Dia daoibh, a chairde! Is mise Sadelle, foghlaimeoir Gaeilge agus tá mé i mo chónaí i nDeisceart Vermont, SA. Is aoibhinn liom na teangacha, agus fadó fadó bhí Rúisis agus Spáinnis réasúnta maith agam, agus cúpla focal an Fhraincis agus Gearmáinis, ach faraor, rinne mé dearmad an formhór mór acu.
Tá grá mór agam don cheol traidisúnta agus bím ag éisteacht leis ceol traidisunta Éireannach, Albanach agus "Quebécois" (as Quebéc) chomh maith leis an ceol Rinn an Briotáine in Albain Nua, Ceannada. Bhí mé in ann an fhidil a sheinm(an giota beag), ach fadó fadó. De bharr mo ghrá le amhráin Sean Nós agam bhí suim mór agam an Gaeilge a fhoghlaim. Thósaigh mé staidéar an teanga 3 bliana ó shin, leis an rang beag i (m)Brattleboro, Vermont.
Is ealaíontóir mé agus muiním mé ealaín mar cleachtadh machnamhach. Is breá liom taisteal, agus rinne mé turas go hAlbain (agus chaith mé lá amhain ag taistil trasna na hÉirinn). Ba bhreá liom cuairt a thabhairt ar feadh tamall i bhfad níos faide ar Éirinn lá éigin.
Tá Gaeilge an-mhaith agat! Bhí cúpla focail Fraincis agam féin, ach nuair thosaigh mé ag foghlaim Gaeilge, rinne mé dearmad gach teanga eile. Fiú Béarla uaireanta. LOL
Your Irish seems good to me- I can understand it but I can’t correct it as I only speak Scots Gaelic. It’s lovely that you are learning Irish because you enjoy the music- many people are drawn to learn languages for similar reasons. I bet your knowledge of Spanish and Russian help you in learning Irish- you probably remember more of them than you think!
A @thirteen , go raibh míle maith agat! Agus tuigim go maith céard éasca teangacha eile dearmad a dhéanamh nuair a bhíonn teanga nua agat. Bíonn sé ag tarlú dom freisin leis mo theangacha eile. Bím minic in ann Rúisis a éisteacht agus a thuiscint, uaireanta, ach is níos deacra a labhairt leis na laethanta seo.
@Meckie, thanks! Scots Gaelic is another language I want to learn. Do you struggle finding good learning resources for that? And you're right about my Spanish and Russian, to some degree at least. I attended the Polyglot Conference online in October and sat in on a couple of the Spanish presentations as well as a Zoom Russian chat for learners and was able to understand more than I expected. It was the speaking in Russian that was embarrassingly choppy, but that's what I get for not using the language for the last 35 yrs much!
Is duine an-suimiúl thú! Taitníonn sean-nós liom freisin, táim ag iarraidh ranganna a dhéanamh ach tá sé deacair teacht orthu :)
@dnibhriain :-) An bhfuil tú ag lorg ranganna Sean Nós ar líne? D'fhreastail mé ar an ceardlann leis Máire Ní Chéileachair, amhránaí as Múscraí. Is múinteoir agus amhránaí den scoth i! Is docha go ndéannan sí tuilleadh.
@Sadelle I think you will find Scots Gaelic quite easy now you know Irish. I learned my Gaelic as a student at university over twenty years ago so I’m not really very sure about online resources, though I can’t imagine there will be a lot out there...
Hi! I don't speak Irish, but seeing this post in the music category made me curious. I also love Irish music (and adjacent styles of trad, like Québécois!), so this piqued my interest :) Can I ask which resources you use(d) to learn Irish? I've been considering learning it, for similar reasons as yourself.
@Pfannkuchenschiff - oops, sorry I was off Journaly for a couple of weeks while starting an intensive language program. So resources you ask? I have been taking classes locally (now online) and in the last 6 months have added on two other classes offered by different groups around the country. If you go on to Facebook you'll find a whole bunch of Irish learning Facebook groups, and some have free classes. For instance the Gaelic League of Los Angeles offers both free beginner level and intermediate level classes. Also Futurelearn.com has an amazing series of Irish classes for free to low cost, depending on whether you want continued access past the 4 weeks per class. Regarding books, I'd recommend the Gaeilge Gan Stró series to start with, comes with cds to listen to and practice with as well. There are tons of other online programs, like Bite-Size Irish and Ranganna.com (the Gaeilge Gan Stró folks). Go n-éirí leat! (good luck)
@Sadelle Thank you so much for the recommendations! I will definitely check them out :)