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Dictionary Gàidhlig

Speaking our Language

If you are a complete beginner episodes 1-18 will take you (step-by-step) into conversational Gaelic and introduce you to the basic language skills you will need to speak Gaelic.

Greeting someone

The videos on this page will help you learn about the following:

  • Asking someone how they are (using the plural / polite form of you)
  • Telling someone how you are
  • Greetings and their replies
  • Discussing the weather

Other learning resources:

A1 - Beginners
Giving your name

The videos on this page will help you learn about the following:

  • Saying who you are
  • Asking someone’s name (plural / polite form)
  • Gaelic forms of names (first and last)
  • Inviting someone in
  • Introducing someone
  • Introducing members of your family

Other learning resources:

A1 - Beginners
Giving your address

The videos on this page will help you learn about the following:

  • Asking someone where they live (plural / polite)
  • Placenames / Street names
  • Asking someone’s address
  • Giving address
  • Numbers

Other learning resources:

A1 - Beginners
Saying where you come from

The videos on this page will help you learn about the following:

  • Asking where someone comes from
  • Placenames
  • Do you speak Gaelic?
  • I’m learning Gaelic

Other learning resources:

A1 - Beginners
Asking for drinks

The videos on this page will help you learn about the following:

  • Drink names; saying please
  • Addressing someone by name (the vocative case)
  • Asking someone what they would like
  • I would like...
  • Drinks

Other learning resources:

A1 - Beginners
Expressing likes/dislikes

The videos on this page will help you learn about the following:

  • I like...
  • I like to...
  • Activities / Sports
  • Saying you don’t
  • Asking someone whether they like something

Other learning resources:

A1 - Beginners
Discussing children

The videos on this page will help you learn about the following:

  • Asking someone if they have children
  • I have a son / daughter
  • Saying that you have children
  • Counting people
  • Telling someone to hurry up

Other learning resources:

A1 - Beginners
Telling the time

The videos on this page will help you learn about the following:

  • Asking someone the time
  • Telling the time
  • Asking when a place opens
  • Asking when a film is on

Other learning resources:

A1 - Beginners
Discussing jobs

The videos on this page will help you learn about the following:

  • Saying what your job is
  • Asking someone what their job is
  • Asking someone where they work
  • Saying where you work
  • Saying that you are unemployed

Other learning resources:

A1 - Beginners
Taking your leave of somebody

The videos on this page will help you learn about the following:

  • Saying goodbye
  • Apologising and saying you have to go
  • Departing transport
  • Travel costs

Other learning resources:

A1 - Beginners
Saying where you’re going

The videos on this page will help you learn about the following:

  • Asking someone where they are going
  • Saying where you are going
  • Saying what you are going to do

Other learning resources:

A1 - Beginners
Saying where you’ve been

The videos on this page will help you learn about the following:

  • Asking someone where they went
  • Saying where you went
  • Asking someone where they were
  • Saying where you were
  • Saying what you went to do

Other learning resources:

A1 - Beginners
Coping with language difficulties

The videos on this page will help you learn about the following:

  • Saying pardon
  • Apologising and telling someone to speak slower
  • Asking someone what they said
  • Saying you don’t know
  • Saying you don’t understand
  • Saying you understand
  • Asking what something means
  • Asking how to say something
  • Extra phrases

Other learning resources:

A1 - Beginners
Talking about the family

The videos on this page will help you learn about the following:

  • Summary of previous language
  •  Introducing members family
  •  Saying where you work
  •  Saying where you are going
  • Saying where you were
  •  Asking where you are going
  •  Saying hurry up
  •  Asking the time, saying you don’t know

Other learning resources:

A1 - Beginners
Giving instructions

The videos on this page will help you learn about the following:

  • Telling someone to sit down
  • Telling someone to wait a minute
  • Encouraging someone to do something
  • Telling someone to close the window
  • Telling someone to open their mouth
  • Telling someone to stop doing something
  • Telling someone not to do something

Other learning resources:

A1 - Beginners
Discussing the home

The videos on this page will help you learn about the following:

  • Rooms of house
  • Types of house
  • Asking where someone has a house
  • Saying what type of house you want
  • Saying where something is in the house

Other learning resources:

A1 - Beginners
Dealing with money

The videos on this page will help you learn about the following:

  • Asking what something costs
  • Saying what something costs
  • Asking if they take credit card
  • Saying something is cheap / expensive
  • Saying that you only have...

Other learning resources:

A1 - Beginners
Saying what you have

The videos on this page will help you learn about the following:

  • Asking what someone has
  • Saying what you have
  • Asking what type of item someone has
  • Saying there is nothing left
  • Asking what someone is like
  • Describing what someone is like

Other learning resources:

A1 - Beginners
Go to Episodes 19-36