Learning Irish
by Michael O'Siadhail
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Author: Michael O'SiadhailEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2006-11-25
ISBN: 0300121776
Number of pages: 320
Publisher: Yale University Press
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Book Review: An excelt modern revamp
Summary: 5 Stars
The 1995 edition, which had horrible binding and provided Audio-Cassettes, is an embarrasment to Mícheál Ó Sidhial's fine course in studying the Irish language. I brought the recent 2006 edition for my friend. This edition has a better layout, it uses simplified terms, it still uses proper grammar terms "Second person singular", "Third person plural" but it offers a better explanation of the terms,but it can not avoid using them, I don't see another way of expressing such a term.
Numerous lines such as "Do not use the plural for formality or politeness" will be confusing to English speakers, as in Scottish Gaelic, French, Spanish and Latin people use the Second person plural for formal purposes. I.e. Vous and Tu (the French words for two).
Mícheál Ó Sidhials' "Learning Irish" focus's mainly on the Conamara Dialect, specifically the Cois Farriage dialect, which is found on the coast of Galway. I myself am a native Gaeilgeoir from Conamara and don't live far from where Mícheál Ó Sidhial was born, I specifically chose this product to give to my friend because it was based on my dialect of speaking, but if you do not want to speak the Conamara dialect, you should purcahse another product. If you were unaware of dialect differences, than choose a product that offers a dialect. 'Standard Irish' is a cultimation of various dialectual aspects, and gives an unauthentic feeling, I strongly recommend a product with a dialect, Connacht, Munster or Ulster. (Conamara is a member of the Connacht dialect)
Remembering that I am writing about the 2006 edition, it is an amazing revamp from the older editions. This edition provides an intensive hsitory of the history of the Irish Language, it also features a number of idioms which make you sound very authentic, after only a few days my friend sounds alot like me, using phrases I myself use, giving her a native feel. ONLY purchase a copy with the Audio CD's, you will learn the grammar and words where the CD's will help with your pronouciation. DO NOT just purchase the Audio CD's they do not provide any grammar help, their job is to provide pronouciation examples.
Overall, this product matches a teacher, and deserves 5 stars.
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