Learning Gaelic - Sponsored Video (MacB)

[@alexallen6968]

The Speaking Our Language (BBC Alba) series available on KZbin is a good introduction to learning Scottish Gaelic. Keep at it, the fear abates. Then, the fun begins.

[@AGirlNamedLex.]

I'd love to learn with you! (^_^)

[@kingjamesiv915]

Gaelic has been on my list of languages to learn so I'm excited that you're doing this

[@BeingMegan]

(Scottish) Gaelic is a massive part of my life, I've been speaking it for almost 14 years. Where I live the Gaelic school only opened an actual building in 2007(? Don't quote me on that) anyway I'm gonna stop rambling Well done on pronouncing it, my friends tend to make fun of me by pronouncing it wrong on purpose and it gets really annoying So well done xx

[@WeeScottishLass]

Thank you ^^

[@amberhiggins6327]

Wow Awesome! So jealous LOL.

[@bobsgaming7459]

fit like

[@bobsgaming7459]

i can teach u gaelic

[@lynelliz]

BeingMegan so jealous I would LOVE to speak Gaelic

[@kitkatwelshlady8465]

I'm Welsh and I am interested in Scottish Gaelic. Singing it sounds so beautiful. It is such a shame that the language is not compulsory in all areas of Scotland it should be brought back 😊 Thanks for the little bit of Gaelic 😁

[@marconatrix]

'Se do bheatha! = You're welcome (although it literally means "It's your life").

[@annasmith5824]

!! This is great, your pronunciation was fantastic, especially for a learner (One thing to note - the "bh" in "leibh" makes a "v" sound rather than the "f" you were using, but you were very close) I'd love to see another one of these, Gàidhlig is so important and its vital that we don't lose it. Tapa leibh agus Suas leis a' Ghàidhlig!

[@WeeScottishLass]

Oh gosh okay!!! Thank you! I will try and remember this, okay bh makes a v sound okay =D My bad haha but thank you so much! I'll keep going with these videos and help raise more awareness for the language and TRY not to butcher it while I learn!

[@scottwallace3549]

+WeeScottishLass You're way too much of a sweetheart to be anywhere near butcherin' it darlin'. We got guys like Mungo the Magnificentgarglin' this gab, you couldn't fuck it up if you made a study of it a'purpose.

[@fredflinstone2616]

any relation to william

[@AmandaDixson]

Anna Smith I agree. This language is almost dead. It needs renewal.

[@AmandaDixson]

Thank you is universal in sign language. American and International.

[@rabmaciver2858]

I am fluent in Scottish gaelic and I'm only 11 but I'm at the gaelic school in glasgow

[@Innes_mac]

@Levi Hunter ..hi Levi, did not expect to see u in the comment section 😂😅

[@kajehunter3883]

CAN YOU TEACH ME!? XD

[@leavemealone-jm7cs]

Please teach me I really want to know I want to move to Glasgow when I'm older and I've never known

[@jackwynd9698]

I envy you, my grandma spoke some scots and I’ve always wanted to learn. Dyslexia makes it hard but I still want to learn

[@Michael.Eddington]

Well done Rab! I hope you’ve kept it up to this day.

[@rabmaciver2858]

I am fluent in Scottish gaelic since I was really young and I'm only in S1 but it makes learning other languages like french German and Italian. We are already really fluent in french and learning Spanish though we've only had six lessons. Our teachers are brillianr

[@marconatrix]

Tha thu gu math fortanach :-)

[@GreenbeardtheEnt]

thank you for posting this video... I have been watching the Scottish Gaelic language video's on KZbin with Rhoda McDonald. Speaking our language..

[@klcpesan]

So so happy to see this video! Native speaker and also a learner! And just want to say that Gaelic is all over Scotland, just more folk up north/west managed to hold on to it. :)

[@WeeScottishLass]

I wish it was in our central schools around here in Livingston ;.; we've never had even the option of learning it

[@klcpesan]

+WeeScottishLass I'm up by Aberdeen (from Isle of Islay) and I had to find a travelling gaelic teacher to come to my school and teach me alone

[@silverbluegoddess]

+WeeScotishLass You live near the area where my dad's family came from. My paternal great-grandfather was born in the Kilsyth area. ☺ I hope to learn Gaelic someday. Right now, I'm refreshing my German. I'm using a great app called Duolingo. Sadly, they don't have Gaelic.

[@dennis12dec]

@@silverbluegoddess Duolingo app has Irish Gaelic in their lessons.

[@silverbluegoddess]

@@dennis12dec I'm aware of the Irish Gaelic, but I was hoping to learn Scottish Gaelic.

[@captainsteve3050]

Would absolutely love to learn some more Gaelic!

[@soccerchamp0511]

This is a great idea! I'm planning a trip to Scotland for next year and am definitely going to the Hebrides while I'm there. And, I always love learning some of the language before I go to a new country.

[@justizzyryder]

Ive got to say it.. I don't know why I've been holding back but, here goes nothing. you're so cute!!!! I adore your accent, your incredibly passionate way of speaking about your Scottish heritage, opening my eyes to the country I deeply admire from afar. Geez i must be on about my second round of re-watching your videos. They make me feel as though Scotland's just right across the street from me. you deserve all the success in the world.

[@stevendee2831]

Absolutely love this video . Very glad you did It thanks you did great

[@annapond7733]

thanks for this mosco. i really wanted to learn a bit of Scottish gaelic. i hope to see more videos like this

[@andrewmiller6754]

You did really good and I think you would be really good at learning it.

[@egg-tastic8572]

i speak fluent Gaelic and this was the most fun thing to watch, I couldn't even get mad

[@klcpesan]

I really recommend Speaking Our Language (free to watch on KZbin!) very handy phrases and help with pronunciation! One point, mh and bh make a v sound.

[@WeeScottishLass]

Those were the videos I was trying to use but I have to be careful around copyright!

[@klcpesan]

+WeeScottishLass I understand :) but the gaelic communtiy are so lovely, its a great language to learn!

[@rabiaoloren9581]

By the way I teach an after school class to children in elementary school, one of the classes I teach is Geography and the country I told them about on Monday was "Scotland" of course. I used your lesson to teach the children a few words of Gaelic, so double Tapadh leibh!!

[@WeeScottishLass]

YEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OH MY! Thank you so so much!!!! I am so glad you used my videos! And kudos to you teaching them so young it's so important we know more of the world =D I wish I found out more about the world while I was at school! Thank you so much again!

[@shaunvlog]

Great to find another Scottish vlogger - we're a rare breed. Subscribed! Shaun from Edinburgh :)

[@WeeScottishLass]

Hello There!!!! Yes we are a rare bleed =D I will check your channel out! Maybe we can collab one day!

[@sophiet2958]

Just finished at a gaelic school🙌🏽 scots gaelic is pretty good!

[@rabiaoloren9581]

You are such a kick, you really make me smile! Tapadh leibh! It is such a gift to make people smile. I just came back from my first trip to Scotland, and am saving my $ to return again next year (Someone in Ireland where I also went asked me if I was a refugee from Trump America-I am from California). I was mainly in Edinburgh and then in the highlands. So glad I stumbled onto your blog!

[@MsBennyJ]

I love your videos I speak Gàidhlig I'm from Glasgow and I've done Gàidhlig for 13 years I was so happy to see you learn it there are so many places to learn it's a great language also if you got a friend to learn it as well you can have conversations about people you don't like in front of them without them knowing you are talking about them

[@rodgerhormell5535]

Thanks so much for speaking clearly and slowly. Great job.

[@emmsicles96]

I really want to teach you more Gaelic! 's math rinn thu!

[@xxJMLxx1]

i think this should be a weekly thing so we can all learn together lol

[@WeeScottishLass]

I only post one video a week xD

[@waynemclaughlin96]

I like it that in Nova Scotia Canada they have revive the Scottish Gaelic especially on Cape Breton Island. The Canadian music family the Rankin's family sing some songs in Gaelic since they learned the language in school and lived on the Cape Breton Island. One of my favorite song of theirs is Fair Thee Well and a Gaelic song that I can't remember right now.

[@PatriciaFagundes]

Loved it! I'd totally learn Gaelic with ya! Awesome language

[@WeeScottishLass]

You're SOOOO good at languages though =P I'm not! Also hello love

[@Speireata4]

Thanks for this interesting video .

[@donnaspear8494]

Love this. More please. You make this very easy to learn.

[@LaurelBelleW]

Yes, please more!

[@JStephens_73]

My comment here may be coming years after this video was posted, as I just recently found channel through a collab video you did (Diane Jennings) but I just wanted to say that I'm proud of you for pushing past that fear and doing this video. Keep it up.

[@JamieTheSassenachLass]

Literally..watch outlander..it (Gaelic) is spoken A LOT! They also have a list of the Gaelic words used on the show in the list..I WANT to learn it..but reading it..my American mind just starts the nuclear reactor process of meltdown...I need to hear it said. And who better than a Scottish person like you 👍

[@christinedorman3383]

+ WeeScottishLass I loved this and hope you do another video on Gaelic. I'm trying to learn Irish gaelige and am learning it v-e-r-y slowly. All of my great-grandparents were from Ireland, but my father's parents were from Scotland (in fact my dad was the only one in his family born in the U.S. His brothers were born in Port Glasgow.) So I am eager to learn all I can about Scotland and Scottish culture. Thanks so much for your channel and videos! A big thumbs up for working on learning a language despite your fear. Being laughed at for making for making an innocent mistake definitely leaves scars. It's great that you're not letting the experience keep you down.

[@JazzHandz7]

This video was very helpful

[@DisVietVetUSA]

You is doing good, keep up the good work

[@iamtheliberated]

Way to go! I have always wanted to learn Gaelic and German as Scotland and Germany are where a great percentage of my heritage lies. There's a little French there and I'd love to learn that too. Well done for stepping out of your comfort zone! Time for me to do so as well. I've had Rosetta Stone installed and setup for German for a while but haven't had the time and I've been a bit leery due to my experiences learning Spanish in school, though I'd like to master it one day. Time for me to step outside the box and start learning! Thanks for the motivation! Also: Sign language is epic! I want to learn that too! I've run into a few hearing impaired customers in my line of work and I feel bad only being able to communicate on paper. It bothers me that they can read my lips but they have no way to communicate with me other than writing down questions. If you get any more awesome the universe is going to implode, y'know that right?

[@careenamacleod1443]

Great effort, keep up the good work! 'Speaking our Language' on BBC Alba is a helpful programme for learners. I'm from the Isle of Lewis and Gaelic is still widely spoken throughout the island.

[@eclecticgal2]

"Thank you" in sign language is the same for BSL and ASL :) So you can say thank you anywhere! yay

[@donhbloomer]

I visited Scotland for a couple of weeks last month, (May). I enjoyed it very much. Beautiful country and wonderful people. I did not realize that Gaelic is pronounced (Gay-Lick) in Ireland and (Gal-Ick) in Scotland. I also learned that in the far north of Scotland Gaelic is taught in school starting with the youngest students. Thank you for your videos; I was able to pronounce city names much easier thanks to you!

[@brandynorris5031]

Totally loved it, you did brilliantly

[@jadejarvie283]

Brilliant! You should make more videos on Scottish Gaelic! it's great hearing it in a glaswegian accent!

[@charlesbudney7885]

I liked this video VERY MUCH!!

[@kdj7337orlando]

Loved it (and yes, I said it along with you)!

[@phantasmicvalium2381]

I absolutely love the Gaelic language and I'm glad that you're helping to raise awareness for it

[@aikidragonpiper71]

At Scottish Highland Games they use some Gaelic phrases. Like Ceilidh (Kayley) party . Or C'ead Mile Failte" (A hundred thousand welcomes) . I only know a few words that are commonly used at Highland Games. I met an entertainer at a games that grew up speaking Gaelic. Donnie MacDonald from the Isle of Lewis. I'm in Arkansas but Scottish Highland games and Renaissance Fairs are popular here and many places in the U.S. .

[@stevendee2831]

My grandmother I told you was from firth and use to say all kinds of funny Gaelic things. I've learnt some Irish and welsh as well . Irish is pretty close with some phrases and words .

[@scottsampson1363]

I love this video. I love languages and Scottish Gaelic is very interesting!

[@hannahrosereviews5073]

I wanna become conversational in Gaelic. My great-great grandma came to the US from Aberdeen, Scotland. I guess it's the Scottish in me but, I'm very proud of my roots (especially Scottish) and I feel that I'll better be able to connect with my roots if I learn the language of my ancestors.

[@jananstunes]

Man you're awesome! At least you're trying a little bit. Some people are just even more intimidating than you seem to be! Thumbs up! You rock and I binge watch your stuff away from Sacramento LOL California that is

[@marconatrix]

Looking through the comments here, I'm quite impressed by just how positive so many are, and mostly it seems from young people. Nuair a bha mise anns an Albainn, bhiodh G. airson na seann-daoine 's na clasichean oidhche. Just shows what a boost a nice wee lass can give to a language, ha-ha! That's the way, indeed the only way, the language can have a future, you must make it your own :-)

[@Yellowdigigod]

Yes please do a series

[@1981stonemonkey]

Hi Mosco! Lots of simple Gaelic to be learned from any Ordnance Survey map, especially the detailed ones scaled 1:25.000. I've been roaming the Scottish mountains a fair few times, and having to deal with seeming unpronounceable words has been a lot of fun! Pronuncs and meaning of hill names can be checkes at the website of a community called 'walkhighlands'...

[@scottwallace3549]

Don't worry, you're magic. I have always felt like an ignoramus for having never learned the language, and you taught me more just now than I ever knew. Slainte mor!

[@carlatabet6884]

I'd love to hear more

[@myblackdahlia8785]

I want to learn please do more videos on Scottish Gaelic

[@enderthefox2093]

I always considered learning Gaelic and now I will!

[@joemckie3498]

That was awesome!

[@jzaar7483]

I like, by which I mean I absolutely hate but it works, the Duolingo method. You learn around 3-5 things in one section, there are three sections in a topic. When you complete a topic, you have to do a test on it each day to stop you forgetting it. you progress through and do more topics. I find that it is working quite well for my Irish Gaelic learning.

[@MichelletheMerry]

I'd love to learn. I'm saving up for a trip to Scotland.

[@LunarWilderness457]

please make more of these videos!

[@laytonpro8655]

I did enjoy this because I have also been wanting to learn Gaelic but never got round to it

[@2300Kenzie]

I always found that finding a list of cognates helps to rapidly increase the vocabulary and understanding of pronunciation. There might not be many with Gaelic & English, but there might be some local terms. I appreciate the interesting video. It spurred me to learn more about the history of the language.

[@daniella9250]

I think they used to teach Gaelic in schools a while ago. I've always wanted to learn it!

[@lilyframe8496]

in my school there is a Gaelic unit for primary 1-7 where they all there work in Gaelic and learn French as well as English.

[@dollagm]

You did a cracking job! Great pronunciation :)

[@leemcgann6470]

Always want to learn more!

[@darkpmb]

You are my favorite Dora!!! Ahah That was fun learning something new!!! Good video!!!

[@WeeScottishLass]

Thanks Pierre =DD

[@RainbowOwl24]

I loved this! I hope you keep doing it! =)

[@steffief6483]

this was amazing! I'm trying to learn Gaelic atm so it would be great if you did more of these

[@WeeScottishLass]

I will do =D Can't say how regularly!

[@steffief6483]

+WeeScottishLass yaaaay!! can't wait :) love your videos!

[@onestrangeanimal3212]

Wow that's a beautiful language!

[@DianeAngelieBaldesco]

Make more of this. :D Scottish Gaelic is next in my language-to-learn list, next to Welsh. :D

[@WeeScottishLass]

Alright I will turn this into a regular vlogging series =D and we can all learn together!

[@DianeAngelieBaldesco]

+WeeScottishLass YEY! That'll really be awesome. 😀 I find some alphabet sound difficult though. 😢

[@Andy-br5mt]

OMG yesssss! I love Scottish accent and I've always wanted to learn Scottish gaelic. My first Tattoo, and only so far, reads "saorsa" ;) this challenge means everything

[@skrrtsavage23]

There is Gealic schools in Glasgow

[@WeeScottishLass]

I need to get msyelf in them!

[@StayWildWanderlust]

Hi Mosco! I am planning a trip to Scotland in Oct with my husband. We are from America and it is our first trip to anywhere in Europe. I am very excited about this trip and was wondering if you could do a VLOG on public transportation in Edinburgh? How to get a taxi/cab from the airport and how to take the tram and buses. Also do you need money or with debit and credit cards be accepted on public transportation? Would love to see you and Shaun jump on the tram and buses and show us how it's done!

[@erichbrough6097]

Lol the chocolate always helps! No stress, lass!

[@rosinecarail2420]

LIVE REACTIONS : I'm French and I bet French is scary for the students. Good to accept a challenge in which you're not comfortable !! I totally answered you in front of my computer, and my sister thought it was Swedish (I study Swedish) hahaha. Oh my gosh pronunciation seems so random hahaha it's beautiful though. Okay now I want to learn Scottish Gaelic !!!!!!! I love your videos girl, keep the good work.

[@WeeScottishLass]

Thank you so much ahaha and thank you so much for joining in =D it makes it far more fun if you can make a fool of yourself as much as I make a fool of MYSELF while on youtube xD

[@Treeco55]

I can speak two languages English and bad american. thanks mosco we have been trying to learn a wee bit of gaelic in my reenacting unit.

[@charlesbudney7885]

YOU ARE JUST SOOOOO PRECIOUS!!! XO XO

[@phucyu8428]

American here. I've only ever heard Gaelic under certain circumstances but I've always thought that it is a lovely language.

[@joshwindle1022]

Also at 1:45 I was really laughing because I knew for a fact that you were terrified you just didn’t want to admit it LOL

[@ryanoconnor7877]

hey mossco my name is Ryan I'm a new follower and just saw this video and got so excited because I'm fluent in ghealic I go to a ghealic school in Glasgow. hope u see this comment and it make u happy

[@WeeScottishLass]

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[@franmaibobanovic5393]

I like this! But you got to do more vids! Plzzz!

[@WeeScottishLass]

One a week is all I can do just now because I work full time ^^ maybe one day in a few years I can go full time youtuber!

[@livegamingguy1304]

Are You a Teacher or are You A KZbinr?

[@kylekibbles8144]

WeeScottishLass I really wanna learn Scottish Gaelic to connect more to my Scottish side of my family,but I also wanna learn Irish Gaelic.

[@ConnerMcDonald1]

Sweetie...Ciamar a tha sibh is a more a formal "how are you" - Ciamar a tha thu is less formal. More the way you would greet a friend. Love your videos...you're to cute for words.

[@kimholcomb6943]

Wee scottish lass I'm very interested in learning scots Gaelic and I'm an American with deep scottish roots. Let's do this.!!!!!

[@racheltaylor6578]

Duolingo is really great for learning Scots Gaelic.Its really fun.

[@una_10bananas]

this is so similar to Irish, it's crazy! almost like a dialect of the same language! also I'm glad nobody in comments insisted on calling Irish "Gaelic" as it's not called that but people can be very certain it is.

[@WeeScottishLass]

The Irish Gaelic is the celtic cousin I'm being told in the comments =D

[@una_10bananas]

+WeeScottishLass yeah it's kinda cool =)

[@deniseemond9263]

I’d so love to learn this

[@allano937]

I saw this vudeo when you first put it on then went to find the speaking our language videos :) I've now been learning Gaelic for a week and not really got much further than basic greetings but finding it interesting. I had the same problem by keep forgetting tha gu math all the time. Hope you try to learn a bit more.

[@whiskybeard2242]

Ok this might be odd since I'm in Alaska but... I just saw this vid and it inspired me to try and learn gaelic too. My great grandfather was from Scotland and spoke it quite a bit (mostly to annoy grandma I think). I wish now that I had been paying better attention while he was alive. Had to "haste ye back" twice on this vid to remember some of those phrases... I'm sure there will be a third at some point lol. Not so great at laguage either. Still, I'll keep hammering away at it. Eventually it has to stick right? ...shit... what was that first one again...?

[@sidraofthestars]

if you want to learn more, there is a program on mango languages to learn for free. repetition is key and don't give up! your pronunciation was great! wish I could sound like that

[@martok2112]

Lass, you are most enjoyable to watch and listen to. You have a great sense of humor. Glad I subscribed to you. Visited your DeviantArt page. WOW! You are quite the artist. I've seen a couple of your videos open with animated versions of your art...did you do the animations as well?

[@wolfinthewoods1400]

Good for you, girl. I'm an American of Scottish and Cherokee descent. I'm learning both.... ugh.

[@amberhiggins6327]

When you fail go to learning the basic. The alphabet then one word at a time then grammar then speaking it. And yes I'm bad at languages too. Try reading the Iliad and Odyssey when you can't read the Greek names. It sucks.Love the video. My dad is good at languages . He learned many. He can speak the old Irish languages and also Gaelic. Maybe I'll get this down too someday. I love the video. Keep doing them. It is awesome to learn Gaelic! Which is amazing the word has to do with Gaul; which is nowFrance. Sucks I know about the language but can't speak it LOL:)LOL you're not the only one bad at languages!

[@AmandaDixson]

Yay, be my teacher. I need to learn this; it's my native language.

[@kimshaw9799]

I have dyslexia and have found it very hard to learn new language though I would very much like to. Do like your channel! You remind me so much of my oldest daughter. Her online name is alienmoon.

[@bobbibaillie8611]

i have to learn Gaelic at my school,it's a pretty hard language to learn but it's good

[@lynelliz]

Bobbi Baillie Jealouusss I would love to learn Gaelic it sounds so cool ♡

[@BigBadVooDooMama]

I like this! Share what learning resources/books/vids you're using to study Gaelic. :)

[@WeeScottishLass]

Just videos on youtube =D

[@amberlinsmom310]

I am an American by birth and a Scot by marriage and choice and our daughter is in Gaelic classes in her school. It is such a shame that it is a dying language, and we are doing what ever part that we could to make sure it lives on in our home and in our daughter!

[@cogadhturtar8408]

The magnificent creep but in English it's gaelic

[@thingwhatever]

I'm from Nova Scotia, which is gaelic for new Scotland. 👋

[@odhranoshea6269]

thingwhatever No it's not. Gaelic for New Scotland and "Nova Scotia", where you're from is called Nuadh Alba

[@brianseefeldt4085]

Google+ has stopped notifying me of your new vids. I'm very cross! >.< This sounds like me right now trying to learn a few basic sentences in French just in case. :) I'll keep you in mind as I travel around Paris and elsewhere and I'll hashtag a few selfies to ya! ;) xxx

[@smithadmin]

I thought this was really cool. I've been interested in Scottish Gaelic, but being in the US it can be a bit of a challenge. (I can find a lot more about Irish, but I know that's not quite the same.) As a side note, apparently "Thank you" in British Sign is similar to the sign in American Sign Language. :) I have a similar problem with remembering languages, though. I've determined to get it out of my head that I can't do something because as long as I think I can't, I won't be able to. Some things require more work than others, and that's okay. Eventually I'll get it, and so will you.