| #452827 in Books | Birlinn Ltd | 2006-06-01 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 8.50 x.40 x5.50l,.68 | File Name: 1841583707 | 160 pages |
||2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.| Definitely one to include in your list for Gàidhlig learners.|By PurpleLotus|It's not the ONLY Scottish Gaelic book you'll need, but this is a great addition to any learner's library. I love how they are broken down by subject/situation. There's even quite a bit of humor interjected throughout. Math dha-rìreadh!|1 of 1 people found the following review helpful|About the Author|Morag MacNeill was born in Greenock and learned Gaelic as a teenager. She was a full-time primary school teacher and now works as a supply teacher, mainly in the Gaelic medium. She has done extensive teaching of adults within night class
Since English is also spoken in the Gaelic-speaking areas, communication in Gaelic is not so much a matter of necessity as of choice and interest. This book, therefore, covers more than just the phrases needed by an outsider in a foreign land - it also dips into the chatty, the personal and domestic aspects of the language. It ranges from simple words and phrases to the more complex and idiomatic. Hopefully it will serve the non-speaker of Gaelic who wishes to utter the...
