It is a sad thing but it seems that many people have had a fire light under them recently. I see a lot more Gaelic on social media. Maybe Gaelic is making a comeback? I truly hope so. I will do whatever I can to help you folks strengthen it. 🙂 I have big plans for future videos.
Its not dying out, it was breed out of us, I was born Glasgow 73.. I was never taugh to uttered a single word in my native language, now its time for the spark to become an inferno! Oh ha!
Don't worry. You have a Dutch man here learning Gaelic and I intend to speak quite a bit before I visit your brèagha country. I Also have Scottish ancestors on my mother's side. Also I love languages. Problem is that most letters sound completely different than I'm used to. Could you get more into that like you did with "diotraicte" . The "a" and the "i" seem to be silent and "di" is dje and so is "te" at the end. Lol a bheil sounds like available. Connection there.
@Thea Smith I am a Scottish American. My great Grandmother came over to America from Scotland. I have some Scottish on my dads side too. Gaelic is starting to get more popular. I am learning it now! But we all have to do our part to keep it alive! Slàinte a charaid! Is mise kristen. Tha mi à Aimearaga. Oidhche Mhath agus tìoraidh!😜🥰👍🏼🏴🇺🇸
You lucky fellow! Us Yanks really struggle with it in the beginning. Although I don't have any research to point to, I'm sure that being Scottish is of some help. Call it ancestral memory or whatnot. Like you said, it's very natural. That's wonderful to hear! Take care, stay safe, and enjoy your day.
My guess is that many place names are helpful - I ought to have studied Gaelic before my first visit, it might have saved my wife and I a lot of walking and confusion when asking for directions to castles Dunnottar and Crathes (though that last one might've only confused things more since I am pretty sure it's not Gaidhlig in origin).
I’m a good portion Scottish considering my great grandmother was full Scottish, my friends say I even have an accent at times, although I’ve lived in Indiana my entire life, I guess being part Irish too might help with the accent
I love your calm, approachable teaching style. I swear you make me feel like I’m watching Bob Ross paint haha. One day of duolingo and 24 mins of your video and I’m using sentences in Scottish Gaelic. Wow.
Cheers, Cory! That's great to hear that you're using sentences. Just like Bob himself says: We don't make mistakes; we just have happy little accidents. :)
@@GaelicwithJason Vielen Dank?! I thought you were Gaelic, then you come out her with German!? 🤣🤣🤣 Ach, mein Gott! Danke für dieses Video! Ich bin sicher, dass ich unter Ihrer Anleitung schnell Gälisch lernen werde! :>
My grandfather doesn't know English he only speaks Gaelic I learned from a young age how to speak both Gaelic and English. Its nice to see that people are not fed misinformation about the Scottish native language. Keep up the good work
Many thanks! I've changed and refined what I used to do when I first starting teaching in a middle/high school. It's been far more effective and enjoyable since I made that switch. :)
Jason, you’re doing the work that many of our high schools sadly won’t do in Scotland. - From a lowlander who had to learn from scratch. Tapadh leibh, a thidseir 🏴
Thank you so much for this! I''m an asian and I'm in love with everything about Scotland. Then I found out they said that Scottish Gaelic is one of dying languages. How could someone abandon a masterpiece like this? So I decide to learn it. Lucky I found you here. Love xx
Hello, Jeklin, and welcome! Scotland is a special place for sure and having some Gaelic when you travel there makes the experience more meaningful. I'm happy you're here with us and hope to see you again soon. Enjoy your week!
You're not only the best Scottish Gaelic teacher, but also the best teacher! All those gestures, the calmness, the connections... It's perfect! Greetings from a Spaniard in the Canaries!
Thanks Jason! I'm from Scotland. Gaelic was never taught when I was at school, but its something that I've wanted to learn for a long time. I loved this and I'm looking forward to watching the other videos. Glè inntinneach! Was sin ceart? Aw, look at me go (...dork) ❤
Glè mhath, a Chiorstaidh! That was just right. :) I'm happy you're here with us and interesting in connecting with your ancestral language. See you around here sometime!
@@GaelicwithJason I remember "grody" being a word back when I was in elementary school, in Alabama, in the late 1970s. I have no clue from whence it came.
@@susansuits8001 it’s a very elementary school kind of word. Not something that big kids and grownups keep in their vernacular. But it was definitely a thing when I was growing up in the American south in the 90s
as someone with ADHD and a love for learning languages can i just say you are very engaging. i am scottish and always wanted to learn gaelic, this is my first video and i can see myself sticking with it already. Tapadh leat (google translated sorry if its wrong) :)
Welcome! You said it just right. I appreciate your efforts! 🙂 I'm happy to hear that you've started down the Gaelic path. You're in great company on here. Take care, stay safe, and talk to you soon.
You are EXTRAORDINARY! I'm so happy I found your channel, Jason! I'm 58% Gaelic and I will not rest until I've learned the Gaelic tongue. I consider it my duty! Thank you so much! Subscribed!
Trying to exercise brain after 2 mini-strokes and chemotherapy for stage 4 cancer. My ancestors are mostly Scottish and I am keen to learn Gaelic. Thank you Jason for making it fun, easy, and usable.
I've been doing duolingo lessons for several weeks now and am really happy I found this channel to vary the learning style and reinforce lessons. Thank you so much for putting these together and sharing them! Your lessons are extremely helpful and I certainly appreciate the laughter in there - learning can become too serious and stunted if we force it - and these videos make the journey joyful. Tapadh leibh Jason!
Tapadh leat, Sarah! Joy and informality can make such a difference - they make it more sustainable over the long term. Plus, we all take ourselves FAR too seriously most of the time. It's a relief to chuckle at things, I find. :) Glad you're here with us. See you again soon!
I love how you focus on the student acquiring the language rather than learning it. I feel like not enough high schools have caught on with the "newer" trend of acquiring the language, and continue teaching out of textbooks. Thank you for this fun and easy to pick-up video lesson series, and I look forward to watching the rest. :D
Thank you for your recognition! It's a treat to see folk notice that I emphasize acquisition. The educational scene is shifting, I feel. Very slowly but it's still happening. Who knows; acquisition could be the new given in 2030. I really hope so - it makes languages accessible to anyone, not just people who can memorize things well. Acquisition is much more fair and human. Enjoy the videos! We're glad you're here with us. :)
When Scottish people speak in their own language, it’s sounds beautiful and romantic. Gives a gentle, friendly impression of the person. When they speak English, there’s definitely a starker difference.
Im Scottish and im loving learning my Native language from you Jason . Unfortunately in the West of Scotland we dont have tuition in our schools to learn our beautiful native tongue. You have a very memorable way of teaching . We need you back over here ! 😃. Thanks very much.
Thank you kindly! I've been speaking with some Gaelic development folk about online teaching so who knows - maybe teaching will be a bit more memorable over there. :) . Glad to have you with us on here. Enjoy your day!
I come from Glasgow and have just moved to Aberdeen for uni and have started taking Gaelic as a side course and the way you teach is so helpful and fresh !!!!
‘The Outlanders’ brought me here. I have so many European cultures in my lineage and I find it upsetting these languages aren’t used or celebrated more. I’ve been taught spanish my whole life even in University for two years and I’d love nothing more than to spend that same amount of time learning these languages. Thank you for the video!
Every beautiful language and culture is worth cherishing. I'm Chinese and yet I'm here. I know friends who are also from China and did her side-degree on Gaelic as well as those who can speak and read fluently in Gaelic. So don't worry, you are not alone x
I'm from Ireland and its interesting the connections they kind of have I love both and I hope both of them can be revived. It makes me happy that people are still interested in keeping these languages alive
My great-grandmother was from scotland. I’ve always been fascinated with Scotland and it’s history and have always wanted to learn the language. This is the perfect introductory video alongside my Duolingo. Thank you.
I'm German and learning with duolingo. I miss gramnar explanations. Learnt all of my languages by structures. Very glad I found this channel. Going to watch more of these videos. They are helpful and entertaining. Thank you so much for making them. Moran taing a thidseir. 🙋🏻♀️
I am Scotts an Irish and Cherokee Indian I really would like to learn to speak Gaelic conversationally. I love your approach. You help me feel like I’m making progress. Very calm and pleasant teaching style. Thank you so much.
Osiyo! Thank you for your kind words and I'm glad to hear you feel more accomplished as a Gaelic speaker. There are many more videos here for you - and more on the way. It's a pleasure to meet you. 🙂 I've done some teacher training in OK for the Cherokee Nation and really appreciated learning more about Cherokee culture and history. The close ties between the Cherokee people and the Gaels would make some fascinating story videos. Actually, I'm going to add some to a course I'm planning. Thanks for the unintentional nudge.
RUclips has suggested this video for me. I’m not Scottish. I don’t even live in an English speaking country. But I love languages and learning new things. I have to admit that I really really enjoyed watching this video and find it interesting. I am positive that will be lingering here for a while discovering more.
When I first clicked on the video, I judged this guy too quickly. I assumed because he was North American, he probably wouldn’t be an ideal teacher. I can now say how wrong I was. This guy here is the best on RUclips. Earned a like and a subscribe from me!
I found your channel about a month ago and subscribed before watching your videos, as I want to learn to speak it clearly like it’s a first language and I’ve only just watched your first lesson, what a wonderful teacher you are. I’m from the north of England, and spend a lot of time in the highlands, I know enough Gaelic to understand and just get by, hearing you speak it so eloquently is truly beautiful. I thoroughly enjoyed your video and no doubt will enjoy the rest of them. Thank you for your class Jason it was truly a pleasure. 🌞
My Great Grandfather was from Glasglow, he came out to Australia and had three children. When he had been drinking he would speak in Scots Gaelic. I never met him, but would have loved to have and learn more about the lanaguage and learn it, so this is a great help. I hope to go to Scotland and learn way more about my ancestry.
This video floored me. I was not expecting to get drawn into it so much ! You Sir, are an amazing teacher ! The smiles, the thumbs up, everything make me want to keep watching and learning. Thank you !
Tapadh leat! 🙂 I firmly believe that folk need to feel supported, encouraged, and successful in order to learn best. Not to mention, it should be...fun *gasp*.
Is this a Canadian guy teaching Gaelic - where I’m from Scotland and can’t even speak a word of Gaelic but want to learn and now turned here to be taught from a Canadian...... well this is embarrassing! All jokes aside, great teaching!!!!! 🏴💪🏾👏🏾
Cheers, Leslie! Funny thing is, I'm a Yank. :) I think that's one reason I was hired to teach in a Scottish school years ago - to get folk questioning why they needed to import someone. I did get a fair number of free pints in the pub over those 5 years since folk wanted to hear how on earth a Yankee ended up teaching Gaelic in a high school in the Hebrides.
I just found this channel. My family name is Graham and my aunt traced or family back hundreds of years. I’ve always wanted to learn this and have tried other things but it was hard! This is so much better! Thank you! I had about given up but now I’m confident I can learn I’m a native English speaker so it’s very challenging.
I'm so happy I found your channel. I'm a Spanish native speaker who is learning English and Chinese, and I'd love to learn Scottish Gaelic too. Thank you for sharing this valuable information. It's so hard to find books that can actually teach you Scottish Gaelic properly on the Internet. A huge shoutout to you!!!!
I was born in Scotland and grew up there for 10 years so I had a Scottish pronunciation when i spoke . now 10 years later I am not in Scotland anymore but I am discovering this beautiful language and finding the words quite natural to pronounce! :) also your way of teaching is really helpful, thank you so much
Many thanks! I am glad you're picking it up quickly. 🙂 I do think you Scots have an advantage over us non-Scots since we need to train our ears to be more like yours!
Greetings from New Zealand. I had a week of gaelic lessons when Joy Dunlop was visiting here, about 11 years ago.It was a language that I had only heard in song but feel it is part of my Scottish heritage, so tried to learn a few phrases. Thanks for making the course available.
I've been learning Scottish Gaelic for a wee bit now, so some of this was familiar to me, but watching this has been quite a different experience! Or a diofraicte experience, perhaps! I wanted to praise you on how well done this is. You are charming and engaging. Not only repeating the words, but making gestures and having the words displayed is excellent for keeping them in memory. The different colors for Gaelic and English is also a great way to help the mind keep things in order. And, to top it off, I feel like we're in the same room; you're more interactive than previous language teachers I've had that HAVE been in the room with me. You make eye contact, you pause for emphasis--I've responded with a nod a few times before remembering this is a recording. This, my friend, is excellent and I look forward to your following videos! Well done, mate! P.S. The torc you have is cho brèagha.
I'm from a Glaswegian family yet know very little of my culture. I've just moved to Skye and good lord heavens above this has been a wonderful learning experience, thank you Bob Ross of language!
Hi Jason! Over the past 18 months or so I've found and fell in love with the music of Julie Fowlis, travelled 9 days through and around the Scottish Highlands and decided to try my hand at learning Scottish Gaelic. Duolingo's addition of Scottish Gaelic to its catalog was my catalyst to actually start the language attempt and more digging lead me to your RUclips channel, and, as it happens, just today I found your website. The past 38 days (my standing Duolingo streak) had led me to assume that familiarity would be attainable, but competency would always be just beyond my grasp. I no longer believe that to be true. Your natural language acquisition content is fantastic and I can't wait to dig in to your program! Tapedh leibh!
Madainn mhath, Steve, and thank you very much for your kind words. You're exactly right: competency IS in the cards for you. It'll take some time, sure, but in no way is it impossible or as dire as some folk make it out to be. Ah, Julie. I enjoy her music too. I had the luck to see her here in the US back in October. It was quite an experience to be there live and chat with her a bit afterwards. :)
@@GaelicwithJason My daughter and I saw and chatted with her in Toronto in October - her and the whole band were so generous with their time after the show.
I'm Scottish and I really wanted to learn Gaelic in school but unfortunately it's only taught in the highlands and islands nowadays so us central belt folks only have international languages like French, Spanish, German and surprisingly Mandarin. Our old next door neighbours were an old couple called Donald and Narnina who are both from the Hebrides and because of their ages, they learned gaelic before they even learned english! My parents had planned for Donald to teach me, my brother and my sister gaelic but for whatever reason that never happened. Now I'm 18 and decided to pick it up alongside with my uni course, great videos mate :)
Never heard that name, Narnina, before. Makes me think of Narnia. Have you come across her name anywhere else? Nina is well known. I wonder if they're connected.
YES FINALLY A TEACHER LIKED SAVED SHARED SUBSCRIBED BREAGHA A teacher of Scots, not Irish A REAL teacher, utilizing all the tools Audio books and the like just don't cut it THANKS JASON! I've wanted to learn for the past 7yrs now; I'm so glad I found you *tears up in joy* and deeply appreciate the video RUclips series, I finally get to learn, at my place, and for free?! Breagha, what a Blessing!
It's my pleasure, Kalina. :) I agree - there's no substitute for learning with a human, be it live or through videos. I am glad that you're here with us and will support you however I can.
Thanks for uploading this! It's really helpful. I'm also from Scotland and would like to pick it up and also see a revival. It's nice to see people from other countries interested in learning and sharing their knowledge, tapadh leibh !
I have been going through my ancestry and found a huge line coming from Scottland; so much so that my DNA says I'm 53%. I want to go to Scottland now and learn Gaelic. This is so well done and easy to follow. You sir get a subscribe!
Thank you so much for helping people learn such a beautiful endangered language! I actually had a Scotsman tell me about your videos today at work, because I mentioned wanting to learn Gaelic.
I took Gaelic lessons for months from a native Irish Gaelic speaker. Jason, I understood more after your video, than I did after months of personal 1 on 1 instruction. Thank you.
I’ve been watching your videos every day! My maternal grandad was Scottish. I grew up mainly Polynesian, I speak Tongan fluently. But I’ve recently gained so much interest in my Scottish roots and ancestry and it’s such a gift your giving us to be able to learn the language of our ancestors! Thank you so much! I can’t wait to surprise my mom! ❤️❤️🙏🏽🙏🏽
As a Canadian, I just want to say I got a tickle from Canada being referenced in my first Scottish Gaelic lesson. This is tons of fun and I'm actually consuming and properly digesting the information. Thanks a ton, friend!
I have Scottish roots In my family, so i want to be the first one to actually learn gaelic. My dad had tried, but then had me soon after so he stopped, and never picked it up again. I'm very proud of my orgins, and I would like to make my father proud! Thank you for helping me on this journey!
Hi Jason! I am Brazilian and I love languages! Lately I have been absolutely obsessed with everything Scotland, and decided to learn Gàidhlig! Your lesson made it so much easier to understand! Thank you so much! Tha Jason snog!
Hello and greetings from Canada! I have watched several videos over the past 2 years to try and learn Scottish Gaelic, but have always found it difficult to piece together certain words or phrases and combine them into a sentence. With your video, I am finding that much easier! Your video is very easy to follow, and you are a great instructor. By the end of this video, I was able to look away while you were speaking sentences and I understood what you were saying..wow!! I look forward to watching your other videos and can’t wait to learn more. Tapadh leibh!
Shelby, you made my day. I feel very happy that learning Gaelic has become easier and more enjoyable for you. :) I'm glad you're here on this channel with us.
Trying to learn scottish gaelic from english when your native language is french....... Seems legit, I'm in ! I very grateful for your work, it's so clear and calm when you explain ! And I love that you repeat numerous time every word ! It helps me a lot ! Thanks !
This is wonderful! My family on my mothers side are all Scottish, and I've been wanting to learn the language for a while, however none of my family know enough to be able to teach it. This is the first time I've managed to be able to follow along and feel like I've actually been able to learn something! I will definitely be back for more!
Hey there! I'm from Brazil and ever since I tried Scottish Gaelic on Duolingo I fell in love with it! Thank you so much for your class, you surely have an amazing teaching method! 🏴❤
i really appreciate you putting out these videos! i’m scottish but have never had any opportunity to speak or learn gaelic. your videos are so accessible and easy to understand, and these along with the duolingo course will help me develop some gaelic skills :)
I’m Irish, We were taught Irish Gaelic growing up in school, mostly similar dialect between the two. I’ve come across this video randomly this morning, And just need to say your teaching style is amazing. So passionate! 😂 ADHD brain- I’ve always struggled to stay focused, but this is effortless. Will certainly help brush up on my Gaelic. Thank you🙏 💯
I love language and I've got basic conversational essentials down for a few languages. I've taken many college courses as well as Rosetta stone and the like under my belt. This really was more engaging and approachable than anything I've used before. Teaching really is your calling, thank you for all that you do!
My name is Mathilde and I am from France. I am a lover of the Anglo Saxons culture and especially Scottish and Irish. During this lockdown I wanted to feel good about myself and decided to learn Scottish Gaelic, to challenge myself but also feel closer to this langage and culture. I came across your videos and I wanted to tell you that your teaching is brillant and it seems effortless for me to learn the Gaelic. Really a big thank you to you for giving me this chance 🙏🏻 Tapadh leat gu dearbh
We’ve just discovered your channel and found to be a great help with out home based efforts at learning Gaelic. We’re looking forward to the next lesson. Thank you for taking the time to put these together!
I am really enjoying watching along with your lessons! I'm from Nova Scotia and no one in my family has spoken Gaelic fluently since my great grandparents. This is a great starting point.
This is amazing. I've been wanting to learn Scottish Gaelic for a while now and came across this by chance. Now I can finally start learning my ancestors' language. Thank you!!!
Wonderful to hear! It's my pleasure to support you as you connect with your ancestry. :) Come back any time - these videos will always be here for you.
I'm a hyperpoly and I watch these types of videos all the time, and I want you to know that I found your smooth, calm, relaxing approach very welcoming & helpful! I thoroughly enjoy that you refer back to previous words after learning a new one, it helps keep them all fresh in my mind and I really wish more language teachers on RUclips did that. Thanks from Vancouver!
You're very welcome and thank you for the feedback. I'm glad they're relaxing and helpful. In my opinion, language learners should feel comfortable and settled, not stressed and anxious. If we feel threatened, our minds won't take in nearly as much Gaelic because they'll be more focused on basic survival.
Your relaxed attitude really put a smile on my face and put me more at ease, it’s rare to get such a feeling from just a video. It helps to remember the words so many thanks from France ! :)
Merci beaucoup! I am glad that you came to my channel! 🙂 Feeling at ease is such an important part of learning a language, I think. It's a secret way to learn MUCH faster and enjoy the process more. Enjoy your day!
I’m currently learning Irish Gaelic and this video just popped up in my recommended. Guess I’m learning Scottish Gaelic now too! Both sound so beautiful to me and I’m already seeing some similarities between the two so learning both will help each other. Also, I love the way you teach. We need more teachers like you in America.
Double Gaelic - not a bad thing at all! I'd like to master Gaelige one day. It was great fun to see and hear it around Dublin and to try to decode it. Thank you for your kind words on my teaching. I've worked hard to develop it and still do a lot of work to refine it. :)
@@GaelicwithJason Ulster dialect, which is what I’m learning, is the closest to Scottish Gaelic. The main difference between Ulster and the other dialects of Irish is pronunciation, and we have a few different phrases as well. The Irish around Dublin is typically Connacht. Munster dialect would be found around Galway. For example “Beag” is also “small” in Irish. In Ulster, we pronounce it exactly the same as Scottish Gaelic! In Munster and Connacht, it’s pronounced like “byug”. If you learn Ulster dialect, it will certainly help you make associations with Scottish Gaelic!
How 'SNOG'! 😊 I speak Norwegian and my friend's daughter actually came out with her first complete word when I was staying with them. It was a Norwegian word! Of course my friend never forgot that 'unusual' milestone. 😄
I loved this! You just made me smile throughout the lesson :) Your style of teaching is lovely! (I've had many language teachers over the years, so I have a lot to compare to!) I started an 8-week beginners' course in Edinburgh (online) this week (also with an American teacher, funnily enough!), but based on this video I'll definitely be using your videos alongside that.
I can tell that you are a teacher of the language. Easy to pronounce and using different items to express them. Glè mhath. Keep teaching, I am learning my ancestral tongue.
Diolch yn fawr, Bronwyn! Always nice to run into a Brythonic speaker. :) How is this side of the tree treating you? Also, I appreciate your appreciation of my torc. I smiled. :)
I really like your channel, my great grandmother was half polish half scottish so I'm trying to learn scottish for my family history :) You're helping me a lot! tapadh leibh!
@@GaelicwithJason all is well in my weird little country 😅 I'm learning beag air bheag! One day I'll have to go to Scotland to take classes, I don't think they do them in Belgium 🤔😅
Tapadh leat 😁! Scotland is just a ferry away, but it's a world away for the bank account atm 🤣 so I'll use your channel as a means of virtual travel for now ✌🏻
You're a really great & enthusiastic teacher! I'm a Scot born & bred & unfortunately felt disconnected from my ancestors tongue as it was never taught, it was always enforced at school (& somewhat harrassed & shamed to speak 'proper English') but I've learned so much from your videos, thank you!
I'm from Glasgow in Scotland and I have just started learning Scottish Gaelic on Duolingo, your videos are so helpful, thank you for making them. I don't know if it's a Scots thing or a Glaswegian thing but we say things are grotty meaning disgusting or horrible all the time, it's amazing seeing all the connections to Gaelic that we still use in Scots today.
Cheers, Bethany. Great to hear! I agree - there are so many bits of Gaelic in Scottish English that it seems quite silly for someone to say "No one speaks Gaelic anymore." Aye, right...
Hi Jason ! Thanks a lot for your videos ! I'm French and I have always wanted to learn Gaelic ! and thanks to your videos it's possible ! I hope that during my next trip to the Highlands I would be able to speak Gaelic with Natives ! Thanks again !
The way you teach is amazing by the end of the lesson I could understand your sentences and put some together! Am dyslexic and really struggling with language learning ( can barely speak English sometimes 😅😂) But you approach is different in an amazing way. Me and my mum are Scottish and want to learn Gaelic together to bring us closer over lockdown (I live in England and she’s in Scotland). I will definitely be using your channel! I wish I had you as a teacher in high school!
Many thanks, Charley. 🙂 I had a dyslexic pupil in my class back when I taught in a Scottish high school. She struggled in many subjects too but she was one of the most creative and engaged students I had. When we made stories as a class, she soared. I learned a lot about teaching from my time with her.
I plan to move to scotland in a few years and i studied Gaelic for the first tome with you today. I was looking up gaelic videos a few days back and your messiah looking face popped up so I paused the video and decided to get organized. Today I went out and bought a specific notebook that helps you organize terms and meanings and explanations and I can’t believe I have already learnt so many words in the first lesson!!! You are so so so so good at what you do. I am going to pause the video half way and study with you about 30 mins everyday. That way I will not be overwhelmed and return to your video tomorrow. You get the clicks and I get the knowledge :D what a fantastic exchange. THANK YOOOOOOU. I already speak 6 languages including German and I studied old English in my MA so the pronounciations are not as hard as I thought. I’m subscribed. You are brilliant!!!
Halò ! I'm in love with the Celtic culture and a year ago I started learning Breton (Brezhoneg), I am from France. Now I'm focused in learning Gàidhlig because I love Alba, and like many people here I am currently learning it with duolingo and to go deeper in the learning process I found out your channel. I think you're an amazing teacher ! You're channel allows me to keep contact with the language because nobody here speaks Gàidhlig. p.s : I found out some similarities between Brezhoneg and Gàidhlig, like mat and math and noz Vat, oidhche MHath. Tìoraidh !
Thank you very much and welcome! I enjoy the similarities between the different Celtic languages too. I've learned a tiny bit of Breton and really enjoyed it. How wonderful that you have the chance to learn it. :)
I'm so glad I found your channel! I started learning on Duolingo (after discovering a very long line of Scottish Ancestors) and have been extremely surprised at how fast I've been able to pick it up, after having failed learning other languages more native to me (such as Spanish) in the past. However I've found that I have been missing the personal touch and interaction which makes me second guess myself a lot of the time. Somehow you make it feel as though I'm right there in the classroom interacting with you. It reinforces what I've been learning, and helps me feel more confident moving forward. Tapadh leibh!
I watched your video yesterday and today i had a dream, that i was walking on a sidewalk with you and I was repeating these words and sentances :D. Thank you so much for these videos, I love your teaching style and I cant wait to learn more !
Your techniques in teaching language are helping me in teaching English to my 6th grade ESL students---well, for all of my students. They are all learning to use language and vocab.
Accidentally started learning scottish gaelic instead of irish, so I guess I´ll stick with this now. I really like your teaching style, it seems incredibly approachable and nice. Thanks for uploading this!
My pleasure, Paddi. I too came to Scottish Gaelic through Gaelige. I'm glad my videos are making pick up Gàidhlig a bit smoother. Take care and stay safe!
I’m rewatching Outlander with my mother, and since I’m fascinated with the languages I wondered how hard would it be to learn a bit of Gàidhlig, just out of curiosity, but I must admit you’re a very good teacher and now I’m totally into it ❤️🔝
You're so sweet! I love how calm and pleasant you naturally seem to be. I look forward to finally learning my ancestors most beautiful language thanks to you. Cheers!
Stopped at 2:20. ...had to comment instantly. I love it. Your kindness and teaching method. And now i will continue...thank you, Jason, this a gem in the youtubeworld :))
Hi Jason! I've been wanting to lear Gaelic for a few years, and now I feel like I can finally get started. I've struggled for a while because I couldn't find reliable sites or books to learn Gaelic since I'm Italian, but now that I finally found your channel, seems like I'm on the right path. Thank you!
I'm Spanish and I'm really enjoying this, I lived in Scotland for some time in the past and now I regret not learning some gaelic scottish back then. Found this first video really easy to follow!
i'm scottish and a bit of a language nerd, but have unfortunately had no experience with gaelic up until the duolingo course. i'd always wanted to become fluent, but had resigned myself to just learning the basics from duolingo until discovering your channel. you’re a fantastic teacher, and i can’t wait to watch the rest of your videos! tapadh leibh!
Many thanks, Athena! You made my day. 🙂 Duolingo is a decent start but is quickly outgrown, I feel. There are plenty of videos on here to help you move towards fluency. I plan on filming more soon and they'll always be free. Come back any time!
I have been learning Irish for a few years with a focus on Ulster dialect. I must say that this is mostly intelligible to me given the similarities between Ulster Irish and Scots Gaelic. Very cool.
Haigh, is cainteoir Gaeilge Uladh canúint mé fosta, is fíor go bhfuil Gaeilge (canúint Uladh go háirithe) an chosúil le Gàidhlig na hAlba, agus Gaelg Manx freisin
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I think it is the biggest tragedy for us Scots that our own language is dying out. Thank you for helping more of us bring it back to life 🏴
It is a sad thing but it seems that many people have had a fire light under them recently. I see a lot more Gaelic on social media. Maybe Gaelic is making a comeback? I truly hope so.
I will do whatever I can to help you folks strengthen it. 🙂 I have big plans for future videos.
Its not dying out, it was breed out of us, I was born Glasgow 73.. I was never taugh to uttered a single word in my native language, now its time for the spark to become an inferno! Oh ha!
Don't worry. You have a Dutch man here learning Gaelic and I intend to speak quite a bit before I visit your brèagha country. I Also have Scottish ancestors on my mother's side. Also I love languages.
Problem is that most letters sound completely different than I'm used to. Could you get more into that like you did with "diotraicte" . The "a" and the "i" seem to be silent and "di" is dje and so is "te" at the end.
Lol a bheil sounds like available. Connection there.
@Thea Smith I am a Scottish American. My great Grandmother came over to America from Scotland. I have some Scottish on my dads side too. Gaelic is starting to get more popular. I am learning it now! But we all have to do our part to keep it alive! Slàinte a charaid! Is mise kristen. Tha mi à Aimearaga. Oidhche Mhath agus tìoraidh!😜🥰👍🏼🏴🇺🇸
Exactly why don’t they teach us it in school?
I'm Scottish and trying to learn my native language and so far I have found that the gaelic words have felt very natural to pronounce for me
You lucky fellow! Us Yanks really struggle with it in the beginning. Although I don't have any research to point to, I'm sure that being Scottish is of some help. Call it ancestral memory or whatnot. Like you said, it's very natural. That's wonderful to hear!
Take care, stay safe, and enjoy your day.
I suspect we in Scotland just still use a lot of the same sounds in our accents, especially in the west?
Brèagha, braw
My guess is that many place names are helpful - I ought to have studied Gaelic before my first visit, it might have saved my wife and I a lot of walking and confusion when asking for directions to castles Dunnottar and Crathes (though that last one might've only confused things more since I am pretty sure it's not Gaidhlig in origin).
I’m a good portion Scottish considering my great grandmother was full Scottish, my friends say I even have an accent at times, although I’ve lived in Indiana my entire life, I guess being part Irish too might help with the accent
It's like Bob Ross is teaching me a language and I freaking love it.
Thanks very much! Maybe I'll make a series of painting videos too...🙂
I couldn't have said it better. I'm dying, lol. He is amazingly relaxed which helps others to relax their brain and take in what he teaches
Yeah, he is really good, every time I watch a video of his I learn, and it sinks in, I really like his teaching style.
Pa! Love it
Yes!!
I love your calm, approachable teaching style. I swear you make me feel like I’m watching Bob Ross paint haha. One day of duolingo and 24 mins of your video and I’m using sentences in Scottish Gaelic. Wow.
Cheers, Cory! That's great to hear that you're using sentences. Just like Bob himself says: We don't make mistakes; we just have happy little accidents. :)
I was thinking exactly the same! Jason, your way of teaching is amazing :) will definitely learn quite a bit with your help. Mòran taing a charaid! :)
@@steffief6483 Vielen dank! It's my pleasure to share Gaelic with you folks. Come here any time - you're very welcome. :)
Yeah, he is good, I really like his approach and teaching style.
@@GaelicwithJason Vielen Dank?! I thought you were Gaelic, then you come out her with German!? 🤣🤣🤣 Ach, mein Gott! Danke für dieses Video! Ich bin sicher, dass ich unter Ihrer Anleitung schnell Gälisch lernen werde! :>
My grandfather doesn't know English he only speaks Gaelic I learned from a young age how to speak both Gaelic and English. Its nice to see that people are not fed misinformation about the Scottish native language. Keep up the good work
I love how just excited he is you can really tell he is passionate about this
Thank you! Gaelic is in my heart and I really can't help but show it.
You have a better teaching method than any teacher I’ve ever had in grade school
Many thanks! I've changed and refined what I used to do when I first starting teaching in a middle/high school. It's been far more effective and enjoyable since I made that switch. :)
Jason, you’re doing the work that many of our high schools sadly won’t do in Scotland. - From a lowlander who had to learn from scratch. Tapadh leibh, a thidseir 🏴
Thank you so much for this! I''m an asian and I'm in love with everything about Scotland. Then I found out they said that Scottish Gaelic is one of dying languages. How could someone abandon a masterpiece like this? So I decide to learn it. Lucky I found you here. Love xx
Hello, Jeklin, and welcome! Scotland is a special place for sure and having some Gaelic when you travel there makes the experience more meaningful. I'm happy you're here with us and hope to see you again soon. Enjoy your week!
You're not only the best Scottish Gaelic teacher, but also the best teacher! All those gestures, the calmness, the connections... It's perfect! Greetings from a Spaniard in the Canaries!
Thanks Jason! I'm from Scotland. Gaelic was never taught when I was at school, but its something that I've wanted to learn for a long time. I loved this and I'm looking forward to watching the other videos. Glè inntinneach! Was sin ceart? Aw, look at me go (...dork) ❤
Glè mhath, a Chiorstaidh! That was just right. :) I'm happy you're here with us and interesting in connecting with your ancestral language. See you around here sometime!
Bha sin ceart gu leor?
@@hamfan1355 Glè inntinneach? Bha, bha sin ceart.
In Scotland, we say ‘grotty’ a lot which is the word in Scots for disgusting. That probably came from the Gaelic word
I could see that, Raccoon. I heard that a lot when I lived over there.
I have heard in the US people call gross things "grody," and I think that it may be connected.
@@M4TCH3SM4L0N3 Really? Americans saying 'grody'? I wonder if they've been watching British programs on Netflix. :)
@@GaelicwithJason I remember "grody" being a word back when I was in elementary school, in Alabama, in the late 1970s. I have no clue from whence it came.
@@susansuits8001 it’s a very elementary school kind of word. Not something that big kids and grownups keep in their vernacular. But it was definitely a thing when I was growing up in the American south in the 90s
as someone with ADHD and a love for learning languages can i just say you are very engaging. i am scottish and always wanted to learn gaelic, this is my first video and i can see myself sticking with it already. Tapadh leat (google translated sorry if its wrong) :)
Welcome! You said it just right. I appreciate your efforts! 🙂 I'm happy to hear that you've started down the Gaelic path. You're in great company on here.
Take care, stay safe, and talk to you soon.
You are EXTRAORDINARY! I'm so happy I found your channel, Jason! I'm 58% Gaelic and I will not rest until I've learned the Gaelic tongue. I consider it my duty! Thank you so much! Subscribed!
I admire your passion, Skyler, and I will support you however I can. 🙂 I'm glad you're here!
Trying to exercise brain after 2 mini-strokes and chemotherapy for stage 4 cancer. My ancestors are mostly Scottish and I am keen to learn Gaelic. Thank you Jason for making it fun, easy, and usable.
I've been doing duolingo lessons for several weeks now and am really happy I found this channel to vary the learning style and reinforce lessons. Thank you so much for putting these together and sharing them! Your lessons are extremely helpful and I certainly appreciate the laughter in there - learning can become too serious and stunted if we force it - and these videos make the journey joyful. Tapadh leibh Jason!
Tapadh leat, Sarah! Joy and informality can make such a difference - they make it more sustainable over the long term. Plus, we all take ourselves FAR too seriously most of the time. It's a relief to chuckle at things, I find. :) Glad you're here with us. See you again soon!
Instant sub from me ! I got more from 20 minutes here than in 22 days in Duolingo. You're a very effective teacher, thank you!
As a fellow American with long disconnected Scottish blood, much appreciated my friend! I love your teaching style!
It's great to hear that the language is being spoken outside of Scotland. Especially when it's such a wonderful language.
Agreed, Aodhàn. I fell in love with the sound of Gàidhlig in university and the rest is history, as they say. I appreciate your support!
I love how you focus on the student acquiring the language rather than learning it. I feel like not enough high schools have caught on with the "newer" trend of acquiring the language, and continue teaching out of textbooks. Thank you for this fun and easy to pick-up video lesson series, and I look forward to watching the rest. :D
Thank you for your recognition! It's a treat to see folk notice that I emphasize acquisition. The educational scene is shifting, I feel. Very slowly but it's still happening. Who knows; acquisition could be the new given in 2030. I really hope so - it makes languages accessible to anyone, not just people who can memorize things well. Acquisition is much more fair and human.
Enjoy the videos! We're glad you're here with us. :)
When Scottish people speak in their own language, it’s sounds beautiful and romantic. Gives a gentle, friendly impression of the person. When they speak English, there’s definitely a starker difference.
Im Scottish and im loving learning my Native language from you Jason . Unfortunately in the West of Scotland we dont have tuition in our schools to learn our beautiful native tongue. You have a very memorable way of teaching . We need you back over here ! 😃. Thanks very much.
Thank you kindly! I've been speaking with some Gaelic development folk about online teaching so who knows - maybe teaching will be a bit more memorable over there. :) . Glad to have you with us on here. Enjoy your day!
I come from Glasgow and have just moved to Aberdeen for uni and have started taking Gaelic as a side course and the way you teach is so helpful and fresh !!!!
‘The Outlanders’ brought me here. I have so many European cultures in my lineage and I find it upsetting these languages aren’t used or celebrated more. I’ve been taught spanish my whole life even in University for two years and I’d love nothing more than to spend that same amount of time learning these languages. Thank you for the video!
Every beautiful language and culture is worth cherishing. I'm Chinese and yet I'm here. I know friends who are also from China and did her side-degree on Gaelic as well as those who can speak and read fluently in Gaelic. So don't worry, you are not alone x
I'm from Ireland and its interesting the connections they kind of have I love both and I hope both of them can be revived. It makes me happy that people are still interested in keeping these languages alive
My great-grandmother was from scotland. I’ve always been fascinated with Scotland and it’s history and have always wanted to learn the language. This is the perfect introductory video alongside my Duolingo. Thank you.
I'm German and learning with duolingo. I miss gramnar explanations. Learnt all of my languages by structures.
Very glad I found this channel. Going to watch more of these videos. They are helpful and entertaining. Thank you so much for making them. Moran taing a thidseir. 🙋🏻♀️
I am Scotts an Irish and Cherokee Indian I really would like to learn to speak Gaelic conversationally. I love your approach. You help me feel like I’m making progress. Very calm and pleasant teaching style. Thank you so much.
Osiyo! Thank you for your kind words and I'm glad to hear you feel more accomplished as a Gaelic speaker. There are many more videos here for you - and more on the way.
It's a pleasure to meet you. 🙂 I've done some teacher training in OK for the Cherokee Nation and really appreciated learning more about Cherokee culture and history. The close ties between the Cherokee people and the Gaels would make some fascinating story videos.
Actually, I'm going to add some to a course I'm planning. Thanks for the unintentional nudge.
Gaelic with Jason... Absolutely wonderful! I am on the edge of my seat now... I am so excited to see what’s next!
Osiyo! I send out updates and links for early access to new videos to folk on my mailing list. Are you on it by any chance?
@@GaelicwithJason The close ties between the Cherokee and the Gaels sounds fascinating! I would love to know more.
RUclips has suggested this video for me. I’m not Scottish. I don’t even live in an English speaking country. But I love languages and learning new things. I have to admit that I really really enjoyed watching this video and find it interesting. I am positive that will be lingering here for a while discovering more.
When I first clicked on the video, I judged this guy too quickly. I assumed because he was North American, he probably wouldn’t be an ideal teacher. I can now say how wrong I was. This guy here is the best on RUclips. Earned a like and a subscribe from me!
I appreciate you giving me a chance, Michael. :) I'm glad the video was useful to you and thanks for the subscribe!
I found your channel about a month ago and subscribed before watching your videos, as I want to learn to speak it clearly like it’s a first language and I’ve only just watched your first lesson, what a wonderful teacher you are. I’m from the north of England, and spend a lot of time in the highlands, I know enough Gaelic to understand and just get by, hearing you speak it so eloquently is truly beautiful. I thoroughly enjoyed your video and no doubt will enjoy the rest of them. Thank you for your class Jason it was truly a pleasure. 🌞
My Great Grandfather was from Glasglow, he came out to Australia and had three children. When he had been drinking he would speak in Scots Gaelic. I never met him, but would have loved to have and learn more about the lanaguage and learn it, so this is a great help. I hope to go to Scotland and learn way more about my ancestry.
That sounds like it would be a meaningful trip, Araedia. I hope you do make it over there. What a special way to honor your family. :)
This video floored me. I was not expecting to get drawn into it so much ! You Sir, are an amazing teacher ! The smiles, the thumbs up, everything make me want to keep watching and learning.
Thank you !
Why do I feel like I've found my newest RUclips obsession 🤣
Your teaching style is so encouraging agus I love this!
Tapadh leat! 🙂 I firmly believe that folk need to feel supported, encouraged, and successful in order to learn best. Not to mention, it should be...fun *gasp*.
Sgoinneil!! Tapadh leat! I’ve been learning Gaidhlig on Duolingo for the past month. I’m so glad to have found you! You’re an amazing teacher!
Tapadh leat, a Pham. Thank you for your kind words. 😊 I'm glad you're here!
Is this a Canadian guy teaching Gaelic - where I’m from Scotland and can’t even speak a word of Gaelic but want to learn and now turned here to be taught from a Canadian...... well this is embarrassing!
All jokes aside, great teaching!!!!! 🏴💪🏾👏🏾
Cheers, Leslie! Funny thing is, I'm a Yank. :) I think that's one reason I was hired to teach in a Scottish school years ago - to get folk questioning why they needed to import someone. I did get a fair number of free pints in the pub over those 5 years since folk wanted to hear how on earth a Yankee ended up teaching Gaelic in a high school in the Hebrides.
Gaelic with Jason
Absolutely fantastic!!!!!! 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🏴
@@GaelicwithJason oh please share, how did you?
Hmmmm, that could be a fun story video... :)
@@GaelicwithJason I would love to watch that story video.
Love the old Gaelic songs. Keep teaching us the Language. Thanks blessings
I just found this channel. My family name is Graham and my aunt traced or family back hundreds of years. I’ve always wanted to learn this and have tried other things but it was hard! This is so much better! Thank you! I had about given up but now I’m confident I can learn I’m a native English speaker so it’s very challenging.
I'm so happy I found your channel. I'm a Spanish native speaker who is learning English and Chinese, and I'd love to learn Scottish Gaelic too. Thank you for sharing this valuable information. It's so hard to find books that can actually teach you Scottish Gaelic properly on the Internet. A huge shoutout to you!!!!
I was born in Scotland and grew up there for 10 years so I had a Scottish pronunciation when i spoke . now 10 years later I am not in Scotland anymore but I am discovering this beautiful language and finding the words quite natural to pronounce! :) also your way of teaching is really helpful, thank you so much
Many thanks! I am glad you're picking it up quickly. 🙂 I do think you Scots have an advantage over us non-Scots since we need to train our ears to be more like yours!
Greetings from New Zealand. I had a week of gaelic lessons when Joy Dunlop was visiting here, about 11 years ago.It was a language that I had only heard in song but feel it is part of my Scottish heritage, so tried to learn a few phrases.
Thanks for making the course available.
I've been learning Scottish Gaelic for a wee bit now, so some of this was familiar to me, but watching this has been quite a different experience! Or a diofraicte experience, perhaps!
I wanted to praise you on how well done this is. You are charming and engaging. Not only repeating the words, but making gestures and having the words displayed is excellent for keeping them in memory. The different colors for Gaelic and English is also a great way to help the mind keep things in order. And, to top it off, I feel like we're in the same room; you're more interactive than previous language teachers I've had that HAVE been in the room with me. You make eye contact, you pause for emphasis--I've responded with a nod a few times before remembering this is a recording. This, my friend, is excellent and I look forward to your following videos! Well done, mate!
P.S. The torc you have is cho brèagha.
I'm from a Glaswegian family yet know very little of my culture. I've just moved to Skye and good lord heavens above this has been a wonderful learning experience, thank you Bob Ross of language!
New to this channel and love it being born and lived in Scotland and wanting to learn galic my hole life this helps massively thank you for this
You're a good Teacher. You understand how languages should be taught and learnt. Thanks
Thank you! 😃 I appreciate your recognition, a charad. You made my day.
Hi Jason! Over the past 18 months or so I've found and fell in love with the music of Julie Fowlis, travelled 9 days through and around the Scottish Highlands and decided to try my hand at learning Scottish Gaelic. Duolingo's addition of Scottish Gaelic to its catalog was my catalyst to actually start the language attempt and more digging lead me to your RUclips channel, and, as it happens, just today I found your website. The past 38 days (my standing Duolingo streak) had led me to assume that familiarity would be attainable, but competency would always be just beyond my grasp. I no longer believe that to be true. Your natural language acquisition content is fantastic and I can't wait to dig in to your program! Tapedh leibh!
Madainn mhath, Steve, and thank you very much for your kind words. You're exactly right: competency IS in the cards for you. It'll take some time, sure, but in no way is it impossible or as dire as some folk make it out to be. Ah, Julie. I enjoy her music too. I had the luck to see her here in the US back in October. It was quite an experience to be there live and chat with her a bit afterwards. :)
@@GaelicwithJason My daughter and I saw and chatted with her in Toronto in October - her and the whole band were so generous with their time after the show.
Such kind, wonderful people. It's such a pleasure to meet the folk behind the music, isn't it? :)
@@GaelicwithJason Tha!
Julie Fowlis is indeed a good artist. I have gach sgeul, and that is a good album.
Well done ...good teaching style ...I m Irish and can see the similarities between an Gaelige agus Scots Gaelic ..vital to keep the language alive
I'm Scottish and I really wanted to learn Gaelic in school but unfortunately it's only taught in the highlands and islands nowadays so us central belt folks only have international languages like French, Spanish, German and surprisingly Mandarin. Our old next door neighbours were an old couple called Donald and Narnina who are both from the Hebrides and because of their ages, they learned gaelic before they even learned english! My parents had planned for Donald to teach me, my brother and my sister gaelic but for whatever reason that never happened. Now I'm 18 and decided to pick it up alongside with my uni course, great videos mate :)
Never heard that name, Narnina, before. Makes me think of Narnia. Have you come across her name anywhere else? Nina is well known. I wonder if they're connected.
YES FINALLY A TEACHER
LIKED SAVED SHARED SUBSCRIBED
BREAGHA
A teacher of Scots, not Irish
A REAL teacher, utilizing all the tools
Audio books and the like just don't cut it
THANKS JASON! I've wanted to learn for the past 7yrs now; I'm so glad I found you *tears up in joy* and deeply appreciate the video RUclips series, I finally get to learn, at my place, and for free?! Breagha, what a Blessing!
It's my pleasure, Kalina. :) I agree - there's no substitute for learning with a human, be it live or through videos. I am glad that you're here with us and will support you however I can.
Thanks for uploading this! It's really helpful. I'm also from Scotland and would like to pick it up and also see a revival. It's nice to see people from other countries interested in learning and sharing their knowledge, tapadh leibh !
'S e do bheatha, a charaid, and thank you for your appreciation. 🙂 It's a nice break from the standard "Why the hell are ye learnin' the Gaelic?"
I have been going through my ancestry and found a huge line coming from Scottland; so much so that my DNA says I'm 53%. I want to go to Scottland now and learn Gaelic. This is so well done and easy to follow. You sir get a subscribe!
Thank you so much for helping people learn such a beautiful endangered language! I actually had a Scotsman tell me about your videos today at work, because I mentioned wanting to learn Gaelic.
I took Gaelic lessons for months from a native Irish Gaelic speaker. Jason, I understood more after your video, than I did after months of personal 1 on 1 instruction. Thank you.
I’ve been watching your videos every day! My maternal grandad was Scottish. I grew up mainly Polynesian, I speak Tongan fluently. But I’ve recently gained so much interest in my Scottish roots and ancestry and it’s such a gift your giving us to be able to learn the language of our ancestors! Thank you so much! I can’t wait to surprise my mom! ❤️❤️🙏🏽🙏🏽
As a Canadian, I just want to say I got a tickle from Canada being referenced in my first Scottish Gaelic lesson. This is tons of fun and I'm actually consuming and properly digesting the information.
Thanks a ton, friend!
I have Scottish roots In my family, so i want to be the first one to actually learn gaelic. My dad had tried, but then had me soon after so he stopped, and never picked it up again. I'm very proud of my orgins, and I would like to make my father proud! Thank you for helping me on this journey!
It's my pleasure, Caitlin. I admire your desire to connect more with your roots and to make your father proud. :)
Hi Jason! I am Brazilian and I love languages! Lately I have been absolutely obsessed with everything Scotland, and decided to learn Gàidhlig! Your lesson made it so much easier to understand! Thank you so much! Tha Jason snog!
Hello and greetings from Canada! I have watched several videos over the past 2 years to try and learn Scottish Gaelic, but have always found it difficult to piece together certain words or phrases and combine them into a sentence. With your video, I am finding that much easier!
Your video is very easy to follow, and you are a great instructor. By the end of this video, I was able to look away while you were speaking sentences and I understood what you were saying..wow!! I look forward to watching your other videos and can’t wait to learn more. Tapadh leibh!
Shelby, you made my day. I feel very happy that learning Gaelic has become easier and more enjoyable for you. :) I'm glad you're here on this channel with us.
Trying to learn scottish gaelic from english when your native language is french....... Seems legit, I'm in !
I very grateful for your work, it's so clear and calm when you explain ! And I love that you repeat numerous time every word ! It helps me a lot ! Thanks !
It's my pleasure, Aria. I admire your courage and passion! 🙂
This is wonderful! My family on my mothers side are all Scottish, and I've been wanting to learn the language for a while, however none of my family know enough to be able to teach it. This is the first time I've managed to be able to follow along and feel like I've actually been able to learn something!
I will definitely be back for more!
Hey there! I'm from Brazil and ever since I tried Scottish Gaelic on Duolingo I fell in love with it! Thank you so much for your class, you surely have an amazing teaching method! 🏴❤
Thanks very much, Rose. I'm happy to hear that Gaelic has touched your heart. Come back any time - I'll be making more videos again soon. Take care!
i really appreciate you putting out these videos! i’m scottish but have never had any opportunity to speak or learn gaelic. your videos are so accessible and easy to understand, and these along with the duolingo course will help me develop some gaelic skills :)
I’m Irish,
We were taught Irish Gaelic growing up in school, mostly similar dialect between the two. I’ve come across this video randomly this morning,
And just need to say your teaching style is amazing. So passionate! 😂
ADHD brain- I’ve always struggled to stay focused, but this is effortless. Will certainly help brush up on my Gaelic. Thank you🙏 💯
I love language and I've got basic conversational essentials down for a few languages. I've taken many college courses as well as Rosetta stone and the like under my belt. This really was more engaging and approachable than anything I've used before. Teaching really is your calling, thank you for all that you do!
My name is Mathilde and I am from France. I am a lover of the Anglo Saxons culture and especially Scottish and Irish. During this lockdown I wanted to feel good about myself and decided to learn Scottish Gaelic, to challenge myself but also feel closer to this langage and culture. I came across your videos and I wanted to tell you that your teaching is brillant and it seems effortless for me to learn the Gaelic. Really a big thank you to you for giving me this chance 🙏🏻 Tapadh leat gu dearbh
'S e do bheatha, a Mhathilde! I happy that it felt effortless to you. That's wonderful! :D I'm glad you're here with us.
We’ve just discovered your channel and found to be a great help with out home based efforts at learning Gaelic. We’re looking forward to the next lesson. Thank you for taking the time to put these together!
I am really enjoying watching along with your lessons! I'm from Nova Scotia and no one in my family has spoken Gaelic fluently since my great grandparents. This is a great starting point.
This is amazing. I've been wanting to learn Scottish Gaelic for a while now and came across this by chance. Now I can finally start learning my ancestors' language. Thank you!!!
Wonderful to hear! It's my pleasure to support you as you connect with your ancestry. :) Come back any time - these videos will always be here for you.
I'm a hyperpoly and I watch these types of videos all the time, and I want you to know that I found your smooth, calm, relaxing approach very welcoming & helpful! I thoroughly enjoy that you refer back to previous words after learning a new one, it helps keep them all fresh in my mind and I really wish more language teachers on RUclips did that. Thanks from Vancouver!
You're very welcome and thank you for the feedback. I'm glad they're relaxing and helpful. In my opinion, language learners should feel comfortable and settled, not stressed and anxious. If we feel threatened, our minds won't take in nearly as much Gaelic because they'll be more focused on basic survival.
Thank you so much for making these, genuinely the best videos I've found for trying to learn Gaelic.
You're very welcome, Barry. Thank you for your kind words. It's a pleasure to help make Gaelic more natural for you. :)
im looking for some one to practice with!! would you be interested??
Your relaxed attitude really put a smile on my face and put me more at ease, it’s rare to get such a feeling from just a video. It helps to remember the words so many thanks from France ! :)
Merci beaucoup! I am glad that you came to my channel! 🙂 Feeling at ease is such an important part of learning a language, I think. It's a secret way to learn MUCH faster and enjoy the process more. Enjoy your day!
I’m currently learning Irish Gaelic and this video just popped up in my recommended. Guess I’m learning Scottish Gaelic now too! Both sound so beautiful to me and I’m already seeing some similarities between the two so learning both will help each other. Also, I love the way you teach. We need more teachers like you in America.
Double Gaelic - not a bad thing at all! I'd like to master Gaelige one day. It was great fun to see and hear it around Dublin and to try to decode it.
Thank you for your kind words on my teaching. I've worked hard to develop it and still do a lot of work to refine it. :)
@@GaelicwithJason Ulster dialect, which is what I’m learning, is the closest to Scottish Gaelic. The main difference between Ulster and the other dialects of Irish is pronunciation, and we have a few different phrases as well. The Irish around Dublin is typically Connacht. Munster dialect would be found around Galway.
For example “Beag” is also “small” in Irish. In Ulster, we pronounce it exactly the same as Scottish Gaelic! In Munster and Connacht, it’s pronounced like “byug”. If you learn Ulster dialect, it will certainly help you make associations with Scottish Gaelic!
Noted! Thanks for the tip. :)
@@GaelicwithJason Go ndéana sé mhaith duit! Se do bheatha!
You were like the Bob Ross of Gaelic. So calm and easy to understand. My 2-year-old was hearing you from across the room and saying it.
Wonderful to hear, Christina! I'm glad you both enjoyed it. :)
How 'SNOG'! 😊
I speak Norwegian and my friend's daughter actually came out with her first complete word when I was staying with them. It was a Norwegian word! Of course my friend never forgot that 'unusual' milestone. 😄
I loved this! You just made me smile throughout the lesson :) Your style of teaching is lovely! (I've had many language teachers over the years, so I have a lot to compare to!)
I started an 8-week beginners' course in Edinburgh (online) this week (also with an American teacher, funnily enough!), but based on this video I'll definitely be using your videos alongside that.
Mòran taing, a Jenni! I'm glad you enjoyed the video!
Who is the other American teacher? There aren't many of us teaching Gaelic these days...
The Bob Ross version of Gaelic! The way you teach is a work of art! Keep it up!
I appreciate your teaching style!! This is the best way I learn!! I love that you go back, repetition is 🔑 KEY!!!
I agree whole heartedly! It's the best way I've found for being able to recall words and phrases effortlessly. It's like magic sometimes.
I can tell that you are a teacher of the language. Easy to pronounce and using different items to express them. Glè mhath. Keep teaching, I am learning my ancestral tongue.
nice torc, and great lesson! welsh speaker here making the leap to another celtic branch. excited to find some in depth videos on gaelic!
Diolch yn fawr, Bronwyn! Always nice to run into a Brythonic speaker. :) How is this side of the tree treating you?
Also, I appreciate your appreciation of my torc. I smiled. :)
I have always been impressed and gladdened by how the Welsh people supported a revival of and support their own beautiful language.
I really like your channel, my great grandmother was half polish half scottish so I'm trying to learn scottish for my family history :) You're helping me a lot! tapadh leibh!
I could listen to you teach all day, what a wonderfully kind and relaxed approach you have! Learning every day here, far away in Belgium 😊
Thank you, Katelijn! I am very happy you're coming here every day. I hope things are going well in Belgium. :)
@@GaelicwithJason all is well in my weird little country 😅 I'm learning beag air bheag! One day I'll have to go to Scotland to take classes, I don't think they do them in Belgium 🤔😅
@@KateVeeoh Beag air bheag, that's the way! At least Scotland isn't very far away. :) Enjoy your weekend.
Tapadh leat 😁! Scotland is just a ferry away, but it's a world away for the bank account atm 🤣 so I'll use your channel as a means of virtual travel for now ✌🏻
@@KateVeeoh It's certainly more cost-effective! :) I'm glad you're here with us.
You're a really great & enthusiastic teacher! I'm a Scot born & bred & unfortunately felt disconnected from my ancestors tongue as it was never taught, it was always enforced at school (& somewhat harrassed & shamed to speak 'proper English') but I've learned so much from your videos, thank you!
I'm from Glasgow in Scotland and I have just started learning Scottish Gaelic on Duolingo, your videos are so helpful, thank you for making them. I don't know if it's a Scots thing or a Glaswegian thing but we say things are grotty meaning disgusting or horrible all the time, it's amazing seeing all the connections to Gaelic that we still use in Scots today.
Cheers, Bethany. Great to hear! I agree - there are so many bits of Gaelic in Scottish English that it seems quite silly for someone to say "No one speaks Gaelic anymore." Aye, right...
My family and me uses a term "grody" for gross. I wonder if this term came from Scots Gaelic originally...
I had that thought while listening to the video, that that could have been the origin of the word 'grotty'.
Hi Jason ! Thanks a lot for your videos ! I'm French and I have always wanted to learn Gaelic ! and thanks to your videos it's possible ! I hope that during my next trip to the Highlands I would be able to speak Gaelic with Natives ! Thanks again !
That would be wonderful, Luna. I'm sure you will. 🙂 Thank you for watching. I'm glad you're here!
The way you teach is amazing by the end of the lesson I could understand your sentences and put some together! Am dyslexic and really struggling with language learning ( can barely speak English sometimes 😅😂) But you approach is different in an amazing way. Me and my mum are Scottish and want to learn Gaelic together to bring us closer over lockdown (I live in England and she’s in Scotland). I will definitely be using your channel! I wish I had you as a teacher in high school!
Many thanks, Charley. 🙂 I had a dyslexic pupil in my class back when I taught in a Scottish high school. She struggled in many subjects too but she was one of the most creative and engaged students I had. When we made stories as a class, she soared. I learned a lot about teaching from my time with her.
I plan to move to scotland in a few years and i studied Gaelic for the first tome with you today. I was looking up gaelic videos a few days back and your messiah looking face popped up so I paused the video and decided to get organized. Today I went out and bought a specific notebook that helps you organize terms and meanings and explanations and I can’t believe I have already learnt so many words in the first lesson!!! You are so so so so good at what you do. I am going to pause the video half way and study with you about 30 mins everyday. That way I will not be overwhelmed and return to your video tomorrow. You get the clicks and I get the knowledge :D what a fantastic exchange. THANK YOOOOOOU. I already speak 6 languages including German and I studied old English in my MA so the pronounciations are not as hard as I thought. I’m subscribed. You are brilliant!!!
Halò ! I'm in love with the Celtic culture and a year ago I started learning Breton (Brezhoneg), I am from France. Now I'm focused in learning Gàidhlig because I love Alba, and like many people here I am currently learning it with duolingo and to go deeper in the learning process I found out your channel. I think you're an amazing teacher ! You're channel allows me to keep contact with the language because nobody here speaks Gàidhlig.
p.s : I found out some similarities between Brezhoneg and Gàidhlig, like mat and math and noz Vat, oidhche MHath.
Tìoraidh !
Thank you very much and welcome! I enjoy the similarities between the different Celtic languages too. I've learned a tiny bit of Breton and really enjoyed it. How wonderful that you have the chance to learn it. :)
I'm so glad I found your channel! I started learning on Duolingo (after discovering a very long line of Scottish Ancestors) and have been extremely surprised at how fast I've been able to pick it up, after having failed learning other languages more native to me (such as Spanish) in the past. However I've found that I have been missing the personal touch and interaction which makes me second guess myself a lot of the time. Somehow you make it feel as though I'm right there in the classroom interacting with you. It reinforces what I've been learning, and helps me feel more confident moving forward. Tapadh leibh!
I watched your video yesterday and today i had a dream, that i was walking on a sidewalk with you and I was repeating these words and sentances :D. Thank you so much for these videos, I love your teaching style and I cant wait to learn more !
That sounds like a lovely dream! Life changes once you start dreaming in Gàidhlig. :) Take care and enjoy your day!
Did you watch the video just before going to sleep?
Your techniques in teaching language are helping me in teaching English to my 6th grade ESL students---well, for all of my students. They are all learning to use language and vocab.
Wonderful, Anne. I'm happy I can be of some help. Where do you teach?
I'm from india and I love scottish culture and people that's why I'm here to learn gaelic ❤️
Accidentally started learning scottish gaelic instead of irish, so I guess I´ll stick with this now. I really like your teaching style, it seems incredibly approachable and nice. Thanks for uploading this!
My pleasure, Paddi. I too came to Scottish Gaelic through Gaelige. I'm glad my videos are making pick up Gàidhlig a bit smoother. Take care and stay safe!
I’m rewatching Outlander with my mother, and since I’m fascinated with the languages I wondered how hard would it be to learn a bit of Gàidhlig, just out of curiosity, but I must admit you’re a very good teacher and now I’m totally into it ❤️🔝
You're so sweet! I love how calm and pleasant you naturally seem to be. I look forward to finally learning my ancestors most beautiful language thanks to you. Cheers!
Well, thank you for your kind words, Dear Elf. :) Welcome to the Gaelic world - we're glad you're here!
"Grod" reminds me of "grotty" = "icky", so that makes a nice (snog!) connection. ^_^
Absolutely! I imagine grotty came from Gaelic; 'grod' is an Early Irish word. :)
In Australia people say that's grot I thought it was short for grotty but perhaps it's actually a word thats survived from our Gaelic settlers
I could see it, @@redwolf7929! Lots of Scots in your history down under. I imagine there are some interesting stories in early Ozzie history.
Stopped at 2:20. ...had to comment instantly. I love it. Your kindness and teaching method. And now i will continue...thank you, Jason, this a gem in the youtubeworld :))
Hi Jason! I've been wanting to lear Gaelic for a few years, and now I feel like I can finally get started. I've struggled for a while because I couldn't find reliable sites or books to learn Gaelic since I'm Italian, but now that I finally found your channel, seems like I'm on the right path. Thank you!
Benvenuto, Marta! I'm glad you're here with us. :) I'm glad you're enjoying the videos and that they're helpful to you. Come back any time!
I'm Spanish and I'm really enjoying this, I lived in Scotland for some time in the past and now I regret not learning some gaelic scottish back then. Found this first video really easy to follow!
Wonderful, Merche! Enjoyment is important when learning anything. I'm glad you're here with us. :)
i'm scottish and a bit of a language nerd, but have unfortunately had no experience with gaelic up until the duolingo course. i'd always wanted to become fluent, but had resigned myself to just learning the basics from duolingo until discovering your channel. you’re a fantastic teacher, and i can’t wait to watch the rest of your videos! tapadh leibh!
Many thanks, Athena! You made my day. 🙂 Duolingo is a decent start but is quickly outgrown, I feel. There are plenty of videos on here to help you move towards fluency. I plan on filming more soon and they'll always be free. Come back any time!
I have been learning Irish for a few years with a focus on Ulster dialect. I must say that this is mostly intelligible to me given the similarities between Ulster Irish and Scots Gaelic. Very cool.
Haigh, is cainteoir Gaeilge Uladh canúint mé fosta, is fíor go bhfuil Gaeilge (canúint Uladh go háirithe) an chosúil le Gàidhlig na hAlba, agus Gaelg Manx freisin