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that was a long day and i am paying for it now....i am really enjoying the championship for the first time in years, its great heading to the game with no expectations and then winning

@LaoisLad: it must be like that for you every time you head to watch Laois but they never actually win the game 

I got given a ticket to this game about an hour ago so im gonna head along and see what this stadium and stuff is all about

I agree about what u say about classes, I would love to do classes but with work and training I cannot make classes so this is the best alternative until I am in a position to head to some classes. There is a guy in work who is talking to me in Irish every day now which I find very helpful so I would say a class would be great

Is that Rosetta Stone program any good? Have a notion of getting it but don't want to fork out for it if its no good. the recommendations on the website are good but then they would be. Always sceptical of those things

I have started with level one and I am really enjoying it and find it very good. It is fairly pricey, on torrent sites you can get Level one but level 2 and 3 seem to be uploaded no where.

I saw that on amazon that you and get all 3 levels for about £340 which is expensive but a 12 week course would cost about the same

What does it entail?

Its listen, see and speak. There is no English so you would see a picture of a boy, a dog, a cat and a dog and you would hear say Madra and you click on Dog....thats the most basic example but you would see picture of different people eating and you could hear 'Tá sé ag ithe' and you would click on the one where a male is eating.

I started watching Dora and Avatar on TG4 too, i know its for kids but its basic Irish so I find it very helpful

Is that Rosetta Stone program any good? Have a notion of getting it but don't want to fork out for it if its no good. the recommendations on the website are good but then they would be. Always sceptical of those things

I have started with level one and I am really enjoying it and find it very good. It is fairly pricey, on torrent sites you can get Level one but level 2 and 3 seem to be uploaded no where.

I saw that on amazon that you and get all 3 levels for about £340 which is expensive but a 12 week course would cost about the same

[I agree with whats being said in relation to learning the language but i would think i would go and learn Spanish or something before i was to learn Irish as I would probably get to use Spanish as a language.]

 

Hey Lads, I think its been about 8 months since ive been on this forum but I am looking for some help with learning Irish and I know that some of you speak the language.

Pretty much for the last few years I have been considering picking Irish back up but something else always got in the way but I am starting now, I cannot do an evening course due to work and training so I have got Rosetta Stone Level 1 Irish and I have started working through that but I am wonder if anyone know any good podcast, cds or books that I should also get that I could listen to or read when out and about. I watch some TG4 but the subtitles are nightmare as I find that I just end up reading them but its still better than nothing.

My Irish would be beginner level so any advice would be great

Cheers

Tankie

RE:In the Name of the fada

April,11 2008, 12:09:04 PM>>

I agree with whats being said in relation to learning the language but i would think i would go and learn Spanish or something before i was to learn Irish as I would probably get to use Spanish as a language.

No espanol speakers around?

I used to hold that view about learning a different language as you could get more use out of it and it was one of the things that delayed menlearning Irish, I studied German in school and I was considering picking that up until a recent trip to Germany with work. When there I can get through some basic stuff but these lads don't expect u to know german but can be impressed but then they ask 'do u not speak Irish', I have been in alot of countris this year with work and on holiday and everyone will ask if you speak Irish and when u say no it is a bit of a joke in fairness.

Others have pointed out the argument of what is the point in learning Irish but if we all take that view well then the language is dead, also you could ask what is the point in learning French or German..if you go there most will speedo English but for the amount of times that you end up in these countries you would get to speak irish just as much once you found some Irish speakers - in the past few days since I started this I have found that a I neighbour I know for years is a fluent Irish speaker, a guy in work is also fluent and another two are currently learning the language too

Maybe the language is not as dead as most of us think...

Lads cheers for ur help, i will keep reading the thread if lads are posting, I just put in another hour with the Rossetta Stone program, it's seems fairly good as there is no English and it is all pictures with you listening, seeing and talking.

In regard to written material in will get the indo on Wednesday for that Irish section, I don't think I would be ready for a book yet as I am really at basic level at the moment but I do find some stuff coming back. Also that bar could be a good place just to get me speaking a bit more, I mentioned it to my mate and we are gonna aim for a pint down there in 3-4 weeks to see how we get on but I think watching sport with Irish commentary is a real good idea and I start that this weekend

Hmm, I don't want to put you off but books, cds and podcasts (i.e DIY Irish language) will get you nowhere. Not being able to go to classes etc is going to hamper you. To learn a language, you have to be among people who speak the language.

You could try this place and they may be able to help. I was in it once and thought it was crap but sure:
http://www.anclub.ie/

Seriously, you'll not learn it in the house.

Cheers i will check that out, one of the guys I work with is fluent and a few of the other guys in the office are also learning it as their kids go to Gaelscoil so I think that they would be up for speaking some Irish daily (only found out that these lads spoke Irish recently by saying that I was starting which is great). My girlfriend would have a good bit of Irish from school and said she would pick it back up if I was going to be serious about this and also a mate too is also into it....so I'm hoping that there will be some Irish spoken when we meet up for pints and stuff so that we can actually learn it to conversational standard.

Hey Lads, I think its been about 8 months since ive been on this forum but I am looking for some help with learning Irish and I know that some of you speak the language.

Pretty much for the last few years I have been considering picking Irish back up but something else always got in the way but I am starting now, I cannot do an evening course due to work and training so I have got Rosetta Stone Level 1 Irish and I have started working through that but I am wonder if anyone know any good podcast, cds or books that I should also get that I could listen to or read when out and about. I watch some TG4 but the subtitles are nightmare as I find that I just end up reading them but its still better than nothing.

My Irish would be beginner level so any advice would be great

Cheers

great city, full of student bars and cheap booze

So you are just trying to insult lads for no reason then Tankie?
You are some tool  and by your last post a bit of a hypocrite

its the board that voted LL was a west brit

Tankie why do you keep saying English this and English that as if it's some sort of insult? Are you telling me you avoid everything English ?
I always knew Dublin people as west Brits too it was always something that was said about Dublin people where I come from I dunno or don't care why but that's the way it is.
Btw what idiot thinks because a fella supports a team in sport from England is a west Brit?
Does that mean people who like American football are east yanks?

I have no problem with it....i just think its a joke when you have all these super Irish lads who hate everything about Britan (excluding soccer as 'its a good league', or shopping up the north 'as we are being rip off' down here)...me personally i watch rugby, golf, baseball, American football, champions leagues knock out soccer so not sure where that leaves me

i'd be more worried about the amount of Brits on the boards over LL the west Brit 

I'm living in Dublin too long,thats the problem I got dragged down to your level..

My Level? i dont thinking living in Dublin has you supporting an English soccer team

Well I didn't think supporting a english soccer team made me a "west brit" but some gimps do,which if really the case  90% of this board could be described as west brit in fairness 

When I was growing up a West Brit was always someone from Dublin...

thats handy for the man who loves an English soccer team - all sing god save the queen on cup final day....yes Dublin people are west brits 

Why would anyone from Ireland call it Boxing Day???

Its always boxing day(and stabbing/shooting day) around your area of Finglas 

is that not every day in Finglas?

Thats what I said...
But you live there so you should know

yeah LL they have broadband in Finglas     you'd fit in well out there though as its quite like the English city of Liverpool you love so much except they aint shot any kids in finglas yet

Why would anyone from Ireland call it Boxing Day???

Its always boxing day(and stabbing/shooting day) around your area of Finglas 

is that not every day in Finglas?