Hi Lou. For me, I got back from vacation, and started on lesson 7. Got through that, but now, to me, 8 and 9 are just tough. So I've been trying to "catch...
I notice my ability to read the Gaelic we've learned is getting much better then my ability to speak it or understand it. I'm assuming this is based on the...
Bob, A Chara, Thank goodness someone else mentioned this. I've been studying 4 years ands still have limited speech. One year of French and I had reasonable ...
Very normal, Bob. I've been studying the language off and on for several years and can read much better than I can speak or listen. Practice in both is the ...
... Obviously, you'd make the most progress in spoken Irish if you could spend some months in a Gaeltacht, but even then, spoken language needs interaction on...
Go raibh maith agat to you and CathyJo for the input. (I don't think this is the correct form, it's singular, but I can't remember the plural form off the top...
I have been downloading a couple of podcasts in Gaelic: http://feeds.feedburner.com/imeall http://feeds.feedburner.com/Philo-Celtic I still have very little...
I got some great practice speaking when I lived in Ireland, but it's really gone downhill since then. I definitely agree with CathyJo's suggestion to find...
Ack, and I think Yahoo ate this message when I tried to post it before, I apologize if it shows up twice: The one other thing that I find helpful is trying to...
... Conn Ó Muíneacháin (an tImeall) uses a lot of Munster verbs -- which means lots of built-in pronouns. If you're mostly familiar with PII & "standard"...
... A minor correction for you -- and we won't learn this until lesson 17 -- but following "ar an", we eclipse most eclipsable consonants, so we would write...
Why don't we use the particle with Cá when we use it with Cad and Cathain. See page 11 PII Cá raibh seán ag sugradh inné. No particle. Cad a bhí Brid a...
... As you probably know, "cá" requires the dependent form of the verb (if different than the independent form). In this way, "cá" behaves like "an" and...
... Think I got it. Explaination was clear and to to point. Thanks again. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam?...
... I'd like to make sure I got this right, I think you said "I didn't watch TV yesterday because ("mar", may have missed this in the lessons, but didn't look...
... You got the gist of it -- and caught another error I missed (the "beidh" needed in the last sentence). Pádraig and I sorted out the ball vs balla issue...
So are there any specific rules we need to know to use "mar"? Does it lenite/eclipse anything, change "tá" to "go bhfuil", anything like that? If I wanted to...
... the difference between a typo and a dumb mistake after I made it. (1) I meant to say "I was watching the wall. Bhí mé ag feachaint ar an mballa." (2) I...
... The word "mar" is used for a lot more than just "because" (the Ó Dónaill dictionary gives it a page and a half of definitions/usages). So to keep things...
go raibh maith agat! Great answer on a word I've definitely wanted to know how to use. And don't worry, Cionaodh, you're not the only one still saying "mar go...
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