vocab in these page long dialogues, meaning you have to constantly flip back chapters to recall what the words mean....and even then, its hard to find because of the different spelling regarding who (me, you, she, him, us, we, etc.) and things like that change.

Either way, very slow going...I can pretty much start a conversation and get some small details (where your from, what you like to do, the weather, etc.) and end the conversation.

But, I think I've gotten the pronunciation down, which was rather annoying. Of course, every now and then, you get this long string of consonants that make absolutely NO sound....and that is very confusing. Like the english "thought".

What dialect are you trying to learn??

There's a site I've been to called Irish Sayings. It has a few sound bites you can listen to in three dialects... Hold on...

Irish Love Sayings in Irish language (Irish Gaelic) with Audio (http://www.irish-sayings.com/cats/people/love/)

There's a link.. You can pay to listen to a lot more..

This should help you with pronounciation.:yay:

Scottish, thanks though!