How Did I Learn Scottish Gaelic?

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[@7drunkenmermaids431]

Gaelic with Jason is a great course and affordable. He's a WONDERFUL teacher.. He also has tons of free videos on KZbin.

[@VincetheBarber1790]

Happy I've found this channel. My wife and I are begging to learn Scottish Gaelic. We plan on teaching our kids and being a random family in the Appalachian mountains that speaks the language.

[@andrewjennings7306]

Thay actually makes sense, as many people that live in the Appalachians are decendents of irish and scottish immigrants, particulary from the Highlands.

[@jasoncox5674]

Gle mhath! Tha mi ann an Tennessee agus tha mi Gaidhlig beag agam. Mo teaghlach fhathast.

[@andrewjennings7306]

@@jasoncox5674 your family still?

[@VincetheBarber1790]

@@jasoncox5674 nice! I understand but I'm not a 100% how to respond yet. We're in Chattanooga.

[@jasoncox5674]

"My family also". And that's awesome!!! we are in Cleveland, TN! If you ever want a language study partner, I'm totally down!

[@clairey6407]

I so wish we were taught it at school! I hope it never dies out. I'm learning it on duolingo. To you and all other Gaelic learners here - good luck and keep it up 😊.

[@crazyhorsetrading8655]

Fantastic, thank you for the pointers, time to learn the mother tongue, I've tried a few times before but life intervened, now no more excuses, lol. Thanks for the upload, much appreciated

[@SDW175]

I wish I had the ability to learn both Scottish and Irish Gaelic, but between a stroke and a bad memory, language isn't my friend :(

[@ScottishFeature]

I wish I had those excuses for languages not being my friends. 😋

[@Noniinthebush]

Perhaps giving it a go might help you 🤗

[@CairnsG]

Have a go at it.

[@rickylumo8666]

I’m enjoying the Speak Gaelic series. A bit like the old speaking Our Language but the KZbin playlists let you focus on the different parts of lessons. kzbin.info

[@bobbyscott2123]

Duo lingo is pretty good starting point guys for anybody interested 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👍

[@CairnsG]

I’ve been learning Gaelic I use Duolingo and learn Gaelic and I go to Gaelic lessons. I find duolingo good however it gets repetitive.

[@ScottishFeature]

Repetition is one of the most important things for language acquisition. It sounds like you're doing the best thing, though, by mixing resources!

[@CairnsG]

@@ScottishFeaturetapadh leibh.

[@TheBorderRyker]

Cool! Tha mi ag ionnsachadh Gàidhlig le Duolingo cuideachd. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿❤️‍🔥 I also use a few websites and listen to a podcast to expand on what I’m learning on Duolingo.

[@RavenStealstheNight]

Mango has a free app.

[@raymondallimgham7011]

Great video very useful tapadh leat

[@ScribeLight]

I made an attempt to learn Gaelic from Tailed, but I ended up being a horrible student. Still very much appreciate his helping me in the attempt. :)

[@JesusFriedChrist]

Cheery and rasta, frisk yer ma, a hoola doin ya

[@ScribeLight]

@@JesusFriedChrist Eye ladee

[@ScottishFeature]

Nonsense. We can get back to it if you like... and/or you can use some of the resources I mentioned. :)

[@SRPDunn]

@@JesusFriedChrist I'd suspected all this time he was frisking Mom. Thanks for the confirmation.

[@JesusFriedChrist]

@@ScribeLight 🤣🤣

[@sophiepalmer-doran344]

Dia duit, conas atá tú? Sophie is ainm dom agus tá mé ag foghlaim Gaeilge atá an-ghar do Ghaeilge na hAlban. Tá duoligo in úsáid agam le bliain agus tá dul chun cinn déanta agam. Tá foinsí eile agam freisin mar Mang hello, how are you? my name is sophie and i am learning irish which is very close to Scottish Gaelic. i have been using duoligo for a year and have made progress. I have also other sources like Mango

[@Mr_Gently_Benevolent]

When are we going to see a Duo Lingo sponsorship Mr Feature?

[@ScottishFeature]

Maybe I should set up a league on the app...

[@Mr_Gently_Benevolent]

@@ScottishFeature Do it Mr Feature, I shall join your league and learn this strange foreign tongue you speak!

[@debraanchante3661]

I’d love to learn to speak Gaelic..

[@MrDan957]

I’m using the speaking our language course to learn the language it is getting there slowly, my mum was an Irish ☘️speaker so some words and sounds are familar, but there are plenty differences between Irish Gaelic and Scottish Gaelic; it’s a rich beautiful language I’m going to keep at it 😊😊🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@andrewjennings7306]

Do you speak irish?

[@MrDan957]

@@andrewjennings7306 only small phrases as I said my mother was an Irish speaker 😊

[@andrewjennings7306]

@@MrDan957 can i ask why learn gàidhlig over gaelige?

[@MrDan957]

@@andrewjennings7306 why not? I was born in Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@NeckbeardIndustries]

Perth & Kinross council, AKA Pain & Chaos

[@heartsmyfaceforever8140]

Tha mi à « learning » gàidhlig a-nis. Tapadh leibh a charaid!

[@ScottishFeature]

Tha thu ag ionnsachadh Gàidhlig a-nis, math fhèin!

[@lisabrantley5386]

Are Scottish Gaelic and Scots Gaelic the same thing? It seems like they’re interchangeable when searching online, but I specifically want to learn Scots Gaelic.

[@ScottishFeature]

They're the same thing as far as I know!

[@oro7114]

Scots Gaelic is the language that came to Scotland from Gaelic expansion during the times of Dál Riata and is a sister language of Irish. Scots is a language that came from pre English Anglo Saxon language, English and Scots are sister languages.

[@johnnyyi9027]

ATTN!!!! THA Dia dha-rìribh ann !!!! Rach ON TUBE agus TEXT AN AINM... KRYON Tha gaol aig Dia oirnn cho mòr !!!

[@a.i.l1074]

SpeakGaelic a-nis, bhiodh sin fìor mhath do luchd-tòiseachaidh. Tha farmad orm, cha mhòr. Dè cho math 's a tha do chuid Gàidhlig?

[@ScottishFeature]

I don't rate SpeakGaelic, personally.

[@a.i.l1074]

@@ScottishFeature it came out when I was already B1-B2, and the programs/podcasts have been good enough for vocab and grammar reminders. It feels a bit less systematic than I would like, but I think it's good to have one fun resource and one big dull grammar book. What's your problem with it? I heard the website is buggy

[@ScottishFeature]

The teaching materials lack coherence. I've not watched any of the programmes.

[@SRPDunn]

In America we mis-pronounce it as "gay-lick." Good to hear the right way.

[@ScottishFeature]

That's the Irish way. 😅

[@andrewjennings7306]

@@ScottishFeature and the Canadian gaelic way.

[@serbarriston7177]

It's not the wrong way to say it, it's just how you say it in english unless your from Scotland. When I'm speaking in Gàidhlig I say it as Gàidhlig when I'm speaking in english I say it as gaelic is said in my local accent. I'm in the states and people will just look at me with confusion if I say it that way. And because that is just how it's said here. I've had other learners correct me in english which I just find strange tbh. You don't need to correct my english lol I'm a native speaker!

[@DutchComedian]

Irish say "Gay-lick" Scottish say "Gal-lick"

[@brianboru7684]

@@ScottishFeature Àdhamh Ó Broin from Argyll and Nova Scotian Gaelic speakers pronounce it the same as the Irish. It's a dialect thing. In Munster down in the south of Ireland it's called Gaelainn lol, totally different to any other dialect.