I am indeed. I’m honestly fascinated that an Australian would choose to learn Irish. Really cool tbh! What prompted you to pick it if you don’t mind me asking? There are a heap of resources in a thread I started a while back that might be of use to you. I’ll be going through them more deeply soon.
Just a heads up - the dialects are bananas. Like I used to be very comfortable having a conversation with a native speaker back in my youth but the Ulster Irish I find really, really difficult to understand. Partly accent, partly pronunciation.
One small example, the name Róisín in Connacht dialect is row-sheen (like row your boat) but for folks in Ulster it’s ro-sheen (like box). To me the fada on the o = “oh”. Not sure how it ended up like that but there you have it.
I hear you on Sionnach, but I liked that it’s open source / a community effort and spoken by natives. It ramps up very quickly is my only issue.
I am indeed. I’m honestly fascinated that an Australian would choose to learn Irish. Really cool tbh! What prompted you to pick it if you don’t mind me asking? There are a heap of resources in a thread I started a while back that might be of use to you. I’ll be going through them more deeply soon.
Just a heads up - the dialects are bananas. Like I used to be very comfortable having a conversation with a native speaker back in my youth but the Ulster Irish I find really, really difficult to understand. Partly accent, partly pronunciation.
One small example, the name Róisín in Connacht dialect is row-sheen (like row your boat) but for folks in Ulster it’s ro-sheen (like box). To me the fada on the o = “oh”. Not sure how it ended up like that but there you have it.
I hear you on Sionnach, but I liked that it’s open source / a community effort and spoken by natives. It ramps up very quickly is my only issue.
If you haven’t seen it yet, Kneecap is great.