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Feasgar math Lisa, I’ve not yet been in a situation of having an opportunity to make some chat in Gaelic but I can relate very well to your situation based on other experiences of language learning. I’m sure though that your son’s teacher will be just delighted to hear you try some words and I think...

Is toigh leam ruith anns a’ bhaile anns an fheasgar (I like running in the city at night) Is toigh leam cuideachd fighe adan (I also like knitting hats) An-drasda is fìor thoigh leam Borgen! :D (At the moment I really like Borgen! (a Danish TV programme currently showing on BBC4) Cha toigh leam luch...

Feasgar math Mòran tàing for posting the Speaking our Language links – very handy for practising all this. Here goes ... Tha mi à Alba. Rugadh mi ann an Glaschu. Tha mi a' fuireach an-dràsda ann an Dùn Èideann. I’ll try something extra ... Tha mi ag iarraidh fuireach ann an Iorc Nuadh neo ann an Arc...

Mòran tàing for the fascinating discussion around seòladh – I won’t have any problem remembering that word now. I’ve been looking again at the lyrics to Alba and one of the first things I noticed was that although I’ve been up enough Munros to know beinn as mountain I wouldn’t have recognised beannt...

Tapadh leat for all this info about things going on in Dùn Èideann. I'll aim to get out and about at some point soon.

Halo a-rithist everyone, as suggested in my previous post, it would be great to share some regular discussion around song lyrics. To get the ball rolling, how about we look at 'Alba' by Runrig. Not only a fantastic song with meaningful lyrics, but also there is a version on YouTube with really clear...

Feasgar math, and thanks again / mòran taing for all the ideas in the tips thread. I'm going to follow the suggestion of finding a book that works for me and aim to go steadily through that. At the same time, it'd be good to do something a bit more freeform and I wonder if anyone else would like to ...

Madainn mhath! and thank you for the welcome. It's great to know that there are lots of other people interested in learning Gaelic in 2012. I was full of good intentions to learn Gaelic in 2011 but didn't make too much progress! Have enjoyed reading the tips shared in the other thread and look forwa...