Céad míle fáilte! Now that you know how to learn Irish Gaelic with Drops’ latest language course, how about some tips on how to learn the language effectively, along with some interesting facts?
Here we go!
Prioritise your learning by focussing on the essentials and work your way up from there. Drops’ Irish course provides you with the most useful expressions and words from the very beginning, so that you can then choose what you are most interested in and build your own learning path.
Did you know that Drops’ Irish course contains 10 basic vocabulary modules with all you need to get you started with your Irish language journey?
Getting familiar with word formation processes in any language you wish to learn is a very useful skill to develop, mainly because it will help you work out the meaning of new words, and smoothly grow your vocabulary.
In the Irish language, words are built in many different ways, but here are a few of the key elements:
Did you know that the longest word in Irish is grianghrafadóireachta and it “only” means “photography”?
TV stations:
Radio Stations:
Levelled readers:
Most of the resources available are for primary school children, but there are other options for young adults and adults, such as bilingual books (English/Irish), as well as interesting alternatives such as graphic novels. There are a variety of bookshops that offer their catalogues online, such as Litríotch and An Ceathrú Póilí.
Did you know that the first Irish language newspaper was published in New York City? Irish immigrant and teacher Mcheál Lócháin established An Gaodhal in 1881. Before evolving into An Gael, an online quarterly literary magazine, it was released consistently until 1904, then irregularly after that.
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Javier Gil is our Language Content Manager. He loves linguistics, reading, skincare, 90s music, and Zumba. He currently lives in Spain.