You're very welcome, Dream Mage. More coming!

Excellent to hear! I plan on reshooting these videos at some point to make them easier to understand. The board seems shadowy.

Hey there! Glad to have you here with us. :) Reading Gaelic can be a fair bit of work at first. It'll come with time. More videos to come - come back any time!

Thanks for the encouragement. I definitely will watch these in time and i have shared them with a friend who is interested to learn. Hey can i ask you, which part of the world are you from?

@@macflod Tapadh leat for sharing them! I'm from Maine originally. I've bounced around the world a fair bit and have come back home for the time being. How about yourself?

Thank you for your kind words, Mareena! I am glad you're enjoying it! I'll upload more Outlander videos this month so stay tuned.

I'm glad that you get some happy time amidst all the chaos going on right now. Refocusing on something more uplifting can make a big difference. Stay safe and enjoy your day.

'S e do bheatha, a Leslie! I'm glad you're enjoying the videos and I'm glad you're here with us. Come back any time. :)

Both are used. 'S e nurs a th' innte may be more common based on what I've heard. Learning both is definitely an asset. :)

My pleasure, Joseph. I'm glad to hear that they are. Enjoy the rest of your week. :)

'S e do bheatha!

It's my pleasure, Tyler. Thank you; you made my day!

Thanks for watching, Cynthia!

Wonderful to hear, Maria. 🙂 I plan on re-doing this short series of Outlander videos in October. The new videos will be better quality and clearer. Stay tuned!

Many thanks, Emma! I appreciate that. :) Life will be forever different once you have Gaelic close to your heart. Welcome to the club - we're glad you're here!

Gaelic with Jason I found Julia Fowlis today and I’ve been listening to her music all day, and wow, I thank you all for helping to revive this language. I will be singing gaelic songs to my children one day and I hope they will with theirs. I am Canadian but am a descendent of the mcleods in Skye. It is so sad that the culture did not make it to my generation however I am so happy to be rediscovering it.

@@emmal8355 I am happy that you're rediscovering it too. Of all the things you could be doing right you, you're learning Gàidhlig with an open heart and connecting with your ancestry. That's commendable in my book. :)

Glad you're enjoying it, Gwil!

Well spotted, Hannah. You have eagle eyes! Na can have different meanings. It certainly is used as a plural 'the', like you pointed out. This phrase is a bit different and perhaps one of the strangest to learn: Tha i na nurs (She is a nurse) Literally, we're saying "She is in her nurse". As in, her *role or status* as a nurse. Other examples include: Tha i na tidsear (She is a teacher --> in her role/status as a teacher) Tha i na saighdear (She is a soldier -> in her role/status as a soldier) Tha i na manaidear (She is a manager -> in her role/status as a manager) In modern Scottish Gaelic, this expression is mainly used with jobs or professions. Does that help at all?

Ah! Ok! Tapadh leibh a thidseir! :)

'S e do bheatha, a Hannah. :)

Ah, interesting! It's nice when there are small connections between Gaelic and other languages. 🙂 Thank you for your kind words.

Sin thu, a Mhàrtainn. 🙂 There is indeed and there are two main ways to communicate origin in Gàidhlig: Tha Claire à Sasainn. 'S ann à Sasainn a tha Claire. The latter is more traditional while the former is becoming popular very quickly in modern Gàidhlig. I teach both in my classes and most students seem to lean towards 'Tha mi à...' at first since it's not a big jump from the phrases they've seen so far, usually involving 'Tha'.

It's a shirt for the Scottish band Saor. I couldn't resist the logo and then the big stag's head and triskellion on the back. It's still one of my favorites - I'm a real sucker for that kind of thing. :) Enjoy your day!

Hi Arran. I hope your week is going well so far. 🙂 Since you're just starting out, I recommend my Get Started with Scottish Gaelic playlist on here. It'll get you thinking in Gaelic and using it more naturally right from the beginning - more so than Duolingo. Here is the link if you're interested: ukposts.info/slow/PLFf_f4NNGLdkx4Rb3cdBPXshsz4qHAsNF

Madainn mhath dhut, Iseabail! I'll see what I can do about some more Outlander videos. I'm sure lots of folk out there would like to hear more about Jamie! Yes, there used to be a strong divide between 'Gaels' and 'Foreigners' in the Gaelic world. Terms like Sasannach do literally mean 'Englishman' but the bigger meaning would be something like 'outsider' or 'foreigner'. Outlander is this kind of idea, ie: someone from outside of this land. :)

Not dumb at all, a charaid. From what I understand, 'outlander' is referring to the fact that Claire is a foreigner - both as an Englishwoman and as a modern person as well. When it comes to those two ways of saying that she's a nurse, using *'S e* is the traditional way to say something is something. Using 'tha i na...' is also a possibility and sometimes I teach that one first since it's easier to 'get'. Whichever feels more natural to you at this point.

​@@GaelicwithJason If tstsullivan is from Scotland, neither he/she nor I were allowed to watch it.

Hi, Anthony. I hope your day went well and that you're healthy and safe. I do indeed - I have a learners' novel called Ròna agus MacCodruim. It's on Amazon in both printed and kindle form with a downloadable glossary on my website. People seem to enjoy it quite a bit. Many folk say it builds confidence and that they 'get' more of the language they see after reading through it a few times. Does that interest you?

Hehe. :) I appreciate your support, Annie.

I notice that sometimes sounds from my mother tongue (English) does jump in - which is normal. When I was first learning, I had teachers from different places in Scotland and Nova Scotia, which meant that I absorbed wee bits of different dialects. My Gaelic was a mixture - which is also normal. I've been told that I sound Scottish in certain ways, which to me is quite a compliment!

Sure thing, Alexandra. 'Tha i na nurs' is often thought to be a more modern phrase. It's growing in popularity and you will see it used amongst younger speakers. Perhaps also in more urban dialects too. The other one is more traditional and still widespread. When I refilm this playlist, I plan on including both. 🙂

Mòran taing, Alex. 🙂 Tha mi toilichte gun còrd na bhideothan agam riut. Ich hoffe auch, dass du gesund bist.

Yes, I've heard that too. Would you say brèagha for anthing over there or just àlainn?

@@GaelicwithJasonTo be honest my only contact with irish is from the irish language TV station tg4 .. Native speakers might use an other word,but ta si go halain is the only one i have ever heard.

@@galoglaich3281 Fair enough. I've heard that too. Maybe there are some dialectal words out there for 'beautiful'. :)