An introduction to Old Irish - Study Celtic Irish with me for the first time! - Becoming a Polyglot

Hi everyone! In this video, I will share my first experiences in studying Old Irish. I have never learned such an old language before so this will be quite a journey. :)
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Hi, welcome to my channel! My name is Vera, I am 22 years old and live in Holland. I am studying to become an English teacher at the University of Applied Sciences in Amsterdam. Learning languages is, besides teaching, a big hobby of mine. Follow me along as I discover how to become a polyglot and learn 5 additional languages!
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[@SomedayKorean]

I agree that it's much easier to learn a lot of these things by experiencing them in context and THEN learning the rule for why those things are happening. But it seems like there isn't much Old Irish stuff out there for you to actually experience this language in context, so that'll be interesting. Best of luck starting your class!

[@BecomingaPolyglot]

Thanks for commenting! Funnily enough I had my first class last Thursday, my professor directly started by talking in old Irish… crazy. He mentioned some words and phrases then and there, but they were all about a very specific and niche subject: swords, knights, armor, heroes and villains. Not ‘he eats an apple’ such as duolingo hahahaha

[@serviustullus7204]

Yes, Dutch

[@emel3925]

Wow, what an interesting and beautiful language. The pronunciation definitely seems challenging, good luck 😂🍀

[@BecomingaPolyglot]

Thank you for your comment!! Now that classes actually started, it has become even more challenging. Thinking about making another video on my first experiences at uni! ☺️

[@vicentepintadoiborra6959]

We/Us in Old Irish is "nini, sinn, sinne, sinni, sní, snisni".

[@BecomingaPolyglot]

Thank you for your comment. With the knowledge I know have of the language, I’m laughing at the video haha yesterday I had my exam translating several old Irish stories. Funny how fast things can change.

[@vicentepintadoiborra6959]

Just to let you know, I'm the author of the Old Celtic Dictionary. You can Google my name Vincent F Pintado and you'll be surprised who I am.

[@saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014]

Is there a good website (for free) how to learn Old Irish or even more videos? Many ive watched were just 5 minutes

[@necromeme]

if you want some help with ɣ, it is the voiced version of the x sound like the ch in loch. a voice distinction is the difference between sounds like p and b and k and g as well. i found that to get the ɣ sound down i say g but instead of having my tongue touch the top of my mouth i keep it in the center without touching anything.

[@BecomingaPolyglot]

Oh I see! Non palatalized then, interesting. This helped me out a lot! Thank you I appreciate it ☺️

[@necromeme]

@@BecomingaPolyglot if you look up ɣ glossika phonics you can also find a video that has a pretty in depth chart that shows how your mouth should move to make the sound.

[@BecomingaPolyglot]

Amazing! I should definitely do that first :) thank you!

[@ardnaxelaela9216]

On 3 min I don’t hear any R sound 😮more like something between g and h. Soft G sound for me

[@BecomingaPolyglot]

Interesting! Maybe I hear something different because I am Dutch? I don’t know. Thank you for sharing!

[@ardnaxelaela9216]

@@BecomingaPolyglotyes probably. I am Slavic person. In Ukrainian we have hard G(ґ) , soft G (г), and Ch or H sound (х). So X in IPA as Ch sound is quite logical for me at least 😊

[@BecomingaPolyglot]

Oh how fun! An ‘x’ sound for me is a ‘ks’ in Dutch 😄 interesting!

[@BecomingaPolyglot]

Looking back, it would be more of a G sound when looking at its placement within the ipa chart. So you’re right 😄