Bheadh duine ar bith sásta anseo!

[scottishlass]

This post is for my Irish speaking/learning ppl on my flist, especially little_witch27 and Nanny.

Info reposted with kind permission by lesbiassparrow
Only a few of you on flist know of the wonders of Ros na Rún, an Irish language soap opera which runs on TnaG. [...]

Now if you like skullduggery, evil pub owners (Tadhg, the monstrous owner of the local pub is wonder to behold in backstabbing action), lovelorn priests, mercy killings, sort of incestuous love, brewing of illegal liquors, and other fine things then this is the show for you! It is filmed in the west of Ireland, in Spiddal (quite a lovely place! Though not as lovely as northern Donegal,* of course).

Here's the link to the wikipedia entry, which also gives you a run down on some of the more thrilling plots. It is subtitled and is available in streaming video from TnaG, the Irish language TV station.

Now I know what I will be watching from now on, I really need to brush up my Gaelic again. I just hope I won't completely mix up Japanese and Gaelic now :)

Comments

[barefootatkheb.livejournal.com]

you speak Gaelic?? sweet :)

[scottishlass.livejournal.com]

I learnt Scottish-Gaelic from my great-grandmother when I was a little kid. Later I took classes when I was living in the UK. But I have forgotten a lot, so this series will hopefully bring back some fluency.

[barefootatkheb.livejournal.com]

that's really coul :) I heard it's really hard to learn? hope the show will help you remember ^_^

[scottishlass.livejournal.com]

It is hard to learn, esp. if you are used to a lot more easy grammar like in English. Good thing I'm a German speaker, too, and as Gaelic and German use the same grammar from Latin (with all the declination and cases) it was a bit easier. Additionally, a lot of vowels are pronounced the same as the German umlauts so speaking Gelic was also easier for me as I could produce the actual sounds much easier.
I lack a lot of vocabulary and watching such a show, even though it is Irish Gaelic, will hopefully remedy that fact. Besides, a friend of mine visits me every other week, so I can teach her Gaelic, and I was slowly running out of words :)

[barefootatkheb.livejournal.com]

guess I should get to learning some German then :D

Besides, a friend of mine visits me every other week, so I can teach her Gaelic
that's really coul :)

[scottishlass.livejournal.com]

LOL, if you want to :) I mean German is a bit difficult to learn cold (ie without a proper course) but you should go for it :)

[barefootatkheb.livejournal.com]

I actually thought of taking German at University before, but then I ended up on sick leave and never got around to it...

[scottishlass.livejournal.com]

Awww, this is bad ... but you can always start again. Even if it is an evening course or something.

[barefootatkheb.livejournal.com]

yeah, I might do that :) right now thou I'm not quite ready to get back to school ^^;

Nanny

[(Anonymous)]

Oh! thank you dear! :)

Re: Nanny

[scottishlass.livejournal.com]

You are welcome :) I forgot to tell you last night :)