Speaking Our Language episode 1 part 2

[WhitMcMo]

Forgive the typos!

[WhitMcMo]

Anyone with a link on getting the regional dialecr correct? My ancesters were from Oban/Argyll. I'd like to hear what they may have sounded like. Thanks!

[DonegalRaymie201]

@WhitMcMo

Just what you hear in this! There is just the one dialect of Gaidhlig in use today in Scotland, whereas there are 3 in Ireland still. But if I'm completely honest, Scots Gaidhlig is probably the softest sounding of them all.

What it sounded like 200 years ago, is another matter of course.

[vergettigrego]

I like both languages, Scottish Gaelic and Scottish English, the program presenter's accent is cute

[tabletalk33]

Thanks for the video.  It is much appreciated!

[narsonspose]

A great introduction to the language of my ancestors. I'm going to learn all i can from these videos and go from there.

Tapadh Leibh to the posters.

[TheDarkNun]

Thanks for putting this up. I have been trying to learn gaelic and these videos are just amazing. I love that they are with many different people so you hear it well. thanks!!! :)

[wokkie78]

great i love ths language, im from holland but i love the scottish and irish culture

[nerdjudy1]

thank you for posting these wonderful videos. Taph leat!

[tinycanoe]

so this is Scot Gaelic, not Irish Gaelic?

[madhammy09]

... some terrible acting on that drama

[SilverStarDanser]

Am I the only one who gets freaked out at 0:47...?

[madhammy09]

@SilverStarDanser ...no

[interestedinchicken]

@SilverStarDanser Because of the lady in the bread store or the monkey?  I swear I know someone who has that same monkey.

[setunle]

Is feasgar cognate with Latin vesper? Meaning is not too different

[Pawnbroker00]

@ImuluKazuko scottish gaelic, you yankee retard.

[ImuluKazuko]

@Pawnbroker00 Excuse me? I was not even talking about this. In fact, what do you even mean by that?

[Pawnbroker00]

@ImuluKazuko The fact is, that scottish gaelic is not irish gaelic, believe it or not.

If you were not referring to that then i consider that a racial slur

[ImuluKazuko]

@Pawnbroker00 I did nothing to you and I said nothing about your people? If I did, then I did not mean to. Whatever, believe what you would like.

[Pawnbroker00]

@ImuluKazuko You wallow in ignorance like a pig in swill

This REALLY is not irish gaelic. I have presented you with the evidence and you switch off the brain.

[Pawnbroker00]

Another thing, ciamar a tha thu is scottish gaelic, conas ata tu is the irish form. You are either blind or you stupid, and i'm going to assume the latter

[ImuluKazuko]

@Pawnbroker00 That is very nice to know, but I am sorry, I do not care. I wanted to learn Gaelic, I did not care what "kind" of Gaelic it was. Oh yes, please come back with another smartelic reply, please, they really make my day.

[Pawnbroker00]

@ImuluKazuko As i said, you are racially slurring, scottish gaelic is not irish, speaking scottish gaelic doesnt make you any more irish than speaking welsh does

[ImuluKazuko]

@Pawnbroker00 Nevermind, okay?

[Pawnbroker00]

@ImuluKazuko Fuck you

[bambonyman]

@Pawnbroker00 haha, were you serious with what you were saying to ImuluKazuko or was it just over-the-top sarcasm?

[Pawnbroker00]

@bambonyman He is a retard though.

[bambonyman]

@Pawnbroker00 Haha, okay then

[carpediem407]

@bambonyman you two shut up, watch the feed and behave like adults!

[bambonyman]

@carpediem407 I wasnt saying anything thanks, i merely didn't understand why this guy would be serious. You're being serious, but why. Reply to them, not me thankyou very much.

[TheGd1314]

Visit NEWSNET SCOTLAND for the truth

[owainmeurig]

The word for today sounds a bit like the welsh word.

[GaeilgeSpraoi]

@owainmeurig It's almost identical to Irish Gaelic! Like today in Irish is 'inniú', morning is 'maidin' and 'maith' is good. Even the people look so similar in appearance to many Irish people and have similar names and everything! Total cousins! :P

[owainmeurig]

@GaeilgeSpraoi I knew that the Gaelic languages were similar, but I was surprised to hear the word today sound a little similar to the welsh word

[GaeilgeSpraoi]

@owainmeurig What's the word for today in Welsh? Yeah Welsh and Breton are close and Irish and Scottish Gaelic are extremely close! It is the Gaelic c and the Welsh p that distinguish them as p-Celtic and q-Celtic languages, like 'ceann' is out word for head and the Welsh is 'pen'. Lots of other words like the place Inis Mór in Ireland means 'big island', in Welsh ynys mawr. Dubh is black as is du. It's fascinating!

[owainmeurig]

@GaeilgeSpraoi The welsh word for today is Heddiw, written phonetically in english it would be hevyew. Everyone should check out cosinbrother.

[JmaJeremy514]

Ditto what Pictor100 said!

My ancestors immigrated to Ontario and Nova Scotia about 200 years ago from Scotland ... I can still feel the Scottish blood in me!

These videos are great.

[seonidh]

@JmaJeremy514 yes you do have the blood and the heritage :) Cimur atha sibh

[Pictor100]

My mother's side of my family emigrated from the Highlands, and settled for a time in Antrim before moving on to Ontario, Canada. I would hazard a guess that these ancestors probably spoke Gaelic about two hundred years ago, or were at least fluent in it, along with English. So videos like these are of great interest to me - they certainly get all that Highland blood flowing in my veins!

[philsaspiezone]

This is interesting seeing people speaking Gaelic and trying to learn a few phrases. Since I have Celtic blood in me either Scots or Irish it is a piece of my heritage that has been forgotten. I would like to learn Gaelic, the language of my ancestors. My heritage is both Celtic and Germanic (English)

[thelordsservant1]

I thought this sounded way to off to be the Gaelic irish im used to.

[DarkMikautje]

Scottish Gaelic ;)

[fcaneta]

hello! thanks so much MacSteaphain for uploading the videos. I'm learning gaelic on my own and these came across as very very handy! ahah cheers!

[bopcatmac]

I wish Rhoda would adopt me!

[jabbathewookie]

wow we were taugh different pronounciations back home in cape breton ...theses are very informative.... tapadh leibh and caile maile feilt from canada

[seonidh]

Yes although as a historical gaelic speaking area your gaelic may be from a different area of Scotland. This dialect is the Lewis one. Different to other areas.

[8Stars2States]

tapa leib, excellent video on gaelic very informal & helpful

[SeanOBriain]

Love seeing the similarities.

Maidin mhaith is good morning in Irish. Madainn mhath in Scottish. Have my head wrapped around all the pronunciation now :)