Lil Red Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 my hubby wants to learn latin. i tried learning irish gaelic awhile back, but just couldn't get it. i wish there was a teacher of irish gaelic in my town - i'd take lessons in a heartbeat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aloysius Posted February 1, 2007 Author Share Posted February 1, 2007 Especially if it's the language of your ancient ancestors. very romantic in many senses of the word Siochain ar Talamh, sure I know of the hunger strikes... wow that your father was one of them. I really like the rule of "caol le caol agus leathan le leathan" for some reason... it just looks so poetic when you look at the words themselves that way... haha I donno why, but I like it. .. to a native, it probably seems nothing more than i before e except after c... but to me it looks poeticly symetrical in a mesmorizing way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alicemary Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 Languages are fun, and always good for the brain to exercise it. You guys must be young with time on your hands! Dont you know, those in love already speak their own language? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DangerBoy Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 Aside from The Trinity, thats the coolest combonation of three things I've ever heard of!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puellapaschalis Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 Just don't think that you can keep your secret language to yourselves once you begin to have children - their ability to pick up a language from the most minimal of parental input is breathtaking. One of the main reasons first and bilingual language acquisition isn't my field is that I find it much [i]too[/i] interesting and would never get any work done. Irish itself is very cool, although speaker numbers are dropping (as they have been for years). The mutations are great fun, although I'm not as familiar with them as I am with Welsh. The pronunciation will indeed be the trickiest bit, but if you can get it down it'll be worth it. Have you ever been to the Gaeltacht? Love and prayers, PP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aloysius Posted February 2, 2007 Author Share Posted February 2, 2007 part of the reasoning is so that our children will be able to speak Irish, actually! Irish in the home, Latin in the Church, English in the world! The two times I've been to Ireland I was pretty young (single-digits young) and we weren't directly in any of the gaeltacht regions. I do intend to go back there one day; and I will certainly make it a point to attempt to immerse myself in Irish-speaking culture Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SJRod55 Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 [quote]my hubby wants to learn latin. i tried learning irish gaelic awhile back, but just couldn't get it. i wish there was a teacher of irish gaelic in my town - i'd take lessons in a heartbeat.[/quote] I am sure there are a number of Irish speaking folk in 'Purgatory' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lil Red Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 [quote name='Rod' post='1182965' date='Feb 2 2007, 07:17 AM']I am sure there are a number of Irish speaking folk in 'Purgatory'[/quote] maybe - it's actually more of what i'm going through (as in 3 weeks away from my due date) than opposed to an actual place. there might be teachers in a town that's about 5 hours away, but i don't think i'll be traveling for a teacher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Didymus Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 (edited) so basically you'll be like those freaky couples that speak to each other in 'elven,' except it wont be freaky cuz you'd actually be speaking a real language. It would be cool to learn Irish. I didnt actually know there was a Scottish gaelic. I think right now I'd rather just spend a year in Ireland and just pick up the accent. That would be sweet. Edited February 2, 2007 by Didymus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homeschoolmom Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 [quote name='Didymus' post='1183276' date='Feb 2 2007, 04:04 PM'] so basically you'll be like those freaky couples that speak to each other in 'elven,' except it wont be freaky cuz you'd actually be speaking a real language.[/quote] Well, close.... [img]http://www.gmifs.com/images/products/Lucky%20Charms.jpg[/img] I kid, of course. Don't kill me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avemaria40 Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 That's really cool! I love learning languages. I have taken Spanish for 6 years and I'm also learning Portuguese on my own (it's so pretty!) In the future, I intend to raise my kids to at least be bilingual, though I don't know which language yet, lol. I think it's awesome that you and your fiancée are learning Gaelic together. Good luck to both of you:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Didymus Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 [quote name='homeschoolmom' post='1183283' date='Feb 2 2007, 04:09 PM'] Well, close.... [img]http://www.gmifs.com/images/products/Lucky%20Charms.jpg[/img] I kid, of course. Don't kill me. [/quote] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homeschoolmom Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 I love the sound of Portuguese. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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