9 Very Useful Adjectives (2) - Learn Scottish Gaelic
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- Опубликовано: 16 май 2024
- Get a great start on Scottish Gaelic with these 9 high frequency words. They will help you express your thoughts and opinions smoothly and naturally.
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You are like Bob Ross of Gaelic language. Very calm and soothing aaaand I've learned a lot. Thanks! :D
That's a nice comparison 😊
My grandfather is from Cape Breton and used to sing me Gaelic lullabies. Now my kids play the fiddle and the bagpipes, and I'm learning the language so I can sing along with them. I love your style of teaching: taking plenty of time on a limited number of words instead of rushing through phrases, lots of repetition, hand gestures. Thank you!
Jason, Thank you so much for doing these recordings. I've wanted to learn Gaelic for SO long and you are making it accessible, mòran taing.
Ikr!! Hes a phenomenal teacher... The man has most definitely, 100%, without a doubt found his calling & what he was born to do. I say it in every video but ive learned more Gaelic from Jason in 6 months than I learned Spanish from my Spanish teacher in 5 yrs. I thought it was impossible for me to learn a second language because id taken 5 yrs of Spanish classes & couldnt catch on or learn it... low & behold, like most teachers back in the day, my Spanish teacher was awful at her job. Its honestly remarkable how much of an impact a good teacher can make on their student & the world, its a hard job so I respect & admire anyone who can not only teach but do a phenomenal job at it.
I have eventually found a really good Gaelic teacher online as you make learning fun and relevant with lots of ways to make the words stick in my mind. Thank you
Just started and i love your teaching method. Trying to pick up some words for my upcoming trip and want to continue to learn. It is such a beautiful language. Thank you.
Jason - you are an excellent teacher. You are so relaxing to watch and listen to. I'm repeating your words and phrases as I go along on my dog walks - and getting some very strange looks here in Derbyshire UK. Keep up the great work!! :-)
Those sound like fun dog walks! Thank you for your kind words and for watching. It's great you're here! 😀
Your videos are so awesome. I grew up in Cape Breton and took gaelic in elementary, high-school and University and got away from it when I moved to the mainland and started working. Since having my son I have been very motivated to polish and improve my gaelic so I can pass it on to him. Your videos have been a tremendous help.
Many thanks for your kind words. 🙂I admire your desire to pass Gaelic along to your son! You are an inspiration to us all!
Jason you are a gore a teacher and I learned so much form you already and now more.
Jason misspelling you are great teacher and Learned so much from you.
And sense my family is from Scotland and Ireland (but mostly Scotland) I wanted to learn Scottish Gaelic
Love these lesson! Thanks! I hope you keep it up!
Absolutely love the videos and ways that you teach me lol
Brilliant. Love your lessons
Thanks for everything Jason 🏴🙌
Tapadh leat Jason. Seo math. You are very endearing and funny to watch.
Jason is a great teacher. Those lessons are so funny, living, interesting. I was learning Irish with duolingo for months but I would like to learn scottish gaelic now ! Remarquable et stimulant ! Un grand merci de France, Jason 😉
My wife, (Skeletorama on YT) is helping me to learn Gaelic, and so far I'm both enamored, and confused, lol. I keep coming back to these first few videos to try to solidify the bare basics so my brain doesn't explode. I often use her as a test subject because she's got a full year of learning on me. "You should go watch, Jason. He's really good!" She's not wrong. I'm finding it to be easier than I thought it would be because of your teaching methods. Thank you!
😄 Thanks for making this video, great for learning basics, its a beautiful brèagha language.💓
Like others I am looking into trying to learn and appreciate the effort you have put into these videos.👍😉
Thank you so much for theses videos, Jason! I’m trying to learn a bit as I intend on going in a exchange program to Scotland and thought it would be nice to know a little gaelic haha It’s really hard to find good content on Scottish Gaelic (specially for begginers). Best regards from Brazil!
Hi Jason. Thank you so much for your awesome videos. You are a fantastic teacher and I love your method of teaching. It's great to hear the pronunciation. I've always wanted to learn Gàidhlig (my mum and all her family are Scottish). Thanks for helping to keep it alive!
We Love you Jason. x. ✨🌟✨
Can't say it in schottish yet though!
Excellent explanation! I am beginning to learn the gaelic language. A big hug from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
I love your chuckles 😊
Tapadh leat! 😁
That's funny, there's "oha!" in Turkish language too, but it's an exclamation of a surprise, rather unpleasant one, like when you see a very high price on something, you say "Oha!" 😱 And it's mostly used by men, for some reason it's considered not nice for women to say "Oha" 😅 Although when I was learning Turkish, I loved the sound of it so much 😅 So I'm utterly happy that there's "O tha!" in Gaelic with an absolutely innocent meaning and I can use it as much as I want (as long as I speak Gaelic though😅) 🤣
These videos are amazing it's helping me so much
Wonderful to hear, Sophie. Thanks for watching. 🙂
thank you so much Jason. I have always had a hard time learning a second language but you have not only made it easier but a lot of fun. I love your teaching style. Do you have these lessons on a dvd or cd? In order to remember how each word is said I have written the phonetic spelling beside each word. This helps me to pronounce them correctly. Thank you for what you do. Oh! I am a cat person to.
Hi Bruce Fummey introduced me too your channel and I am not disappointed. Thank you so much.
Fàilte ort, a Mhonique! Welcome! I'm glad you're here! 🙂
I hope there will be someone to chat with eventually😊
"Repetition is key."
O tha. Tha Jason cho ceart.
I watch 1 of your vids everyday. I right down every word & every sentence you write on the board & say everything you say... ive been doing it for 6ish months now... I took Spanish in school for 5 years & never learned 10% of what I've learned in 6 mnths with you as a gaelic teacher. Its truly phenomenal how much a great teacher can make a difference. Only thing i learned out of 5 yrs of Spanish was "sit down" & "shut up" cuz thats all my teacher said to us. I live in Texas where we speak "TexMex Spanish". Its not Spaniard Spanish & its not Mexican Spanish but for some idiotic reason Spaniard Spanish is taught in American schools instead of Mexican Spanish. I realize TexMex isn't considered an official language but if you want to speak to the vast majority of the ppl in America, especially Texas, California, Arizona & New Mexico who speak Spanish you need to know TexMex. All that to say Ive spent 34 years around Tex Mex speakers, took 5 yrs or Spanish & havent learned newr what ive learned from you in the last 6 months.
Thank you 😊 3ish months into my learning Gaelic journey I finally tracked my family tree & found out my maternal Papa is a direct descendant of Scottish King James II... Im a born and raised Texan who has never been outside of America & yet have had an extreme love and affinity for Scotland ever since i can remember... so it was odd finding out my lineage & realizing there must be something instinctual or primal in us that makes us crave where "we belong".. If that makes sense lol
Also, ever thought about getting a patreon? Patron... 🤨🧐 they both look spelled wrong haha but do you have one? It would be awesome to have a top tier live class or 1 on 1 zoom tutoring sessions etc. 🤔 anyone else think so too? Would yall jump on his patreon patron?? 😅
5:00 Chan eil cofaidh blasta! Tha cofaidh grod!
Sometimes when I randomly get really excited I'll say "oha!" Always wondered why. I knew eastern Europeans said something like opa! but I'm not eastern European at all. Thank you for uploading these videos dude!
I super appreciate these videos. They go nicely hand in hand with Duolingo lessons.
Sorry but I really struggle with the Tea swallowing sounds. If you do more videos, please less gulping sounds?
Good morning. 🙂 Sure, I'll see what I can do. Thanks for the feedback.
I am going there try to learn Garlic properly since the first thing I learned in Gaelic was Pòg mo thòin! 😁
Great video, Chan eil ti blasta, though! 🤪
Hey Jason--greetings from the Isle of Lewis. Have a question about differentiating 'I'm not bad' as a reply to 'how are you' versus 'I'm not bad' as in I'm not a bad person (statement of character) since they both are spoken 'chan eil mi dona'. I assume context is everything, daahling??? Thanks!
Heya! Thank you for your Leòdhasach greetings and I return them with unseasonably warm greetings from Maine.
Context certainly helps in this case, yes. When talking about personal qualities, such as acting 'bad', perhaps it would be natural for native speakers to add in man/woman/person, ie: "I'm not a bad person!" or "You're not a bad man." Also, when talking about a bad person, perhaps 'droch' would be used instead of 'dona', ie: droch dhuine, droch bhoireannach, etc. 🙂
In Irish it's the same , droch is a term used to describe many things as bad Thá droch-lá ann inniu It's a bad day today (describing weather) while dona is also a word to indicate bad olc is another word used but mostly in the sense of bad as in evil . Excellent question and response , I hadn't even considered something like that until now , thanks to both of ye's .
I’m currently working in a pub in the highlands. Would “tha mòr or beag” work for asking if they wanted a large whisky or a small one?
Hi James. I hope your day is going well. 🙂 How cool, adding some Gaelic into your bar work. There's a good pair of phrases you could use here: *tè bheag* (a small one, ie: a dram) and *tè mhòr* (a big one, ie: a dram). They're very authentic! Enjoy using them!
Basically blasta could be Blast. "Yeah, it's a blast." i had a cat called Snuggles. Snog. One more similarity. Hmmmmm. 🤔
So if I am understanding this correctly. To say; Coffee and Tea is tasty. Is not gross.
Then it would be said as... "Tha cofaidh agus tea blasta. Chan eil grod." ...?
Quick question: Mor is big. Gle is very. Gu mor is very much, but if one were to say “I love you very much “ it comes as
Tha gaol mor agam ort. Where did the gu go?
"Gaol" here is a noun rather than a verb. So, you are saying (literally), "I have big love for you" (or even more literally "I have big love on you.") So you would use the adjective form "mòr" rather than an adverbial form (such as "gu mòr") because "gaol" is a noun.
Just what Catherine said. 🙂 Thanks for jumping in there, a Chatriona.
In the Gaelic mindset, love isn't an action - it's something you have for someone (literally: on them). So, in that case, you'd be having big/great love for someone. It's how the phrase for 'loving' works in Gaelic.
Not all phrases work like that, though. Liking something, for example, wouldn't involve a 'big like'. It would be liking something *greatly*, which is why we use the "gu mòr."
Between the two of us, did we clear that up for you, Gina? 🙂
So how do you not confuse "Canada is big" with "Is Canada big"? Just by punctuation or cadences and contex while in conversation?
Good Morning, Josh! I hope your day is going well. 🙂 In English, we use cadence to make questions but in Gaelic, we use a separate word:
*Tha Canada mòr = Canada is big. (Tha = is)
*A bheil Canada mòr? = Is Canada big? (A bheil = is?)
The first one is a statement because we used *tha*, while the second one is a question due to *A bheil?*
Does that help?🙂
@@GaelicwithJason thank you, yes that clears it up. I'm still learning, coming back to it after a long hiatus.
@@IosuamacaMhadaidh My pleasure. 🙂 Welcome back!
I know a guy named Donall. He's really unpleasant. Tha Donall dona. Chan eil Donall math. Thanks for these lessons!
Testing so Tha Jason math agus snog (nice)
Tha sin ceart. Tha esan.
(Im a learner myself so the above sentence may not be correct.)
Tha Jason gle math tidsear. Math fhein.
My school only allowed use to learn Spanish and sign language
Chan eil cofaidh blasta! Ha cofaidh grot agus ha tidh blasta.
In English 'Is Canada big' is a question whereas 'Canada is big' is a statement. How do you turn 'Tha Canada mor' into a question, can you just flip around like English?
Ah... the next video explains it ...
I am a hamster person :D Thanks for this very useful channel !!
I'm a cat person too!
why do you say "alaba" instead of "alba"?
Well heard! There are hidden As in some Gaelic words, like Alba. Although it seems quite strange and unpredictable, they make saying the words smoother. 🙂
Where does the an come from ei “tha cat snog”
Hiya Pyper. 'Tha an cat snog'
Tha Colorado breagha
So is this correct? Tha Canadians snog? Are Canadians nice?
interesting thought...imagine seeing Gaelic in sign language.
I've heard that there are different dialects of BSL, ie: Scottish, Welsh, English - I wonder about the Gaelic world...
Tha Cataidh blasta (I have iced coffee from sonic pff)
Mmmm, cofaidh blasta.
You spelled 'blasta' as ' blasda' in Lesson 1 🤔 The dictionary says the former is correct.
Madainn mhath. 🙂 It's not a matter of correct here, just traditional vs modern spellings. In more modern spellings, many Ds became Ts, while in the traditional forms, they stayed Ds. It's a matter of personal preference and both are valid. Enjoy the rest of your day!
So different from duo lingo. I love the differences. But the accents are killing me
Comment for the algorithm.
Hungarian is like this, back to front.
Gle maith agus èibhinn
Please give conversations problems please..
Tha Poland snog! Tha Poland breagha!
Tha Cat grod. They poop in my garden😂
By the way Jason this is great content👏🏻👏🏻
Tapadh leat! Maybe the cats are kindly gifting you fertilizer...😺
@Jason Ciamar a tha thu a bhalaich? Tha na facail san video seo glè fheumail gu dearbh. Gu rabh mìle math agad a charaid . Beannachdan ort bho Achadh an Iúir, Aimearaga . Tha mi ag ionnsachadh Gàidhlig leam fèin le Can Seo Speaking Our Language Duolingo agus na videos agad . Slàinte mhath a bhalaich .
Sin thu, a charaid. Madainn mhath dhut. 🙂 Mòran taing airson coimhead! Beannachd leat.
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No offence, Jason I to am a cat person.
I'm a cat person too. No offense taken. 🙂