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Luís wrote:Anyway, we'll see. I'll probably travel to Ireland later this year and if that happens I'd like to learn the basics (at least to be able to figure out how places on a map are pronounced)
Luís wrote:So, what books would you recommend for someone interested in dabbling into Irish?
Luís wrote:My Irish wanderlust is making me wanderlust for Welsh...
linguoboy wrote:Luís wrote:So, what books would you recommend for someone interested in dabbling into Irish?
I'm surprised there's been no response.
kevin wrote:If you're planning to buy a physical book anyway, this probably doesn't matter, but especially for just dabbling not everyone may want to spend that money.
linguoboy wrote:Most all of them have four stars or more on Amazon so I guess you can't go too far wrong?
linguoboy wrote:Ó Siadhail's Speaking Irish still has a lot to recommend it but also a fair bit that makes it hard to use. He teaches one particular dialect, which he speaks natively, and respells some--but not all!-words to match.
linguoboy wrote:Yeah, for dabbling I would recommend websites and videos. But I'm not really sure how Luis approaches languages
kevin wrote:If you're planning to buy a physical book anyway, this probably doesn't matter, but especially for just dabbling not everyone may want to spend that money.
linguoboy wrote:Gareth King's works are excellent. His Colloquial Welsh is well-organised and a fun book to use.
księżycowy wrote:It largely depends on what dialect you're leaning towards though.
księżycowy wrote:Not sure. If I were to guess, probably Connacht. I'm sure Linguoboy or kevin could give a sure answer.
Luís wrote:linguoboy wrote:Ó Siadhail's Speaking Irish still has a lot to recommend it but also a fair bit that makes it hard to use. He teaches one particular dialect, which he speaks natively, and respells some--but not all!-words to match.
I came across a copy once and thought it looked pretty good. I had no idea he changed the spelling to fit his dialect, though.
Luís wrote:Anyway, from what I understood, "standard Irish" is only really a thing when it comes to the written language and you need to choose a dialect when speaking.
Luís wrote:I got my hands on a copy of Irish, by Aidan Doyle and it looks promising. It's only 100 pages long (just an overview of the language) and there's IPA all over
Luís wrote:I tend to prefer books, but I'm open to other stuff too
Luís wrote:linguoboy wrote:Gareth King's works are excellent. His Colloquial Welsh is well-organised and a fun book to use.
I have an older copy of Teach Yourself Welsh but I get the impression they're too focused on teaching literary Welsh. I'll have a look at Colloquial Welsh (Hugo Welsh in Three Months doesn't look bad either)
księżycowy wrote:All of this talk of Irish is making me want to ask, has anyone had a chance to leaf through the new Routledge grammar for Irish (Modern Irish: A Comprehesive Grammar by Stenson). The review on Amazon makes me wonder.
księżycowy wrote:That's why I was like, "is this review full of shit, or....?"
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