Irish Language Practice

Dia Duit

try http://www.language-school-teachers.com/default.asp?selX6=68&txtCity=Brighton&selCountry=122

aside from our classes (http://www.raidiofailte.com), which you can find by visiting our website, and Talk Irish, there's a very useful site http://www.abair.tcd.ie whereby you can enter Irish words and phrases and (no it doesn't translate them!) it will play the audio of the Irish you have typed in. this is useful for people who are trying to learn by reading. for example, Michelle gave some very useful starting phrases above and, if you enter these into the aforementioned site, it will play them so that you know how it should sound.

FOXXYRED : a brief WORD OF WARNING regarding Rosetta Stone - i THINK (and perhaps Michelle will be able to verify this) Rosetta Stone's is based on the Munster dialect, which i believe differs greatly from, say, the Ulster dialect. i'm not certain, but check it out before considering purchasing it as it is quite expensive (i think their course is divided into three sets which, i.e. it isn't just an all-in-one course).

the bbc and RTÉ websites also have some Irish learning facilities on them

Ádh mór

Go raibh maith agat. I've been looking for a site like that so I can hear the words (since I still can't figure out how to pronounce them without hearing most of them). I'm having a hard time figuring out which dialect(s) I've been hearing, I'd like to start with the standard dialect and then go from there. Thank you for telling me about rosetta stone, I'll keep that in mind if I should ever decided to buy it, though that will probably be a long time off since right now I'm not even able to pay my old bills (credit cards, closed bank accounts, etc..).

Does anyone know how I can tell the difference between the dialects? For example, I've heard a few different pronunciations of Dia duit (dia hoit, dia dwitch, dia dooitch, dia dooit). I've been using byki express as Cainaigh suggested, but I don't know which dialects the standard version comes in, as well as the dialects that other people are submitting in the downloads you can get from the site.

ná habair é. there's also a site called www.irish-sayings.com which will let you hear a few sayings in the different dialects

I use a VOIP program called Skype. It might be a good way to practise the language with others. Best of all, it's free.

www.skype.com

Anyone know where/how best to learn Irish in Belfast, i.e. classes?

Happy to pay for a weekly class etc.

Thanks,

Sean

Dia duit a Sean,

Have you seen Michelle's poston this page http://talkirish.com/forums/t/45.aspx

in it she has this link http://www.culturlann.ie/ it might be what you're looking for.

You can also learn Irish in An Droichead. They've got a free Irish language day coming up - check out the details at

http://www.androichead.com/feile-an-droichead-09/free-irish-class/

For details of all their classes, check out:

http://www.androichead.com/language/classes/

Foxxyred,

There is another good free resource: http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/irish/blas/learners/

You can download the audio lessons to your mobile (ahem, cell) phone , and listen to them anywhere.

This is how I started learning Irish 2 yers ago.

Dia duit!

I'm at an almost absolutely basic level as Ghaeilge, but I'm picking it up quickly. If anyone would like to practice with me, please send me a message.

Dia duit,  cad e'  mar ata' an aimsir? ta' se' deas inniu anseo in England.  cad e'  ant-ainm ata' orm? .  ca'rb as tu`?  I am worse than basic  excuse fadas in wrong place .  mo fear ce`ile  thinks im a o'inseach learning Ghaelige ach s'i worth ago.  oiche mhaith   slan go foill   roisin  Gabh mo Leithsceal  again for fadas in wrong place  hope t'u can still read som of it.

Dia duit Roisin. if you hold the "alt gr" key down by the spacebar and type your letter it should (hopefully) produce a fada over the letters. you might need to check out a site called Gaelspell though, i'm not too sure

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Dia Dhuit, I'm new to the site and keen to learn the Irish language.  I learnt a little Irish at University (using Buntús Cainte as our course textbook), as I wanted to learn a little more about my own heritage (I'm part Irish), but unfortunately I'm a little rusty through lack of practice.  Would be grateful for any help to improve my language skills and hopefully develop a degree of fluency. Thanks, EilisB

Dia daoibh, cant remember if i mentioned this before but des bishops website has an irish language course, tá sé saor in aisce (free) its more focused on the blás Connacht and I know this site is more Ulster based but I thought it couldnt hurt, I have a mix of all the dialects myself........... http://www.desbishop.com/   (click on "Cúrsa Gaeilge" in the top right)

Ta suim agamsa freisin!

Hey folks- I'm gonna go right out on a limb here- I'm fairly conversasnt in Irish- I'm nowhere near fluent, but I can have converations, and am raising my children with Irish. I have a celtic studies degree, if that says something. I'm not claiming to be an expert, but someone who does speak it every day in the home.

I would be willing to do some phone tutoring- for people that have pronunciation questions (I'm told my Conamara Irish is very native sounding), and would be willing to answer questions on the phone, or by email. Right now I am a stay at home mom with enough time to take on a bit of that- if it gets to be too much, I'll have to cut people off, but right now, I could handle DAYTIME ONLY calls- under 30 min. I can make unlimited long distance calls within North AMerica, but if you are outside North America you would have to call me. :)

We'll start with this forum- contact me here, and we'll see what we can get set up. Eilis? Fozzyred? Riobhca? b'fheidir?

ALSO- gaeilgeoiri! Ba BHREA liom comhra libh! Nil moran seans agam san ait ata me i mo chonai anois. Mas e do thoil e??