r/gaidhlig

anyone know where i could learn gaelic in person? i know speak gaelic is a good website for learning but i struggle to learn online and in person is better.

any help is appreciated :)

I am curious to know, at what point can you consider yourself to have transitioned from A0 to A1, or A1 to A2 etc. Is this measured in hours or milestones? How do you know when to transition to the next level of course?

For context, I have just finished the 13 SpeakGaelic A1 podcasts (listening to each one several times per week before moving to the next), and on chapter 3 of the "Gaelic in 12 weeks" book (although it has taken me about 12 weeks to get this far.)

Can I consider starting the A2 course or do I need to spend another 12 weeks on A1 content?

- gàidhlig gu h-ìosal

- défilez pour le français

Just moved to Montreal after a spell in cape breton where i was making some progress with the gaelic and Im hoping i can find some gaelic speaking opportunities here.

Also interested in related cultural activities of alba 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 and/or alba nuadh 🏴󠁣󠁡󠁮󠁳󠁿 like piping, weaving, gaelic song etc

Anyone has any tips or leads or ideas youd be helping me out hugely!

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Ghluais mi a Mhontréal an dèidh greis ann an Ceap Bhreatainn far an robh mi a’ dèanamh beagan adhartais leis a’ Ghàidhlig. Nis tha mi an dòchas gum faigh mi cothroman labhairt na Gàidhlig an seo.

Tha ùidh agam cuideachd ann an gnìomhachdan cultarail co-cheangailte ri Alba 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 agus/no Alba nuadh 🏴󠁣󠁡󠁮󠁳󠁿 leithid pìobaireachd, fighe, òrain Ghàidhealach msaa.

A bheil comhairle, stiùireadh no beachdan sam bith aig duine sam bith a bhiodh cuideachail dhomh!

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Je retourne d'un séjour de plusieurs années au Cap-Breton où j'ai fait quelques petits progrès en gaélique. Maintenant jespère trouver des opportunités de continuer avec cette merveilleuse langue ici.

Je m'intéresse aussi aux activités culturelles liées à l'Écosse 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 et/ou à la nouvelle ecosse 🏴󠁣󠁡󠁮󠁳󠁿telles que la cornemuse, le tissage sur métier, le chant gaélique, etc.

Auriez-vous des conseils, des suggestions ou des idées qui pourraient m'être utiles ?

Halò a h-uile duine!

For anyone in the know, Warhammer 40k and its various stories draw on a lot of real world themes. Not least of which is the Aeldar (or Eldar) using a heavy amount of Scottish Gaelic and Irish in its names, characters, and language.

I am in the process of putting together a (hopefully cohesive) list of them all in one place and in one video, but I've faced some problems. That being - the writers never knew Gaelic, they just grabbed words and smushed them together as befit their whims. So, I've been spending an age with dictionaries, a great deal of liberties and guesswork with phonetics, and not a small amount of luck.

Example 1:

Margorach are Harlequin Death Jesters. The words put together from what I assume was "marbh" for dead, and "gòrach" for fools (or in their case, jesters!)

Example 2:

The Eldar describe the webway (the interdimensional lattice of passageways through the warp that they use for travel) as Uigebealach. I assume from "Uige" from Irish meaning "fabric" and "Bealach" from Scottish Gaelic for a "pass". So I assume the author wanted something like "woven path" and then went crazy with the translation options.

So on and so forth. But there are five things that I suspect may have their roots in Gaelic, but I am still an absolute novice with the language (although admittedly this project has expanded my vocabulary somewhat.) I wanted to ask if anyone here recognised parts of these words along with their accompanying descriptions if the mods allow this? They may not be related to Gaidhlig at all, but they make me suspicious.

1: Blei-deòradi - Supposedly "oath breaker" but I can't find any connection

2: Dhamashir - Supposed to be "soul". Is there a synonym for "anam"?

3: Dresil’ach - Describes a "Forgotten ruin". Alas I am clueless whether this is from Gaelic or not.

4: Anhrathe - Outcasts. Rangers. Stealthy warriors that have either chosen the life of freedom, or done terrible deeds and are now exiled. Can't find any synonym root words anywhere close to this.

5: Guair Dromlaith - A term for the Maelstrom, a massive warp storm. I assume that "Dromlaith" is from "trom-laighe" meaning Nightmare, but I can't make heads nor tails out of "guair" unless it's using "gu" as in towards something...?

There are plenty, plenty more that I've puzzled out myself, but these five words are niggling at me that they may have a connection to Scottish Gaelic, but I can't find the key. If anyone can help I'd be incredibly grateful. And if they're not Scottish Gaelic - then I guess I've already finished the full list!

Tapadh leibh uile! And if the mods deem this as a translation post I apologise!

Halo a charaidean!

Tha mi ag iarraidh podcasts anns a Gaidhlig, ach Chan eil ghios agam caite bheil mi a lorg iad. Feumaidh Thu a cuideachd mi!

Can anyone explain why anns a' Ghleann Dubh or anns an Eilean Dubh wouldn't have lenition of Dubh as an adjective following a noun in the dative? Is rhis simply a case of where dentals are resistant to leniton or something else?

I’ve been learning this language and sometimes I get stuck on when I want to learn specific words or sentences. Obviously google translate isn’t the most accurate I don’t use it, but I feel like places to learn specific things that aren’t just the basics are hard to find. Does anyone have any suggestions?

Hi! Has anyone used Mango for Scottish Gaelic? If so, would you recommend it, or is it kind of like using Duolingo basically?

Thanks!

Halò a h-uile duine!

Tha mi a' leughadh bàrdachd le Màiri Nic A' Phearsain an-dràsta, gu h-àraid "Nuair bha mi òg". Anns an rann seo, chan eil mi a' tuigsinn an dàrna seantans:

Toirt na mo chuimhn' iomadh nì a rinn mi

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