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Ag foghlaim Gaeilge/ Learning Irish?
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eilis91 Bilingual Tetraglot Newbie France Joined 4567 days ago 28 posts - 54 votes Speaks: English, Irish, French, Italian Studies: German, Yoruba	Message 1 of 14 15 May 2012 at 7:30pm \| IP Logged
	This is just out of curiosity, really. Are there any of you not from Ireland who are learning Irish? If so, where are you from and what made you decide to learn Irish? Táim aisteach faoi rud éigin. An bhfuil éinne anseo nach bhfuil Éireannach atá ag foghlaim an Ghailge? Má tá tú, cárbh as duit agus cén fáth a bheartaigh tú an teanga a fhoghlaim? Beannachtaí go léir/ Best wishes, Eilís 1 person has voted this message useful
jeff_lindqvist Diglot Moderator SwedenRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6900 days ago 4250 posts - 5711 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English Studies: German, Spanish, Russian, Dutch, Mandarin, Esperanto, Irish, French Personal Language Map	Message 2 of 14 15 May 2012 at 10:12pm \| IP Logged
	I'm from Sweden and got into the Irish language some twenty years ago through traditional music. I got the Linguaphone course, studied for a while, then took a break, started again, then took another break etc. A few years later I got books about Scots Gaelic and realised how much I "knew" already. Then I got addicted to Internet and joined Gaeilge-B, and read Teach Yourself Irish. (Excerpt from my log) Irish is one of those languages I dream of being able to speak (along with Cantonese), but I've never sat down and study it properly. Next life, perhaps. :) 2 persons have voted this message useful
eilis91 Bilingual Tetraglot Newbie France Joined 4567 days ago 28 posts - 54 votes Speaks: English, Irish, French, Italian Studies: German, Yoruba	Message 3 of 14 15 May 2012 at 10:23pm \| IP Logged
	Thank you for your reply. :) Very interesting to hear what resources you were using, Gaeilge-B looks like a really great website. 1 person has voted this message useful
Josquin Heptaglot Senior Member Germany Joined 4835 days ago 2266 posts - 3992 votes Speaks: German*, English, French, Latin, Italian, Russian, Swedish Studies: Japanese, Irish, Portuguese, Persian	Message 4 of 14 15 May 2012 at 10:40pm \| IP Logged
	Bha mi ag ionnsachadh Gàidhlig... I am from Germany and I have learned a little bit of Scottish Gaelic via BBC Alba's Beag air bheag homepage. Do not know if that counts as learning Gaelic, but Scottish Gaelic (Gàidhlig) and Irish Gaelic (Gaeilge) are very close. I was just fascinated by Gaelic culture and music and wanted to know what the language would be like. I found it a really fascinating language, but unfortunately the Beag air bheag course is not very good. You can only repeat phrases and you do not learn virtually any grammar, so you learn very little Gaelic. I am thinking about getting back to Gaelic one day, this time perhaps with Michael Klevenhaus's Lehrbuch der schottisch-gälischen Sprache. But I'm busy with Russian and Icelandic at the moment, so no Gaelic for me... 1 person has voted this message useful
eilis91 Bilingual Tetraglot Newbie France Joined 4567 days ago 28 posts - 54 votes Speaks: English, Irish, French, Italian Studies: German, Yoruba	Message 5 of 14 15 May 2012 at 10:44pm \| IP Logged
	Gàidhlig has always fascinated me - in its written form it is not far at all from Gaeilge and quite easy for an Irish speaker to understand, but when spoken it is not so easy to understand. Sounds like you have your hands full at the moment Josquin! 1 person has voted this message useful
Pisces Bilingual Pentaglot Senior Member Finland Joined 4613 days ago 143 posts - 284 votes Speaks: English, Finnish, French, Swedish^C1, Esperanto Studies: German, Spanish, Russian	Message 6 of 14 16 May 2012 at 11:08am \| IP Logged
	I've studied "Learning Irish" by Michael O'Siadhail enough that I can understand the earlier texts. (It's a good book, by the way.) It tends to be something I do in spruts. I will probably continue in the future when I have more time. Why Irish? Well, I sympathize with the Irish language movement. I'd never studied a Celtic language before (and I had studied a Germanic, a Romance, and a Slavic language, so Celtic languages seemed interesting). Irish is a very old language. It has one of the oldest literatures in Europe (I realize that I won't be able to read this, but it increases the interest I have in the language). There's quite a lot of modern literature in Irish too, considering how few native speakers there are. Also, at some point I stopped bothering about how 'useful' a language is. eilis91, what kind of reaction do you think foreign speakers of Irish get in Ireland? 1 person has voted this message useful
eilis91 Bilingual Tetraglot Newbie France Joined 4567 days ago 28 posts - 54 votes Speaks: English, Irish, French, Italian Studies: German, Yoruba	Message 7 of 14 16 May 2012 at 11:47am \| IP Logged
	Thanks for your reply Pisces. Lots of good reasons there to study Irish that I'd never even considered! I've never come across a foreign Irish speaker in Ireland, but if I did I would be absolutely overjoyed, as I imagine would any Gaeilgeoir (Irish speaker). Having said that, an awful lot of people in Ireland have no interest whatsoever in their native language and can barely speak it. Some might not even recognise the language the foreigner was speaking. I think in Gaeltacht areas a foreign Irish speaker would be met with enthusiasm, but in somewhere like Dublin (where I'm from) they would not even get the opportunity to use their Irish unless they specifically sought out Irish speakers (the best way of doing this would be to go to the Conradh, an Irish-speaking bar). 5 persons have voted this message useful
liammcg Senior Member Ireland Joined 4595 days ago 269 posts - 397 votes Speaks: English*	Message 8 of 14 16 May 2012 at 12:18pm \| IP Logged
	I recently met a German man in a pub in Dublin who's level of Irish amazed me! As I told him, there is no better feeling than meeting a "foreigner" who takes the time to study YOUR culture. I said " Cuireann sé gliondar ar mo chroí a bheith ag éisteacht leat",that is "it fills my heart with joy to be listening to you", as is the case with anyone who makes the effort to speak any language. 5 persons have voted this message useful

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eilis91 Bilingual Tetraglot Newbie France Joined 4567 days ago 28 posts - 54 votes Speaks: English, Irish, French, Italian Studies: German, Yoruba	Message 1 of 14 15 May 2012 at 7:30pm \| IP Logged
	This is just out of curiosity, really. Are there any of you not from Ireland who are learning Irish? If so, where are you from and what made you decide to learn Irish? Táim aisteach faoi rud éigin. An bhfuil éinne anseo nach bhfuil Éireannach atá ag foghlaim an Ghailge? Má tá tú, cárbh as duit agus cén fáth a bheartaigh tú an teanga a fhoghlaim? Beannachtaí go léir/ Best wishes, Eilís 1 person has voted this message useful
jeff_lindqvist Diglot Moderator SwedenRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6900 days ago 4250 posts - 5711 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English Studies: German, Spanish, Russian, Dutch, Mandarin, Esperanto, Irish, French Personal Language Map	Message 2 of 14 15 May 2012 at 10:12pm \| IP Logged
	I'm from Sweden and got into the Irish language some twenty years ago through traditional music. I got the Linguaphone course, studied for a while, then took a break, started again, then took another break etc. A few years later I got books about Scots Gaelic and realised how much I "knew" already. Then I got addicted to Internet and joined Gaeilge-B, and read Teach Yourself Irish. (Excerpt from my log) Irish is one of those languages I dream of being able to speak (along with Cantonese), but I've never sat down and study it properly. Next life, perhaps. :) 2 persons have voted this message useful
eilis91 Bilingual Tetraglot Newbie France Joined 4567 days ago 28 posts - 54 votes Speaks: English, Irish, French, Italian Studies: German, Yoruba	Message 3 of 14 15 May 2012 at 10:23pm \| IP Logged
	Thank you for your reply. :) Very interesting to hear what resources you were using, Gaeilge-B looks like a really great website. 1 person has voted this message useful
Josquin Heptaglot Senior Member Germany Joined 4835 days ago 2266 posts - 3992 votes Speaks: German*, English, French, Latin, Italian, Russian, Swedish Studies: Japanese, Irish, Portuguese, Persian	Message 4 of 14 15 May 2012 at 10:40pm \| IP Logged
	Bha mi ag ionnsachadh Gàidhlig... I am from Germany and I have learned a little bit of Scottish Gaelic via BBC Alba's Beag air bheag homepage. Do not know if that counts as learning Gaelic, but Scottish Gaelic (Gàidhlig) and Irish Gaelic (Gaeilge) are very close. I was just fascinated by Gaelic culture and music and wanted to know what the language would be like. I found it a really fascinating language, but unfortunately the Beag air bheag course is not very good. You can only repeat phrases and you do not learn virtually any grammar, so you learn very little Gaelic. I am thinking about getting back to Gaelic one day, this time perhaps with Michael Klevenhaus's Lehrbuch der schottisch-gälischen Sprache. But I'm busy with Russian and Icelandic at the moment, so no Gaelic for me... 1 person has voted this message useful
eilis91 Bilingual Tetraglot Newbie France Joined 4567 days ago 28 posts - 54 votes Speaks: English, Irish, French, Italian Studies: German, Yoruba	Message 5 of 14 15 May 2012 at 10:44pm \| IP Logged
	Gàidhlig has always fascinated me - in its written form it is not far at all from Gaeilge and quite easy for an Irish speaker to understand, but when spoken it is not so easy to understand. Sounds like you have your hands full at the moment Josquin! 1 person has voted this message useful
Pisces Bilingual Pentaglot Senior Member Finland Joined 4613 days ago 143 posts - 284 votes Speaks: English, Finnish, French, Swedish^C1, Esperanto Studies: German, Spanish, Russian	Message 6 of 14 16 May 2012 at 11:08am \| IP Logged
	I've studied "Learning Irish" by Michael O'Siadhail enough that I can understand the earlier texts. (It's a good book, by the way.) It tends to be something I do in spruts. I will probably continue in the future when I have more time. Why Irish? Well, I sympathize with the Irish language movement. I'd never studied a Celtic language before (and I had studied a Germanic, a Romance, and a Slavic language, so Celtic languages seemed interesting). Irish is a very old language. It has one of the oldest literatures in Europe (I realize that I won't be able to read this, but it increases the interest I have in the language). There's quite a lot of modern literature in Irish too, considering how few native speakers there are. Also, at some point I stopped bothering about how 'useful' a language is. eilis91, what kind of reaction do you think foreign speakers of Irish get in Ireland? 1 person has voted this message useful
eilis91 Bilingual Tetraglot Newbie France Joined 4567 days ago 28 posts - 54 votes Speaks: English, Irish, French, Italian Studies: German, Yoruba	Message 7 of 14 16 May 2012 at 11:47am \| IP Logged
	Thanks for your reply Pisces. Lots of good reasons there to study Irish that I'd never even considered! I've never come across a foreign Irish speaker in Ireland, but if I did I would be absolutely overjoyed, as I imagine would any Gaeilgeoir (Irish speaker). Having said that, an awful lot of people in Ireland have no interest whatsoever in their native language and can barely speak it. Some might not even recognise the language the foreigner was speaking. I think in Gaeltacht areas a foreign Irish speaker would be met with enthusiasm, but in somewhere like Dublin (where I'm from) they would not even get the opportunity to use their Irish unless they specifically sought out Irish speakers (the best way of doing this would be to go to the Conradh, an Irish-speaking bar). 5 persons have voted this message useful
liammcg Senior Member Ireland Joined 4595 days ago 269 posts - 397 votes Speaks: English*	Message 8 of 14 16 May 2012 at 12:18pm \| IP Logged
	I recently met a German man in a pub in Dublin who's level of Irish amazed me! As I told him, there is no better feeling than meeting a "foreigner" who takes the time to study YOUR culture. I said " Cuireann sé gliondar ar mo chroí a bheith ag éisteacht leat",that is "it fills my heart with joy to be listening to you", as is the case with anyone who makes the effort to speak any language. 5 persons have voted this message useful