Story telling

example of storytelling in the gaelic language by 2 students from Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, Skye.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• skye
• gaelic
• storytelling
• arts

[piano1596]

Tha mi a' ionnasadh Gaidhlig, tha mi anns a tri bliadhna...... Tha gaol Gaidhlig agam, ach chan eil mi math air Gaidhlig. Tha Gaidhlig furasta, ach chan eil mi math air. Mar sin leibh!

Translated :

I am learning Gaelic, I am in third year. I love Gaeic, but I'm not good at it. Gaelic is easy, but I'm not good at it. Bye!

My Gaelic really is awful, but I am just learning, I can talk about other topics fairly well, but talking about Gaelic itself is a challenge! :) xxxx

[Freshhhhh1982]

@ravoch Where do you think scots gaelic comes from? Also, what dialects of Irish have you heard was it Ulster, Munster or Connact. I speak Ulster and can also understand Ulster scots which originated from guess where.

[ravoch]

@Freshhhhh1982 yes they can - as a portuguese speaker i can read and understand italian, as a gaelic speaker i can't hold a conversation with an irish speaker, and can't read it (i'm sure you can, but i'm just saying that does not make them one language)

[Freshhhhh1982]

@ravoch What in your opinion differentiates the two languages then. Id be fairly confident I could hold a conversation with someone speaking scots gaelic and I can understand it written. Can the Portuguese and Italians say the same thing ? No dont think so.

[ravoch]

@Freshhhhh1982 if you are to suggest irish and gaelic are the same language, because you understand words, then you must also say that portuguese/spanish/italian are one language, for the same reason, similarly danish, swedish and so on and so on.

[Freshhhhh1982]

@tam155 What draws you to that conclusion.

[tam155]

@Freshhhhh1982 Although there are no universally agreed rules for differentiating between a language and a dialect, Scottish Gaelic and Irish are almoste certainly two distinct languages. There are no academic references to suggest that they are only different dialects.

[Freshhhhh1982]

@tam155 You're right scots gaelic. They're both derviced from old gaelic. I wouldnt call them distinct languages, id say they're actually two dialects of the same language.

[tam155]

@Freshhhhh1982 It's actually called Scottish Gaelic. Though they share a common ancestry, Irish and Scottish Gaelic are two distinct languages.

[OrodesIII]

Is it possible to see this in a subtitled version?