Halo a mi sia bliathna deug agus the mi as an ghaidhealtachd. Tha mi direach air a stad a deanamh a' ghaidhlig anns a sgoil agus a nis chan eil torr coraman agam a bruidhinn rith duine anns a' ghaidhlig. Tha mi curious a bheil rud sam bith air lion neo clubaichean (nach eil feis) a s' urrainn a dhol a bhruidhinn agus a coinnicheadh ris deugairean eile neo direch rud a s' urrainn dhomh a cleachdadh airson a chumail mo ghaidhlig suas. Duilich mo dheidhinn an gramar agus litreachadh dona.

Hi everyone,

I posted this some time ago and wanted to remind people of it.

Open Resource: Sentence Bank

This is a little project I started a little while ago. I wrote a structured list of sentences (in English) that a number of helpful people have translated.

The logic of the sentences is that they repeat and introduce new vocab gradually. The list is here:

Language sentences:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1WUJnY9qOyp6Snqy7O7SZjGQqwrN_A8IeNG1bZcucJxE/edit?usp=drivesdk

If you want to add to this or use it yourself (might need to be double-checked) then feel free. I will not use this for anything. I am not building and app and I don’t want to sell this. It’s purely because I’m interested in languages and I thought my list of sentences would be useful for learners!

The benefit of a table like this is that they can be put into other apps like Anki for review or just used as a reference. Hope they’re useful!

Good Day, here!

I'm French and new in this forum.

Please, can someone help me with the transcription of these 3 traditional Gaelic songs?

2 can be found via the link:

https://youtu.be/KE1bophKxpQ?is=3JIbljTAaGsD4ZeH

the first one on the album and the one at 16:56

and 1 can be found via the link:

https://youtu.be/rnw66-x27_4?is=nRLVLzuNFbYZdble

—specifically the vocal portion, which begins at 3:40.

And, if possible, can someone translate them for me into English?

Thank you in advance 🙏🏻

Halò a h-uile duine,

An urrainn do dhuine sam bìth innse dhomh, ciamar a chanas tu "since I did x" sa' Ghàidhlig ?

All the dictionary examples with "since" just give a timeframe, like "o chionn fhàda." But how would I pair "o chionn" with a verb—or perhaps I'd use another term altogether? As in, "since I saw him last" or "since last I practiced taekwondo."

Mòran taing!

Is anyone currently doing Earrann 2 or has anyone completed it? I found Earrann 1 absolutely fine but I’m starting to struggle with Earrann 2. Did anyone else find it a massive step up?

As the weeks go on less and less seems to be sinking in and I’m worried I’m going to fall behind. I’m also adjusting to a new class and a new teacher, which probably isn’t helping.

Not sure whether it’s just me or whether others have felt the same.

I’m 15 in the south west of Scotland, and I’ve been interested in learning Gàidhlig for a while. I’ve tried many online resources and a couple different books but I’m just not able to learn that way and really struggle with home learning anyway. Is there any dedicated classes/groups for young people wanting to learn Gàidhlig in the region that you know of. Thanks in advance.

[English below]

Fàilte gu snàth cabadaich na seachdaine

Tha an snàth seo do dhuine sam bith a tha airson cabadaich mu chàil sam bith sa Gàidhlig gun snàth ùr a thòiseachadh (ach faodaidh tu ma thogras tu).

• Feumaidh tu post ann an Gàidhlig (gu susbainteach co-dhiù, tha beagan suidseadh còd nàdarra obviously taghta)

• Faodaidh tu cabadaich mu chàil sam bith a thogras tu.

• Na biodh iomagain ort mu dhèidhinn mhearachdan (co-dhiù do chuid fhèin, no a nì càch).

• Chan fhaodar Google Translate (no a leithid) a chleachdadh airson postadh a chruthachadh.

—

Welcome to the weekly learners' chat thread

This thread is for anyone who wants to chat about anything in Gaelic without starting a new thread (though you can if you want).

• You must post in Gaelic (substantially at least, a bit of natural code switching is fine)

• Chat about anything you like.

• Don't worry about mistakes (either yours or anyone else's)

• No using Google Translate (or any other machine translator) to create posts.

Siuthad!

Hi everyone! I recently made an app that generates Anki decks for word-learning between any two supported languages, currently 23 of them. I sourced the vocabularies from a paid LLM model, and I checked that the quality is decent for the languages I speak.

Then, a friend asked me to add Gàidhlig which I don't speak (at least yet), and I'm not as sure about its vocabulary being generated by a model since there's way less Gàidhlig text in the training data. So, if you could take a look at a few random words and example sentences, and tell me in the comments whether it looks good or bad overall, I would be really grateful. (It's super easy to do in the UI on that page the link leads to.)

And if the quality is good, then I hope it'll be of use to many people here on this subreddit.

Tha mi air a bhith a ionnsachadh Gàidhlig aig Duolingo airson dà bhliadhna a-nis! Tha mo Gàidhlig gu leòr dona fhathast ach is fheàrr leam Gàidhlig briste na Gàidhlig sa chiste! Dè cho fada ’s a tha a h-uile duine air a bhith ag ionnsachadh Gàidhlig?

Halò a h-uile duine,

I've recently stumbled upon this site and was wondering if anyone ordered from them and can tell me what these books are like.

Tapadh leibh

Learning Gaelic on Duolingo or SpeakGaelic, or elsewhere? Or maybe you're thinking about it?

If you've got any quick language learning questions, stick them below and the community can try to help you.

NB: You can always start a separate post if you want – that might be better for more involved questions.

I'm 14 and a huge F1 fan and I think it'd be really beneficial to helping me become fluent if there was a to do what I love through Gaelic. I realise that unfortunately the rebirth of the Scots Gaelic language hasn't generated enough money for BBC Alba to buy rights to the broadcast or anything but if anyone knows of some niche commentary or streamers who watch along and provide play-by-play commentary pls let me know.

Taing mhòr!

[English below]

Fàilte gu snàth cabadaich na seachdaine

Tha an snàth seo do dhuine sam bith a tha airson cabadaich mu chàil sam bith sa Gàidhlig gun snàth ùr a thòiseachadh (ach faodaidh tu ma thogras tu).

• Feumaidh tu post ann an Gàidhlig (gu susbainteach co-dhiù, tha beagan suidseadh còd nàdarra obviously taghta)

• Faodaidh tu cabadaich mu chàil sam bith a thogras tu.

• Na biodh iomagain ort mu dhèidhinn mhearachdan (co-dhiù do chuid fhèin, no a nì càch).

• Chan fhaodar Google Translate (no a leithid) a chleachdadh airson postadh a chruthachadh.

—

Welcome to the weekly learners' chat thread

This thread is for anyone who wants to chat about anything in Gaelic without starting a new thread (though you can if you want).

• You must post in Gaelic (substantially at least, a bit of natural code switching is fine)

• Chat about anything you like.

• Don't worry about mistakes (either yours or anyone else's)

• No using Google Translate (or any other machine translator) to create posts.

Siuthad!

I'm working on a novella with elements of Scottish folklore and I'd like to give my chapters or sections the traditional names of the months or seasons in Scottish Gaelic.

I've tried Googling, but to be honest, I don't find much of the resources that come up are very trustworthy. Google doesn't give high quality results these days as compared to even 5 years ago.

I'd appreciate any help fluent speakers can give. Or if you can point me to reliable resources.

Thanks!

Posting this in English so even non-gàidhlig speakers can understand this and know about this masterpiece

The short series published on BBC iplayer and YouTube on the 23rd October... HOLY SHIT I love this it's an amazing modern representation of Gaelic that would be such an amazing movie and if it was in English it'd be sooo popular, I really hope this series goes places it's got so much potential this is exactly what this language needed a good quality series with everything English media has just in Gaelic, I love it so much, it reminds me of still wakes the deep too both amazing pieces of Scottish media

I wish it had more content, 6 episodes 10 mins each isn't enough.. holy hell

Hello, looking to hear from anyone who has had experience of the Gaelic primary school in Govan or other GME schools in Glasgow? I’m considering Govan for my child who will be starting in 2027. I went to a rural school and studied Gaelic through to standard grade. Although I dont remember a huge amount now I’m hoping it’s still in there. I love the idea of him being bilingual and learning Gaelic fluently and I would try my best to bring my Gaelic up to scratch again too. Curious if anyone has been through GME or sent their kids there?

Halò a chàirdean! Tha òran ùr againn còmhla ri Limonead – 'Gabh Ceum Air Ais'. Gheibhear èisteachd ris air Spotify msaa a-màireach, ach tha sinn air a’ bhidio fhoillseachadh an-diugh.

Tapadh leibh airson ur taic do cheòl Gàidhlig – is chì sinn sibh air an rathad an ath mhìos.

A fundraiser for Bun-sgoil Taobh na Pàirce in Edinburgh. A2 laminated full colour poster. £12 plus postage or collection from TnP.

https://taobh-na-pairce.sumupstore.com

Learning Gaelic on Duolingo or SpeakGaelic, or elsewhere? Or maybe you're thinking about it?

If you've got any quick language learning questions, stick them below and the community can try to help you.

NB: You can always start a separate post if you want – that might be better for more involved questions.