Hi! New beginner here
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Hi! New beginner here
Hi all,
I'm A.C. from Auckland, New Zealand, 30-something, male, work in the education sector but my two great passions are music and history.
I have been learning gaelic for one week. So far so good…I think!
I am learning it because I plan a big trip to the scottish highlands in the next few years. I always find it a much richer experience if one can converse a bit with the locals. I also consider it a sign of respect. But with gaelic, it's more than that. I am passionately in favour of a reinvigoration of Scotland's historical, non-english languages, and I thought to myself "be the change you want to see in the world."
Since I have already learned a few languages (German, Latin, in French…going from left to right competency to incompetency) I am quick to pick up grammar.
Where is the best place to post questions about grammar in english?….hopefully can try a few sentences in gaelic before too long!
I'm A.C. from Auckland, New Zealand, 30-something, male, work in the education sector but my two great passions are music and history.
I have been learning gaelic for one week. So far so good…I think!
I am learning it because I plan a big trip to the scottish highlands in the next few years. I always find it a much richer experience if one can converse a bit with the locals. I also consider it a sign of respect. But with gaelic, it's more than that. I am passionately in favour of a reinvigoration of Scotland's historical, non-english languages, and I thought to myself "be the change you want to see in the world."
Since I have already learned a few languages (German, Latin, in French…going from left to right competency to incompetency) I am quick to pick up grammar.
Where is the best place to post questions about grammar in english?….hopefully can try a few sentences in gaelic before too long!
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Re: Hi! New beginner here
Fàilte, a charaid!
Here is the best place for grammatical questions:
Grammar, Sounds and Expressions
Here is the best place for grammatical questions:
Grammar, Sounds and Expressions
Eilidh -- Luchag Bhochd
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Re: Hi! New beginner here
Ma s' e ur toil e!
Re: Hi! New beginner here
Fàilte!
Tha mi ag iarraidh a dhol a Shealainn Nuadh aon latha!
Welcome! I want to go to New Zealand one day!
Tha mi ag iarraidh a dhol a Shealainn Nuadh aon latha!
Welcome! I want to go to New Zealand one day!
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Re: Hi! New beginner here
Which is a direct transliteration of the French: "s'il vous plaît" and was invented by learners who thought that Gaelic was an impolite language because it doesn't have a word for "please", not understanding of course that it simply doesn't need one any more than it needs words for "yes" and "no" or a direct equivalent of the verb "to have".Ilovelatinandgaelic wrote:Ma s' e ur toil e!
Your Gaelic will improve immeasurably if you never use it again!
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Re: Hi! New beginner here
Madainn mhath! Tha mise a' fuirich ann an Astrailia-a-Deas - chan eil e cho fada as Auckland! Bha mo sheanmhair as Dun Eideann (ach dh'fuirich ise anns an Alba) agus tha co-ogha agam anns an Eaglais-Criosda. Bidh an Sgoil-Naiseanta ann an 20-22mh November anns a Mheall Buirn, mur a bheil uidh agaibh. Seallaibh air an larach-lin CGA (http://www.ozgaelic.org/sgoil/sgoil2015.html).
Hello!! I'm in South Australia - not far from Auckland (comparatively!) My grandmother was from Dunedin but lived in Scotland as an adult, and I have cousins in Christchurch. The National Gaelic School is on the 20th-22nd of November this year in Melbourne, if you're interested and if it's not too short notice! There will be other beginners there and it's a great (mostly-)immersive experience. You can find out more at the CGA website (http://www.ozgaelic.org/sgoil/sgoil2015.html)
Raghnaid.
Hello!! I'm in South Australia - not far from Auckland (comparatively!) My grandmother was from Dunedin but lived in Scotland as an adult, and I have cousins in Christchurch. The National Gaelic School is on the 20th-22nd of November this year in Melbourne, if you're interested and if it's not too short notice! There will be other beginners there and it's a great (mostly-)immersive experience. You can find out more at the CGA website (http://www.ozgaelic.org/sgoil/sgoil2015.html)
Raghnaid.
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Re: Hi! New beginner here
You are would be most welcome by me, if for nothing else because you just told me the gaelic for "New Zealand"! (Not in my course)faoileag wrote:
Tha mi ag iarraidh a dhol a Shealainn Nuadh aon latha!
Welcome! I want to go to New Zealand one day!
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Re: Hi! New beginner here
Fàilte!