Watch Forbidden Clan here kzfaq.info/get/bejne/nbeBrNR7przJeKM.html

I watch Gaelic with Jason! He's great. I hope the language makes a comeback for Scotland. Erasing a peoples language is a horrible thing.

The Duolingo Gaelic thing is a great place to start. Quite a bit better than other Duo languages, in my opinion, because it uses recordings of real native speakers - with a wide variety of accents - and you need to be prepared for that!

As a native Spanish speaker I can tell you that learning a second or a third language is very helpfull for your brain. Not only it makes you think in a different way, it makes you discover a whole new world. My first meeting with Gaelic language was reading a book... aye, a romantic book with Highlanders 😁. and curiosity won because of a joke in Gaelic in the story. But the very first time I heard it was here!! So I have to thank you Bruce and I'll tell you in Spanish: Gracias por tu maravilloso trabajo, que tengas un hermoso día. Beannachd caraid

As a native Irish Speaker I've been learning Scots Gaelic recently. My interest was peaked a year ago when my wife was watching 'Outlander' and all of a sudden I was able to hear entire sentences that I understood. It was almost like when I first heard the Ulster Irish Dialect and struggled to follow but got the meaning. It's a fantastic language and it comes with some outstanding benefits of understanding the depth of meaning behind Highland Culture that is conveyed by contemporary Scottish Gaelic musicians who every bit rival their Irish Gaelic counterparts in terms of Gaelic Musical Tradition.

As teenager (American but very interested in the Scottish side of my family) I tried to learn Scottish Gaelic from a book I bought from Borders. It was brutally hard and I was heartbroken to give up. I have since learned French fairly well, but you’ve motivated me to look at my options now in the internet age and see if I can do it! Alas it won’t help for my trip to Scotland in a few weeks, but maybe for next year!

I'm Scottish started learning in p4 never kept it up embarrassed too say our government should try and bring it into the schools there's more gaelic speakers abroad love the vids big man

I'm a Bavarian living in the Bavarian Highlands, the alpine region. No Gaelic speaking people around here. However, I love languages and my heart beats Scottish, sooooo at a tender age of 59 I am learning my 7th language - Scottish Gaelic. I can inly applaude to everything you said in this video. Learning Gaelic is fun and with constant repetition it works quite well. I worked with an old BBC course on KZfaq for a while but the audio quality wasn't sgoinnel, no real interaction. Now I'm doing endless repetitions on duolingo and for grammar and the fun factor, I'm watching Jason's videos which are a great help.. This guy is one heck of a language teacher, his love for Gaelic is contagious if you're not infected already.. If an old goat fromrural Bavaria can learn Gaelic - everyone can. It's very unlikly to find one here but in my younger days my secret of quick progress in learning a language was to find a boyfriend who's a native speaker... just saying 😉 Sadly, my friends in Scotlad don't have Gaelic and sven if I'll never meet anyone I could speak Gaelic with, it's still worth learning.... if you have Scotland in your heart. Beannachdan blàth à Bavaria🙋🏻‍♀️

I've been wanting to learn Gaelic for a while now. I want me and my kids to speak what was supposed to be our mother tongue. When I hear it, I feel robbed, cheated of a birth right. Edit: I already had followed Jason, but I'll tell a fib and say you sent me anyway.

I’m actually learning it right now. I don’t really know why, because I’m a German-Norwegian teenager from America, but I am. I just have always been fascinated by Scottish culture and history, and I figured that there’s not much that’s more Scottish than Scottish Gaelic. I’ve been doing it on Duolingo for a while now, and I’m fine at it. I hope to one day be fluent🤞🤞🤞

As an old punk rocker, I suggest buying a record by Oi Polloi. One of Scotland’s finest. This channel is great. Very informative and hilarious. My interests stem from a woman from Edinburgh I met in Germany in 1983. She is a life long friend and the one that got away. This channel brings back great memories of her for me.

I did Duolingo and then moved on to online beginners' course LearnGaelic. Also added in KZfaq SpeakGaelic, plus linked podcasts, then the linked online lesson. Time and repetition are key. Recently added Miss MacDonald's KZfaq channel for kids, to try to remember days of the week, months of the year, numbers etc. 🙂

“Oh, there’s a bar!” 🤣🥃🍺 Being a retired Canadian I have found myself relearning the French that I studied in secondary school 50 years ago. The downside is that unless you use the language around native speakers it becomes forgotten. The last time I visited Quebec where French is the primary language spoken, I found myself subconsciously sliding back in to the language and then being “shocked” when I returned to the English speaking world. My Scottish Gran grew up around her Gran that spoke Gaelic exclusively and learning my heritage language is something I would like to try in the near future. Thanks for the videos and keep them coming. 🇨🇦🎸😎🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

I wanted to learn since I discovered Runrig, loads of their songs obviously in Gaelic and I just love the sound of the language

If you climb the Munroes (mountains over 3000 feet) in Scotland, or enjoy exploring the Highlands, it's useful to know some Gallic, as many names are descriptions in the language; Ben More means Big Mountain, for example.

I did a semester of Gaelic in my first year of Uni. What I learned is that I have real trouble learning languages.

I began my journey learning gaelic at the start of the first UK lockdown, started with the duolingo course, and then moving on to books, gaelic in 12 weeks, blas na gàidhlig. I also discovered around the same time that my partner was expecting my son. So I made it my goal, no I made it my personal mission to have the first words to my son be in gaelic. My advice to people that are looking to start learning gaelic is, go for it! You will never learn if you don't try, yes there will be days where you have very little motivation. But you will get through it.

I've been learning Irish in fits and bursts. The phrases and words that stick with me over the years is the ones I hear or use with native speakers

Alright Brucie lad? What a morning. Irish breakfast, Peruvian coffee, Polish bloke and his Scottish marra from KZfaq. Day doesn't get any better than that. Just recently I've started to learn Irish and Scots gaelic using duolingo and I must say tá sé go hiontach. I highly recommend learning a second language. It's one of the best things you can do for yourself. Mòran taing Bruce. Sláinte!

I'm a Gaelic learner so thank you for this one!

PS thanks for the super video; it feels like a chat over a cuppa.

Yeah I'm interested in learning Scottish Gaelic as it is my heritage.... Heather

I’m using Duolingo currently along with songs/books. As I want to teach my son so the language doesn’t die.

I tried learning Ulster Gaelic many years ago, forgotten most of it now as I never used it, Coincidentally many Scots Gaelic speakers can understand Donegal Gaelic speakers well, there is a strong connection between them and the Scottish Western isles.

A couple things help with learning both Irish and Scots Gaelic, learn songs. The grammar is always correct and music is the last form of memory to leave you. If there’s TV shows, watch for a couple hours a day. Take notes. That helps with idiomatic expressions and slang.

As a Greek, it was really random but I was always fascinated by Celtic culture so I decided to learn Gaelic.

I’m a native Texan who studied over a year in Edinburgh. I fell in love with Scotland. Like us Texans, I connected with the level of pride that emulates from the people. My heart breaks that there isn’t more Gaelic speakers and hope that it is changing for the better! Staying connected to the past, culture, and history is important! I wanted to learn the language to connect to a culture that is near and dear to me, connect to the history, and be able to say in a conversation “I speak English, Spanish, Portuguese, and Gaelic”.

Born in Wales, grown up in Australia, wish I’d been able to learn the welsh language before now

“I’m cold, wet, tired and the English did it” 🤣🤣🤣. I am so fascinated by this. There’s a bar! What a great idea on holidays. I’m familiar with Irish Gaelic but am rubbish at it and need classes. 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺 I hope one day to bring my kidlets to Scotland as their Dad was descended from the Scott’s and their last name is appropriately Scott. They luckily have the blend of two branches of the Celts: Irish and Scottish. What could be better 💜

I thought about learning Gaelic many years ago. I love medieval history and I collect arms and armour as a hobby. I really enjoy your videos Bruce!

Absolutely beautiful language, so unique and exciting!

The phrase "more x than you can shake a stick at" comes from mid-19th century America, where a "shake" was a term commonly associated with roofing and building. Essentially it was coined in a newspaper because there were "more Taverns as you can shake a stick at" here meaning, "we have so many taverns that the roofers can't shave the wood fast enough to shingle them."

Yes this Sassanach, living in SW England (Exmoor) has tried to learn the Gàidhlig through Duolingo, mainly because of the Outlander books 💕 and my visit to the Highlands 💕. Got only so far and because you had to answer in written form I gave up, no explanation of any rules if there are some 😳

My dad was born in the highlands, and spoke Gaelic natively. He learned french before learning english. I asked him one day why I don't speak it. He said at the time, he saw it as a dead language.

I can thoroughly recommend Jason's channel. He's got a great teaching style & my Gaelic has improved loads since I found his lessons.

Duolingo is also great, perhaps not for conversational Gaelic but for expanding your vocabulary. Also Jason does some really good short novels for Gaelic learners.

I have always wanted to learn Gaelic, especially when I found out I have Scottish ancestry. I started about four months ago with Duolingo. I took your advise from this video and looked up Jason Bond. I enrolled in his online course about one month ago. Jason is great, he has a really good teaching method and helps the Gaelic stick in your mind...thank you for the recommendation.

That's so cool I was already learning with Jason... Its a small Internet..

I take a lot of pride in being a scottish ginger so I've been learning Gaelic on KZfaq from a channel called Gaelic with Jason and it's been very help full and I've learned a lot fast and he makes it easy.

Just want to say that I've been working my way through all your previous videos and have been enjoying your channel. Also, huge THANKS for directing folks to Jason's channel - it's exactly what I needed to find, because Duo wasn't making the grade for me! Keep 'em coming.

Yes, I have wanted to learn Gaelic but I have a shockingly bad memory for languages of any kind. My interest started when we were cleaning out my grandmother's house after she had a stroke. We found a book that belonged to her mother and it was a prayer book in Gaelic. The only English in the book was on the fly sheet and it said "Bringing prayer and the word of God the the Highlands." Fascinating

Duo Lingo now has Gaelic! It’s easy, it’s free, and it teaches reading, writing, and speaking. It’s become the “game” I play on my phone at any down time.

In response to this video, let me tell you a story. LOL. I am 67 and lost my Mom this past year. She grew up speaking Gaelic as a second language. Her Mom was born in Edinburgh. I have cousins in Scotland I stay in touch with. I occasionally have to have them translate if they slip a Gaelic word into our conversation. I want to learn Gaelic before I pass. I am just sorry I didn't do it sooner. I grew up speaking French as my second language because we lived in France when I was a child. French was the second language on my Dad's side of the family.It just always seemed English, then French were the most likely to be spoken in our family. I want to learn Gaelic as a tribute to my Mom.

My grandfather spoke Gaelic so I learnt from him from the moment I learnt to talk and even now speak it with a good friend of mine and with my God daughter

I'm learning Gàidhlig at the moment, it's great fun! Gaelic with Jason is a brilliant channel, much like this one with its great content! Love from Stirling / Sruighlea

I speak a decent amount but this will all help! I'm also from Argyll and Bute, Dunoon to be exact, you should give it a visit mate, tapadh leat a charaid!

I've used the phrase "more than you can shake a stick at" my whole life. I was born and raised here in Georgia, U.S.A.

Many years ago, I took a couple of weekend courses in Gaelic at the University of Edinburgh. It was great, and I remembered enough to understand "I'm cold, I'm hungry, I'm tired." and I burst out laughing when you said "The English did it" :o) Very soon after these classes, I move to Wales and started learning Welsh. This pushed most of the Gaelic out of ma heid. I started off going to a weekly conversational Welsh class, and that was fine, but progress was slow. The second year, I added in using a website resource run by the BBC. It had text and audio. Ten minutes a day helped me consolidate the foundations, and increased my vocabulary. Next, I started singing songs, and watching children's television. Over time, I was able to watch television aimed at adults, starting with using English subtitles, and then moving on to Welsh subtitles. What worked for me was the combination of many different types of learning, and including it in my daily life.

Much respect, Bruce. Lovin' the videos.

Gaelic is fun........it sure is ! got the book .

Im trying to learn Irish Gaelic first and once I'm fairly fluent in that I'm gonna learn Scottish Gaelic as well since i find them very cool since their my ancestors mother tongue. Learning Scots would be cool as well as its similar to english.

Found this because learning Gaelic is kind of a resolution of mine, and soon as he said "Bruce Fumey" i realised he's an old teacher of mine.

Bruce? You’re preachin’ ma pal. Keep it up.

I live less than an hour away from Nova Scotia. Love to drive down Main Street in Amherst and look at the beautiful old houses

I'm learning Gaelic from Jason! I started with his KZfaq videos and now I'm doing his Gaelic beginner's course.

Ta mah h’air , thanks for 🎉doing this video. I really am interested! And your way of speaking is amazing..

THANKS FOR SENDING ME TO JASON’S PAGE!! I’m gonna keep watching him….

I can definitely recommend the Sabhal Mor Ostaig short Courses. They do also offer distance learning.

I would love to learn gaelic. I'm Amercan. Gaelic is such a sexy sounding language. Traveling to Scotland and take lessons would be a dream.

I am not Scottish but unsurprisingly I love the Outlander show and now I want to visit Scotland one day. I am learning Scottish Gaelic on Duolingo and only have been learning for 7 days now but it is great. Not to mention there are not many speakers anymore so I would love to get on the train and learn Gaelic

Have been watching Jason prior to seeing this episode...he is a very good tacher. I am actually writing his classes down on paper to re-read.

Thank you for the resource links, Bruce! Tapadh leat!

One of the things I used to do when I first started was to record myself speaking back to the speaker during the practice sessions. Then I could listen later to hear where I went right or wrong. I used to teach French and I had a little mini digital recorder I used. Probably could do it on a phone these days. I’m also a strong believer in immersing yourself in the language and culture. Even if you can’t get there physically, you can start to think in the language and go about using vocabulary as you go about your daily activities, even talk to yourself in the shower just for practice.

Tapadh leat! I needed a nudge to get started on a refresh before the 3rd Gaelic course. I started on Duolingo during the first lockdown with the aim to finally learn to pronounce Gaelic place names. It only took 11 years to get started... Work then began offering courses and 1,5 years later I still haven't stopped. Thanks for the different suggestions, will look them up and see if I can fit in a week on Skye next year :D

I've been on duolingo for 1500 days now. Coming from the north east of Scotland, I find pronunciation very easy. What surprised me was the number of words we would use in NE Scots dialect that are Gaelic words, but then we arent too many generations away from when our forebearers spoke it. In my area it was banned by the lairds after the act of 'union'. But in a glen further north, Strathdon, the last Gaelic speaker passed away in the 1980s

Speaking Gaelic is very interesting to me. I've tried to learn on and off for years now. My desire stems mostly from my Grandmother MacAulay, who grew up in a small fishing town on Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. She remembered being able to understand older people speaking in Gaelic, but by then the people her age didn't learn to speak it anymore. Thanks for this video and info.

Hi Bruce, love your videos!!! Love the bit about the English did it (LOL) I am a member of The Kern County Scottish Society here in the States, look us I, I put together the website, "anyhoo" part of the membership is we learn Gaelic. Actually, I help teach it. I know it is really frustrating at times, but I have come to appreciate what a truly beautiful language it is! And what a shame it would be if it were to become another lost language. We are not going to let that happen in our neck of the woods!! I have never been to Scotland but my heart years for it. I am cianalas for a land I have never been to! Perhaps one day I will go there and look you up! Keep the videos coming mate!

You are so good at what you do. As a physics teacher you may appreciate how I teach science to my 5-8 year old swimmers. Newtons 3rd law - push the wall backwards you go….. forwards. Conservation of angular momentum- the tighter your tuck on your forward roll, the faster you turn etc. 🌞

I’m interested🙋🏼‍♀️. KZfaq has served me well in learning French

Thank you so much for all of the time that you took to share this video . Also thank you for picking this topic . It has been on my mind because I do want to learn Gaelic . I am finding that , for me , when I hear it as I do a lot , I am understanding slowly but surely . As for my opinion on learning any language other than one’s own native tongue , I think it has great value in that I learn different concepts and a different culture . I learn about some differences between how my culture is and someone else’s . I grow . I can see things in a different light or perspective. I learn the commonalities we share as people . My father spoke Gaelic as did my grand parents . Although not very often did they speak it . That is another story . Thank you again sir .

You’re the best!! Thank you thank you thank you! 😁💕

Hi Bruce Thank you for all the hints. My parenal grandparents were both native speakers. One from Dunoon but his family came from Auchindrain and my grandmother came from North Uist. Later this year we're going to North Uist so as I'm retired I'm using KZfaq to learn Gaelic. Jason was my first port of call. But there are quite a few sources to try. As far as i can tell there are no classes here in Derby.

Yes I have thought of it over the years. Actually in 1985 on Skye there was a mobile Gaelic library. I thought first.....wow! Someone translated books into Gaelic or were some of them taken from original Gaelic manuscript. The Isle of Skye felt like home to me.

Thank you for this and all your videos. Keep spreading the knowledge, keep the fire burning

I tried to learn Gaelic (Irish) many years ago with the aid of a textbook. The main drawbacks I found was pronunciation, dialect, and lack of feedback/conversation. I haven't given up, just delayed a bit.

Always dreamed of going to Scotland, until I can I love your videos thanks from Missouri usa

I started with a casual beginning zoom Gaelic class during the pandemic.......now I chip away at it with the Duolingo app ........🎶😎🎶

Having spent time as a young teenage traveler first to Norway and Scotland to see family then a two year stint in the United States Marine Corps in Okinawa, "Mainland" Japan and the Philippines. I discovered many years ago other than ordering food and alcohol the main phrases absolutely needed were , where is the bathroom or Loo, How much does it cost and " I Love You". That last should be spoken with emphasis and meaning only acquired with practice.

LOVE learning Gaelic on duolingo.

Thanks for all the tips and especially the link to Jason!

Good to see you continuing to learn it. I heard a great story recently about the children of a family who moved to Stornoway as refugees from Syria getting wonderful plaudits for their learning of Gaidhlig.

Thanks for suggesting Gaelic with Jason. Now my daughter is also starting following him as well.

I’ve been learning Gaelic and the syntax is so similar to English that it comes so easily in comparison to some of the other languages I’ve studied like French or Spanish.

I’m an American. Yes, I am trying to learn Gallic. Currently using Duo Lingo

I've heard "more ______ than you can shake a stick at" all my life so I've never thought much about it. But we tend to use lots of descriptors like that in "my neck of the woods". I'm definitely going to check some of the video and audio options you suggested. Thanks, Bruce!

My husband and I are Scottish. It makes me want to learn and keep our language alive. Currently living in Central America. I would love to learn the language. The drink doesnt interest me but would love to learn.

Yes, I very much want to learn to speak Gaelic.

Blew me away when I heard you speak Gaelic and have a Scottish accent! I'm learning mainly on Duolingo since last year. Mòran taing airson a' bhidio!

Yes, I started to learn Gaelic by cd in 2007 as part of my effort to stretch my my brain while I was off work due to a concussion. There wasn’t a lot available back then, so I started with Irish. I know, I know… but eventually I found cds and a book on Hebridean Gaelic which is the language of my ancestors. I have some Gaelic music and listen to the lyrics. Mary Jane Lamont in particular. Now, I follow some on instagram and have done some of Jason’s KZfaq videos. I kind of got turned off when it became more witchy than Gaelic stuff, but he’s a good teacher nonetheless. I believe there’s a school in Cape Breton. Fun story: one of my Islay ancestors who immigrated to Canada was walking with her husband to the local store and he got sidetracked en route by talking to a neighbour. She carried on to the shop and the shop keeper asked her what she wanted. She replied “ wait until Lachlan arrives with the English”.

I was going to say "try Sabhal Mòr" ... but you beat me to it! In 1978, after a stint in the USAF in Germany, I was working at Armadale Castle doing odd jobs, cutting down rhodies, washing tea pots .... etc. That's where I heard about Sabhal Mòr which was just a five minute walk away if you cut across the grounds. I never attended classes though. Sir Iain Noble ran the place and it was still struggling at that time. Sir Iain had the odd distinction of accidentally [it was a solicitor's error] purchasing the Barony of Macdonald when he bought lands from Lord Macdonald of Macdonald. Sir Iain could have styled himself Sir Iain Noble of Macdonald .... but I think he went with "holder of the Barony of Macdonald." The only Gaelic I learned was from Sandy, a native speaker who also worked at Armadale: "Cimmerahao" [ciamar a tha thu] ... but also "ashi raw og" [tasi ro og]; oh, and of course.... "pog ma [erhumm!] (^__^) Anyway ... I've been enjoying your history lessons.

It took me years to realize that my granda was speaking to us in Scottish Gaelic...I always thought he just sounded off because he was old and angry....but in all reality, he were trying to teach us Scottish Gaelic and nan was trying to teach us Irish .....it just went over our wee heads. We were too young and just not caring. Being mixed-raced back then in Liverpool was already enough of an issue. I wish I would have paid attention to my grans now as an adult trying to learn Scottish gaelic and Irish is an uphill adventure. Love the page !!

Thanks for the introduction Bruce me and my dad have just started I learned my name Seac Raibeart Bealaidh

'Tales Until Dawn' is a wonderful collection of Gaelic stories from Cape Breton. It's published with the Gaelic on the left-hand page and English on the right. I woke one night in the wee hours and thought I'd read a story to help go back to sleep. In my groggy state, I kept reading the same paragraph over and over with out understanding until I realized I was trying to read the Gaelic! A number of years ago I took a Gaelic singing class from Mary Jane Lamond. One of my mates who was having a terrible time pronouncing the Gaelic text asked Mary Jane, "Why couldn't the songs be printed phonetically?" There was one of those famous pregnant pauses, then Mary Jane answered, "Well, by Gaelic sonic values of the letters, they are phonetic!" Thanks for the awesome videos.

I did a distance learning course at Telford College and went to night school for a while in North Lanarkshire.I used to go to Clì Gaelic learning days in different parts of Scotland.Duolingo is great for learning Gaelic and the Learn Gaelic app is great.I used to love Colin and Cumberland Scots Gaelic on BBC and Beag air Bhheag.

Been wanting to learn Gaelic since I was about 7 and I'm 28 now! You're insight is very helpful. I've been considering Jason's subscription for some time now, good to know it works.

i would love to.. i am moving to Scotland in October

Uill..bit of a story...After my beloved Mom died and she left each of us a little money, and after moaning and crying for a year, I pulled up my big girl pants and payed off a coupla bills and replaced a few things that needed replacing. The money left..where have I always wanted to go!? Scotland! Informed the husband, bought the tickets. Ran across an ad "Learn Scottish Gaelic in Three Months". Perfect! 😁 What a bampot! OMG. I ended up going to SMO twice for summer courses. (Dad died 18 mos. later.) I'm now grounded by COVID and doing home study. 3 months my arse. But I love it. I dream of a little immersion. Tha beagan Gàidhlig glè dhona agam. (I speak a little bad Gaelic, ya'll.) But I'm on the journey. Thanks for your info and inspiration. Signed: Another Crazy American.

So so funny. I was just about to recommend Jason when you mentioned the long haired guy from Maine! He's great for grammar. For complete immersion on the 'cheap' try Dualingo. You have to try and fathom why the endings change but it uses sound clips of native speakers to help with pronunciations.

Och , I wondered if t was Jason . Cool I've been wanting to learn ,just need to spend more time at it .

Jason is great, he's painting as well ;)