Beginning Irish - Lesson # 1 - Part 1 of 11 (Is maith liom)

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LESSON SHEETS HERE: www.hofshi.net/...

We have included study sheets that go with each lesson and can be printed out from the website above. We recommend you print these lesson sheets out, you will need them to accompany and get full benefit the video.

These classes were filmed at the House of Ireland which is located in Balboa Park in San Diego. There are three Irish language classes taught each week - beginner, intermediate, and advanced, with a different teacher for each level.

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@randomclipsofthings 16 лет назад

This is brilliant. It's so good to see people learning the language. The added bonuses are that the people learning are American AND you didn't call the language 'Gaelic'. Respect.

@TheLadyShred 14 лет назад

It doesn't matter who's learning the language. American, Irish, whatever it's nice to keep the language alive. It's already rare enough and I'm just glad something like this exists on youtube because books/teachers are few and far between.

@cbabick 13 лет назад

Yes, at least he is doing something to keep it alive. Human languages are precious.

@RuntOfTheBatch 13 лет назад

dude Im telling you, these lessons go into a hell of a lot more depth than any Irish class in Ireland does...

@thefartydoctor 14 лет назад

Thank you for this really great video. I'm actually a student of Welsh but I'm being a bit nosey and peering into other gaelics. It's nice to learn it from an actual teacher and not from a book. Is fear dáthúil mé. =D

@jimdoyles 11 лет назад

my grandad could not speak good english till he was in his 30s,he carried on speaking it in glasgow,but because he was a bit odd he didnt speak much to my father,but thats no excuse for me,i try to speak when im in fallcarragh,and most native irish speakers will do everything they can to help you,keep pluging away at it,it will come to you if you really want it,and its a great buzz to speak to someone in irish makes you happy and proud.

@kingofcelts 16 лет назад

The guy that runs tg4(the irish language tv station in Ireland) is Irish American and he does a great job. As is the Canadian irish Gaelteacht founder in Canada. I think we should admire these people. As they are taking the initiative that we Irish should be taking and especially our government, where so few people can converse in our native tongue. Ex, our previous Taoiseacht..

@braincloth 15 лет назад

im so glad i found this vid, i had been looking to move on from simple everyday phrases for a while. very helpful, thanx :)

@TheWarTurkey 12 лет назад

I realize that it has been a long time since you have posted this, but if you're still trying to learn, Pimsleur is a great tool There's not a whole lot for Irish, but it got me started! However, by this time, you have probably already surpassed the point Pimsleur gets you to!

@MEpianist 15 лет назад

this is exactly what Im looking for, thank you so much.

@IamDaReAlSeaN 12 лет назад

My mother speaks it, I remember hearing a bit but my Dad spoke none. Only for the past 2 years have we really been conversing in Irish. I learned mainly in school, but I didn't really do to well in it. I used to hate learning it in school, but I got back into it once I stopped blaming the language for the idiocy of those who teach it. Nevertheless, I have started from the ground up with a clear head and I have a very high standard now, but I want absolute fluency.

@BuddyNovinski 13 лет назад

Given that we are living longer and are more susceptible to Alzheimer's in later life, learning another language helps protect against it. Adults tend to squirm away from the confused state that everyone must go through in learning anything new, but it stimulates a different part of the brain. I am really struggling with Rosetta Stone's Irish, but I intend to keep trying until I can pass over the confusion.

@armasmaximilian 13 лет назад

go maith, proud to be Irish and lovely to see this link, well done!

@terrancefenerty5131 8 лет назад

Hi, well I just learning so I love this video I won't let the r or the ey get in the way. Broken Irish is better than clever English.

@326ViPeR 15 лет назад

Thank you for posting this video, I also copied the link you provided on the lesson sheet!! ^_^ I want to learn more of Irish language but I still have to finish Scottish and Scot's culture.... Thanks again... cheers! ^_^

@emmetor 16 лет назад

You're doing fantastic work over there, more power to you. It's amazing that yourself and a couple of your students have good pronunciation - well done. The Irish accent in English originates from the Irish language. Gaelic had a drastic effect on the English language, and the accents in various cities in England. Liverpool in particular. It also had an effect on the North American accent, & may be why North Americans don't speak like Australians.

@grandma.p 6 лет назад

This explanation is good. We can learn to create our own conversation with this method.

@bighands69 14 лет назад

This guys irish is probably better than some peoples in ireland. So fair play to this guy.

@phleota 16 лет назад

I might add that his pronunciation (foghraíocht) is outstanding. Better than most Irish people!

@animalunaris 15 лет назад

It's spoken in the Donegal and Gaoth Dobhair Gaeltachts in the North West, it's one of the 3 main dialects so it is worth learning, it's down to preference really.

@emmetor 16 лет назад

Oh and what's more, if you come from a non-Irish speaking area of Ireland, and nobody speaks Irish there, then why are you giving your opinion? The Irish culture is international. Each country has a different version of it. Thank the international-Irish for all they do for us and all they have done. I'm grateful.

@mango2005 6 лет назад

In Irish the prepositions change in form depending on the gender they apply to e.g. ag = at. agat = at you, agam = at me, agaibh = at us (plural us),

@Troy_KC-2-PH 9 лет назад

Is méiriceannach mé agus tá me ag foghlaim gaeilge (briste). go raibh míle maith agaibh a chairde ... for posting videos like this and for comments of guidance. Le meas, Labhrás Ó Fallamhain

@animalunaris 17 лет назад

Irish is a compulsory subject in Irish schools so the resources are out there they can just be hard to find, the 'Now You're Taling' books are good, also the poca focal (sp?) dictionary. Try Irish sites.

@IamDaReAlSeaN 12 лет назад

I'm not trying to bog down your ambition to learn it, but the reality is, the focus needs to be on getting people in Ireland to speak it, where it is really needed. Irish blood doesn't matter. What is beneficial is that non-Irish people who learn the language open up oppurtunities for the Irish-speaking private sector, weakening the English dependency. If I were a politician however, I would give special immigration status to foreigners who have learned Irish and are willing to speak it.

@animalunaris 14 лет назад

True, English does originate here, but I think there's enough difference now in spelling and usage between British and American English to make distinguising between them worthwhile to save any confusion.

@slynch2112 12 лет назад

remember, he taught this class in person and it was filmed. Its much harder to teach it that way... as opposed to when you plan it for filming, of which I'd agree. I also think making his pronunciations comparable to English was a mistake, but its very hard to teach people beginning Gaelge in anything but its English pronunciation counterparts. Its very important though to note the more gutteral and wispy (my own word) pronunciations of Irish.

@kingofcelts 16 лет назад

Hello my friend. I was thinking, if you would like I could make some suggestions for learning Irish as we call it in Ireland. Although you may call it Gaelic, it's important to not get it mixed up with scots gaelic which is really another slight branch off Irish. Anyhow if you want to know about learning the language in a audible form which I favour and not the class room setting, let me know..

@IamDaReAlSeaN 12 лет назад

With some reflection I have come to agree. For me though, it's more of a cultural thing. If we lose Gaeilge, our connection with our history, culture, poetry, literature and civilization is lost to us (Scotland and the Isle of Man's Gaelic cultures too). English is a great language to know but I don't want to see Gaeldom reduced to a "Celtic-lite" tourist attraction. That's why I'm learning all three Gaelic languages. They experience the same problems as we do in Ireland.

@IamDaReAlSeaN 12 лет назад

Ah sure it's alright, not a whole lot grows here (no oranges, anything like that) but there's a lot of rain and sun, especially during summer. Every other time it's windy, rainy and dark for most of the day. You can only really expect about 7 hours of decent sunlight during the height of winter :P

@ivorytower71 16 лет назад

The thing to bear in mind is that, for the most part, Irish isn't used in Irish families, and shamefully the only proper grammar lesson that I had was in the last year of primary school (age 12/13 or so) - nothing else particularly rigorous until school leaving age at 18. Without internet and language recodrings to help us (it was the 80s after all), most of us just tried to pick up the language's rules as best we could.

@irishdan2020 16 лет назад

well,,,,that taught me! ha ha I was a bit hesitant to even say anything cus i'm not the most learned on this subject, as you are. thanks for the quick lesson though. I love learning about it. yes i know, i'm irish, but i simply don't know my own culture's history or language :(

@Csoery 15 лет назад

There was an example sentence for this: "Nach rúnai é?'" - so it works in singular, too, apparently.

@IfanSaer 17 лет назад

This is awesome!!!

@qualqui 17 лет назад

Cool vid, thanx for sharin'!!!

@Ehxc7 16 лет назад

I know for a fact that in here in the US, that there in a huge re-new interest in learning Irish (if your roots are in Ireland). With the influx of spanish in the States in the last 10 years, most Irish-Americans are getting closer to there Irish roots. I am sick of hearing Spanish here....I much rather speak and hear Irish. That's why I'm trying to learn. Keep up these great video's. Kevin from LI, NY

@Seankwondo87 14 лет назад

@MrViola94 well to an extent. haha But all of them have a correct pronunciation. It might vary from dialect to dialect slightly but at least its constant within that dialect.

@animalunaris 17 лет назад

Fantastic!

@Krusader82 14 лет назад

@slyrachet101 No its not, they're discussing the copula not the verb bí

@menglinhai 15 лет назад

If I were you I wouldn't take any notice, you're not going to get any further! I'd like to see him make these videos, and may I say well done!

@h3lblad3 14 лет назад

Right, I've learned some words from this! Fathers is Africa And mothers is Molligraphy :D

@quenome01 11 лет назад

Subtitles would help a lot!

@teabagginue 14 лет назад

Question: is the irish r rolled like in spanish, italian, polish, etc? i have two books on irish, one makes no particular mention of the pronunciation of r, and the other says broad r is trilled.

@slynch2112 12 лет назад

Agreed, though I think that in order to resurrect the language (which the government in Ireland has done a great service by making it the National Language) - speakers who are "Children of the Diaspora" should be learning it too... so that Gaeilge is not just a language spoken in Ireland, but becomes more common. I do believe some day, that Ireland should speak Irish and not English, but centuries of English speaking is very hard to erase.

@frapssss 14 лет назад

id assume that it's the same as scottish gaidhlig and that there are varying R's depending on the word and placement it's involved in

@doncini3000 16 лет назад

I guess i should have learned this because my family is irish but i never got round to it ^^

@skyemcleod1 16 лет назад

lol-Why did he use 'SECRETARY'over and over?! Maybe it's in the lesson...Still it's so encouraging to see people trying to learn it-I'd love to. They seem to be having fun:)

@IamDaReAlSeaN 12 лет назад

Depends, there are many who believe Ireland has only that environment, which isn't true. Romanticism I guess. Most visitors have only seen Galway, Dublin or Kerry, so you've probably been misinformed. Most good farmland is in Leinster, with the best probably in Meath. The economy isn't as bad as people say, it has hurt but we'll get over it, these things happen y'know? Not many to be honest, but I'm sure there will be more soon! If you want to chat more just send me a message on my channel

@GreenLantern1916 14 лет назад

@caemgen51 Yes, I see your point. My point is that he is not pronouncing the words in the same way as people who live in ANY Irish speaking community, therefore, his pronunciation is not the same as anyone who is a fluent, native speaker - that is why I said that he needs to work on his pronunciation: it is NOT the same pronunciation as a speaker who speaks a living dialect in any community where Irish is spoken as the normal day to day language. uh-oh, running out of room. I'll post the rest

@kdorch75 16 лет назад

Sorry, that previous comment was in response to something else. But I have a question to Irish speakers. Is it worth learning Ulster Irish? Are there any native speakers/Gaeltacht (?) areas in Ulster? There are BBC and I think RTE programmes for Ulster Irish, but it has always seemed a bit obscure to me.

@Csoery 15 лет назад

Would be nice if he looked up from that paper from time to time :S Anyway, it's very useful material, thanks a lot for sharing!

@Bavanai 14 лет назад

as the last remaining superpower, they decide how to name their language.

@timothysalthouse1415 6 лет назад

I can't find the link for the handouts that go with lesson #1. I am using an android phone, not a computer. Is that why link does not appear?

@GaelofVirtue 13 лет назад

@suedonum I feel the exact same way!

@animalunaris 15 лет назад

Ulster, Munster and Connacht Irish.

@MrViola94 14 лет назад

@Seankwondo87 Plus if you think about it all of the Romance luanguages are just crazy dialects of Latin (except French because than it's Latin/Gaelic). but that's just getting a little technical. Carry on. =D

16 лет назад

Mícheal Ó Siadhails book, LEARNING IRISH (it can be bought with cassettes) is the undisputed best text for learning. He was a linguistics professor at Trinity and the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies...and now in retirement is a brilliant full time poet. check him out, slán Elegwen

@emmetor 16 лет назад

I apologize for mentioning Dublin in particular in my last post. I really meant 'the cities'. Where a lot of kids are just more interested in 50Cent and American culture. If 50 was rapping in Irish, all the kids would be respecting the language. If you're Ghanian-Irish living in Dublin, then culturally aren't you more local Irish, not international Irish? I can see you have the respect and the love, and that's great, but don't make it seem like nobody else in Ireland cares, cos we do!

@spankface 15 лет назад

Hi. I am very interested in learning languages, especially Irish, because my maternal family came from Ireland, and I still have family there to this day. I know nothing of Irish yet, but wat do u mean by " "Standard Irish" is that it's an invented language and not a living language." ? Was it derived from the Connemara language? Was that the official language? And lastly, where could i find lessons, history, etc on the Connemara language.? Thank you for posting this, & for your help Kyle

@jken5314 4 года назад

To answer your Q's Connemara is a region where Irish is spoken. It's not actually it's own language.(They speak a form of the Connaught dialect) By "standard Irish" (An Caighdeán Oifigiúl) he means the universal way of spelling and grammar in Irish which was made official in the 1940s. It was based on all the living Irish dialects. (Connaught, Munster & Ulster). Like you have 'standard English' (British & American) and 'Metropolitan French' based on the Parisian speech etc. Courses for Irish are on the Duolingo app. You can listen to several radio stations Radió na Gaeltachta, Radió na Life etc. You can also watch a TV channel called TG4 PS. You probably know most of this now since the post is 10 years old or something but I thought "why not give him the answers anyway" :)

@bobcatroda 16 лет назад

Is there any lesson with info before this one, or is this just where we jump in?

@jmponmyfoot 15 лет назад

get the dvd of in the name of the fada where des bishop, an irish american spends a year learning irish n connamara. hes a comedian its good nd shuts up anyone who says americans shouldnt learn irish.

@jimisback 17 лет назад

What does Ka Jay shin mean? I know I did not spell that right. As is ka jay shin Table?

@Chealder 14 лет назад

This is a review of a lesson? Then how would it help me learning the very first basics of Irish?

@animalunaris 17 лет назад

All I need know is for someone to do the same for Gaidhlig!

@st3even 16 лет назад

I agree bro

@animalunaris 15 лет назад

the 'scolairi' would need to be made singular, which is 'mac léinn' as in 'Im mac léinn mé' - I am a student.

@kdorch75 16 лет назад

Ulster has nine counties, only six of those are in the North.

@amixofeverything 11 лет назад

How would you say "God Bless all Here" in Gaelic?

@thecortni 16 лет назад

The Gaelic in you video title stands for "Is Good Lesson", no?

@mdsmokedancer 10 лет назад

What dialect is this? I am beginnig to study Munster and I don't want to start studying here if this is another Dialect or standard!

@steaphris 17 лет назад

While it's great to see Irish lessons on the web, I was wondering do these lessons ever go from recitation to actually getting the students to use the language in the classroom? Rather than just repetition. Repetion is good for pronunciation, but to actually retain the language, there needs to be roleplays, without grammar explanations, just USING the language as naturally as possible. What do others think?

@danielmccallon7033 5 лет назад

Steaphan MacRisnidh yes I forget what I learn bc application is required and practicality. The way we instinctively teach our children language. Are you hungry? Do you have to go to the bathroom? Where is mommy? Hello , goodbye, thank you, i'm sorry . Grateful to all teachers. I do not intend criticism. I am Irish American and someone asked why do we want to learn ? Because we lost our families, lands, and became exiles. That loss has never left us. For many it took generations to adapt. The Irish came as laborer's not to be rich men. Then we became the forgotten and the lost. We are tying. We never forgot who we are.

@colmdodd 15 лет назад

it is the same in french and dutch. i think the whole point is that english is very ambiguous. no over romanticizing here. ba bhrea lion bheith ag caint as gaielge ach nior caint a lan daoine é

@GreenLantern1916 14 лет назад

@eminem1fan23 Do you really think he speaks with an Irish accent? I don't hear an Irish accent at all. I hear an American speaking "standard" Irish with an American accent. As I mentioned before I think it's great that he is learning the language but his pronunciation needs work. Would you prefer to learn a language (and pronunciation) from a learner, or from a fluent native speaker?

@vampiresRhot 15 лет назад

really? i'd like to learn a short phrase or something... 'where is the bathroom?'

@danielmccallon7033 5 лет назад

The Real H-Dizzle lol yes . Not she is a good secretary. Seriously though I appreciate this man. Please remember that many Irish Americans were exiles. My grandfather medaled in 1923, my family threatened and fled leaving their child in Eire. When my dad brought him over ( because we paid the farm rent from US) my uncle called us flatback. I still don't know the meaning. But we lost so much. I returned to heaps of stones with my child and cried for all those in Eire who sacrificed for us too. We've lost so much. So many. We should never fight. But ❤️ humor and straightforwardness . Thanks for the laugh.

@manwithapln 15 лет назад

Is Éireannach mé agus molaim an saothar seo go díográiseach. Caithimid go léir bheith oscailte agus flaithúileach leis an dteanga. Cuirim fáilte mhór donár gcairde thar sáile don pobal na Gaeilge agus guím gach ráth dóibh ina gcuid oibre.

@MascheranoLFC 15 лет назад

acient is compeletly off ..... their is 3 accients for irish and diffrent sayins and vocba within those accients ...

@FlamingoRocket641 11 лет назад

that's why there are work sheets

@armasmaximilian 13 лет назад

micmac 41 ta bron orm.......tragic truth, I'm a Dub and believe all Irish abroad should be given a free trip once on their lives, Stay in touch, F the begrudgers.....

@jimmy27paul 15 лет назад

OK sorry i probably got the wrong impression and didnt look at your comments in the right context but im glad you would encourage learning the language because its just so fucked up when my fellow irish have such cynical attitudes against good people who show an interest in our country and these attitudes came about during the boom when we had our heads so far up our asses we thought we were invincible.

@dazpatreg 14 лет назад

Ádh mhór chugat! Thar chinn ar fad! Tá sé go h-iontach chun rud mar seo a fheiceáil, ná bac leis na gearráin faoin bhealach ina bfhuil tú ag rá na bfhocail, tá Gaeltact i Mheireceá Thuaidh anois i gCeanada mar sin ní dhéanann sé aon difríocht ar cur ar bith!

@phleota 16 лет назад

Maith sibh, an-iarracht go deo! Might be an idea to leave grammar alone for a while and get chatting, learning, rhymes/songs and having fun Communication first worry about rules later Beatha teanga í a labhairt!

@ChuckyErLaw 16 лет назад

WoW! thers a lot of irish-american people in USA

@jmponmyfoot 16 лет назад

yea but im from donegal...not a gaeltacht but i have a close accent...and we never call the language gaelic we only call it irish or if your speaking in irish gaeilge if your talking about gaelic your generally talking about the sport...

@GreenLantern1916 14 лет назад

@caemgen51 By the way, I am not trying to convince you of anything. You ridiculed a reply that I gave to someone else and I responded to your attack. An invented form of Irish is not the same as the living, spoken language, therefore the title of this video is incorrect; if you had called it something like "Beginning Standard Irish", we would not be having this conversation - his pronunciation is NOT the same as actual Irish language pronunciation in any community of Irish speakers.

@GreenLantern1916 15 лет назад

That's true - standard Irish is not spoken in ANY gaeltacht. If possible, I think it is best to learn a language like Irish Gaelic from fluent, native speakers whose first language is Irish. I happen to live in a place where there are no Irish teachers nor any speakers at all, so I have been relying on books and recordings of native speakers in the dialect that I have chosen.

@Whelknarge 15 лет назад

His accent is funny. I've never heard a non-Irish person try to speak Irish. Maith an fear.

@animalunaris 15 лет назад

I mean 'Is mac léinn mé!' typo...

@emmetor 16 лет назад

Well, what about Irish-Australian? And Irish-Argentinians? And English-Irish? And Canadian-Irish? Irish-Jamaican? Irish-Barbadian? French-Canadian-Irish? All have real connections to the Irish people. I mean this is 2008, not the Darby O'Gill days of 1959 when very few could hop across the pond. Respect to people who respect your culture, because they are respecting you! Now, tax, government, and penalty points... that's a different thing entirely.

@IspiniAgusSubh 12 лет назад

@clunef100 You shouldn't. Seriously, the Irish on the website is terrible. There are many very basic mistakes all over the website. It's difficult to find one sentence in Irish that is correct. There are far better resources than it.

@MascheranoLFC 15 лет назад

hows it going .. im irish and i would be happy to give you a few sayins if ur intrested

@emmetor 16 лет назад

ok caemgen, níl fonn orm cuir isteach ortsa, lean ar adhaigh! Tá brón orm...

@ruatreacy 16 лет назад

its funny because you americans sound more like a typical irishmen when youre trying to speak irish than we irish do, the irish you guys are doing now is a mixture of like a seven year olds grammar but with like an 18 year olds vocab.this is really weird though being irish and listening to people speak irish.i personally think myself to be quite good and though a lot of people disagree it is very useful cos you can speak it anywhere in the world even in ireland and noone will understand you!

@GreenLantern1916 15 лет назад

These lessons are pretty good but unfortunately, the teacher has a very heavy American accent. I think it's great that he took the time and effort to learn the language - now he really needs to work on his pronunciation.

@oisinolochlainn4437 10 лет назад

iontach

@MascheranoLFC 15 лет назад

no see irish is diffrent ... their is 3 diffrent types of irish .. words are said spelled and pronoced diffrent .... wat type of irsih are you doing ? can u tell me if you even know?

@GreenLantern1916 14 лет назад

@caemgen51 Wow, I utterly disagree with you on this. The standard Irish "accent", as you stated, is an invented version of Irish that is not spoken in any Gaeltacht. Pronouncing words with an American accent is also not Irish language pronunciation. People who don't pronounce words like fluent native speakers need to work on their pronunciation because they're not pronouncing Irish words like people in native Irish speaking communities actually speak - Do you see where I'm coming from?

@st3even 16 лет назад

lol, i'm not yank, sorry i don't even remember what i was saying, i just rant for fun sometimes, and of COURSE i know where poland is, i'm passionate about countries, i apologise. i don't think yank is an insult as well.

@emmetor 16 лет назад

Supaho: 1. I never told you to f-off or used any language at you. Relax girl! 2. I wasn't giving out about you individually, there are just certain types of stale thinking that are passed down in Ireland, and those thoughts limit and hamper us. That's why I hate those ideas. It was those ideas I objected to, not you personally. 3. I never said you were being anti-Irish. If anything I was saying it was typical Irish for people in Dublin to take a swipe at the language.

@phleota 16 лет назад

Tá 'chuid foghraíocht thar mholadh beirte 'chlaidhre lofa Nach iontach an mac é?!

@IamDaReAlSeaN 12 лет назад

nope, lots of rain.