Its shocking that there are wayyyy more Scottish and Irish descendants in places like Canada, for example, than French people, but french is the second language and Gaelic is all but wiped out!!

@@JohnSmith-zk8xp Especially considering Gaidhlic was the 3rd most spoken language in Canada for a long time. The government killed it, like it did indigenous languages. So sad!

I’m an American of Scottish Gaelic decent and unfortunately here there’s not a lot of ways to get connected with my Heritage especially since Covid-19. However I feel closer to my ancestors when I speak Gaelic. So another big thank you to Jason for his wonderful videos helping me to learn the language of my forefathers.

@@Alasdair37448 no such thing as 'scottish gaelic' descent, thats a language, not a nationality

@@Bee-pb9nj excuse how did I become part of this? and scottish gaeilic could refer to the scots who invaded Pictland in the dark ages so get your history right before you go throwing around wild accusations

Whooo! Sgoinneil! 😁

Excellent! I can understand that. The patterns can seem confusing until spelled out clearly. I'm happy to help with that. 🙂 Take care and I hope your week goes well.

I don’t understand how people learn anything on Duolingo. If my teacher taught by handing me a pile of tests I just feel rejected and give up.

Hehe. Gaelic is *meant* to be enjoyed, Laura! 😎

Plenty more where that came from, John! I'm happy you're here with us and I'm glad my videos are helping you grow your Gaelic. 🙂 Take care and stay safe!

@@GaelicwithJason best teacher on youtube bar none!

I'm happy to be able to help you keep growing your Gaelic, Theresa. 🙂 That's tough to not have in person classes for so long. Hopefully, things will become safer soon and they'll start up again.

Glad to hear you're smiling, Nancy! 🙂 Are you looking for full sentences with these in them?

@@GaelicwithJason yes!! I stumbled across the translation of i. e. His house has a wall. AIGE comes at the very end? That is so backwards and confusing. Makes it hard for me to understand which belongs to whom. And, when aice as to oirre? Just go with it...

Wonderful to hear, a charaid! May your Gaelic grow and grow, sinking in deeper and deeper. 🙂

Wonderful to hear, Christopher. I'm glad you're here! 🙂 Take care and enjoy your weekend.

Sgoinneil! 🙂

Thank you, William. 🙂 Start whenever you can! Your trip to Scotland will be richer for knowing some Gaelic.

your welcome, ya someday, with my return to the home country haaha

Clans are from all of Scotland, not just the Highlands. They were seen in the same way throughout Scotland by highlanders, lowlanders and Central scots. I think maybe you said highlanders as traditionally people see gaelic as only a highland thing? Well historically that only really became properly true after laws were brought in to place to try purge scottish culture and try to anglicise the scots population, for instance in the 1600's gaelic was banned by law, and even further suppressed after the jacobite rebellion. It was only afterthe 1600's ban that Gàidhlig was pushed almost exclusively the west Highlands and Isles. This was also due to laws coming into place forcing certian 1st language galeic speaking clan members to be sent down to Edinburgh for their education, an education were only English and protestant values were taught, as most scots were Catholics so yeah Speaking Gàidhlig was punished, as was speaking the scots language Before the 1600's Gàidhlig was actually spoken all across Scotland, with usually a population mix in each area of Gàidhlig speakers and Scots speakers, just some areas had a higher ratio of Gàidhlig speakers. Ofcourse it was probably most dense in the areas the Western Highlands, but I just wanted to clear up the misconception people tend to have that Gàidhlig was only ever spoken in the Highlands, Scots gaelic or Gàidhlig would have developed as a language across Scotland. All of Scotland being part of clans, each having tartans and all sharing a common identity and folklore. Yeah it various slightly regionally as with all places but scottish identity isn't really divided by lowlands and highlands, its more just a geographical thing than anything. Personal im from central Scotland so I'm more or less in the middle inbetween the Highlands and lowlands :) I don't know if most people realise this either, but nearly every native scot knows their clan and their family and clan tartan to this day :) Two of the most famous Scots, William Wallace and Robert the Bruce were both lowlanders.

For weddings we still use our own clans tartan or family's tartan for our kilts

Agreed, Prof Racc. That makes sense to me. There are some examples that are more of a grey area yet still common: a h-obair (her work), a bracaist (her breakfast), a h-oifis (her office), etc. 🙂

that is what i was thinking. i just solidified that lenition went with feminine nouns but now its with "his"?

Same! Lenition still throws me!

You're right, Mary Lou. Lenition happens after feminine things. It also happens after *a* when it means 'his'. They're two different times lenition pops up. 🙂

Hmmm. Personally, I would use *an **____** aice/aige* for anything fairly mundane that isn't people, body parts, or anything going on inside oneself. An sgioba ball-coise aice am fòn-làimhe aige etc That being said, some Gaels use mo,do,a,a, etc for everything. To a degree, it seems like personal preference.

@@GaelicwithJason cheers for that! So anything that is physically tied to the self without getting all metaphysical and so on to be kept "formal". Everything else aige/aice depending on whom I am speaking with.

After all these years, I still crack myself up sometimes. 😁

A video listing all the times one lenites, you mean? 🙂

@@GaelicwithJason tha

Not yet - at least, not all in one video. I've mentioned it a lot in other videos in this playlist. 🙂 There are lots of different situations that trigger lention and I'd worry about 3 things if they were all in one video: learners feeling overwhelmed, overthinking things, and potentially burning out. None of those are helpful in one's Gaelic journey! All that said, I will point out when lenition happens in future videos like this one - just in more manageable amounts. 🙂

@@GaelicwithJason ok It’s something I struggle with a bit sometimes, knowing the situations to use lenition. Is there a general rule to govern them?

Hi Roy. Great question! Yes, the context will give you clues. I would keep an eye on the overall topic of what's being discussed. 🙂

If only they would get along...

🤣😂

aige has a sort of k sound, and aice a kind of aspiration aishke like

aice has that h sound in the middle but aige does not.

Just like Jerry and Margherita said. 🙂

Obrigado, Roberto. 🙂 That's quite interesting about Portuguese. It makes sense to me.

@@GaelicwithJason, 😉

Yes! Here's a secret about the gam, nam, etc: They're all mo, do, a, a, etc but with a little extra: nam = ann + mo gam = aig + mo na = ann + a ga = aig + a etc 🙂 So, the word that follows your gam, nam, ga, na, etc would follow the patterns for mo, do, a, a, etc - because they are those little possessives. Just with a little extra. Does that help, a Shabrina?

@@GaelicwithJason yessss!!! Tapadh leat!!

I live in Scotland, and I do think it's likely to be of some use. The preservation and recovery of the language seem to be being taken seriously and seeing success, and I don't see any reason that wouldn't continue. Someone else might have some stats on whether it could fairly be called a growth sector, but my impression is of increasing use. To answer your question for myself, my prediction of increasing practicality is amongst my reasons. But I also like the idea of doing something to help with preservation of a marginalised language, and for me, geographic proximity makes it easier to see where the line is between that and appropriation. Also, strangely, I've had mild speech problems my whole life, and practicing some Gaelic seems to really help my English! I don't know what's going on there, but I like it 😁. In your position, I think I'd just see how I got on with it for a while. And if you don't find it worthwhile at the moment, you can always come back to it. Whatever you learn will stay in there somewhere; even after only a couple of weeks I'm sure you now have much more Gaelic than you did before! So if learning it suddenly becomes immediately relevant to your life and goals, you'll still have a headstart, even if it's been a while.

Oh yes, also, if you haven't already seen it, learngaelic.scot/whygaelic/index.jsp might be of some help. Either way, best of luck with your move ✨.

I've only heard it with the V sound in the middle, so I'd recommend something like "shen-uh-ver" since there are 3 syllables. What's your novel about? 🙂

For ogha, it should have been ban-ogha. Granddaughter right?

@@ardnasmarie4330 If you want to be that specific, yes. Just using 'ogha' is fine too.

@@GaelicwithJason Thank you for your help, Jason. I appreciate it! I write horror/suspense genre. My book is called Disturbance In The Darkness: A Fated Encounter. It's on Amazon it you wanted to read the synopsis. It's currently not for sale though. I originally published it unedited at the dying request of my seanair. I don't want to disrespect the language in anyway so could you tell me if the following pronunciations are correct? màthair: maw-her athair: ah-her seanair: shen-er seann-phàrantan: Unable to find nighean: Unable to find ban-ogha: Unable to find bean: Unable to find I've watched a few of your videos and have enjoyed. Who knows, by the time I'm done writing the trilogy, I might be fluent in Scottish Gaelic. Thank you for your help.

@@ardnasmarie4330 nighean - nee-an :) This word can also mean lass, lassie, young girl. Phrase for context mo nighean donn - my brown haired lass :) A nighean a ghalagh - a galley maid Hope this helped!

Hello Lauren-Grace. Nice to see you. 🙂 It's my pleasure. I have plenty of more ideas for videos. If you're curious about something specific, just let me know and I'll add it to my list. Gender neutrality has become an important part of the modern Gaelic community. Anyone should feel able to express themselves authentically. It seems that the pronoun ' iad' is being used by non-binary folk. Like this: Tha iad a' fuireach ann an Alba. (They live in Scotland.) Tha iad sgìth an-diugh. (They're tired today.) Tha iad caran àrd. (They're somewhat tall.) Tha iad a' leughadh an-dràsta. (They're reading just now.) When talking about family or personal things, they would use 'an/am', like this: am beatha = their life am beachd = their opinion am màthair = their mother an athair = their father am bràthair = their brother am piuthar = their sister an co-ogha = their cousin Does that help? 🙂

@@GaelicwithJason Thank you so much for this!! Yes, it helps massively. Mòran taing!

Sin ceart, a charaid. Is math sin. For 'building', I would go with *a' togail*. That's what native speakers use. 😎

@@GaelicwithJason a' togail? Right, I recall that one now.

Yes, when you're talking about 'his brother', it would be 'a bhràthair'. Nice job! 🙂 Enjoy the rest of your weekend.

Sure. E and I are 'he' and 'she' - there's a slight difference between those and 'a' (his/hers). 🙂

I would change the i (her/she) to e (he/him): Glèidh *e* bho... 🙂

@@GaelicwithJason thank you so much for the help. 😁 Your videos are absolutely amazing. 😁👏

'S e do bheatha, a Charole. 🙂

Sure thing; thanks for your suggestion. Any ones in particular? 🙂

@@GaelicwithJason Well the most often used ones I suppose. It's just something I have struggled to find a good overview of. :) thanks for the response :)

Morning Barkley. 🙂Not quite, although they look quite similar. *aige* means 'he has' while *aice* means 'she has'.

@@GaelicwithJason thanks for the help. I should have gotten that by the title but is was not clear..still working hard and looking for another beginner to skype with to study...thanks again