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Gaelic Books
Learn Something Valuable -Leabhraichean Gàidhlig
You’ve always dreamed of reaching that next level in your studies and use of the Gaelic language. At Love Gaelic, we have produced books and student manuals that run in conjunction with our Online Scottish Gaelic Language Courses to help get you there.
We pride ourselves on our collaboration with www.sgoilghaidhliginnsegall.com whom help us with publishing of books, videos and soundfiles for our courses. On their website you will also find more resources like planners, to help you integrate Gaelic into your daily activities.
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We are keeping our carbon footprint as small as possible and this is partially achieved by eliminating our 20 miles round-trips with the car to the post-office to send resources to our students almost entirely. Hence we are using LULU.COM print-on demand services where students can buy their course books and get direct delivery to their home address instead of being sent to the Western Isles first.
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And for those who fall in love with the Hebridean scenery in our pictures or videos, you can find more on this site www.jmacletchiephotography.com
Gaelic Dialogue Development
Comas Labhairt
For those who prefer a self-study course with a book, you can also access our self-study courses to practice your dialogue reading / pronunciation skills with as well as get some tips as on how to make your conversations more interesting. You can really raise the bar in regards to your reading ability very quickly, if you buckle down on practicing with our soundfiles or you could use our Scottish Gaelic Books in your own conversation groups. The beginner and intermediate soundfiles are learner-centred, the advanced ones on the other hand have additional soundfiles recorded by a native North Uist speaker. If you prefer to get support and feedback on your pronunciation, then you can sign up for the taught or supported self-study courses instead, with soundfile downloads included.
Cùrsa Còmhraidh
An Introduction to Scottish Gaelic
Price £14.99
This course is written to enhance and supplement conversation classes, with additional vocabulary, exercises and explanations. It consists of 10 themed lessons, each with a vocabulary list, explanation of any language points raised, a selection of exercises and games as well as a dialogue to revise the language of that lesson.
Soundfiles to supplement this book are available in the course sections.
Post-Beginner Gaelic Dialogue Development
Price £12.99
These 8 lessons are aimed at Post-Beginner Gaelic Learners who want to develop their conversation skills. It covers basic grammar and vocabulary points relating to the individual topics to support you.
Soundfiles to supplement this book are available in the course sections.
Intermediate Gaelic Dialogue Development
Price £12.99
These 8 lessons are aimed at Intermediate Gaelic Learners who want to develop their conversation skills. It covers the use of regular verbs and vocabulary points relating to the individual topics to support you.
Soundfiles to supplement this book are available on the Soundfiles and Study Resources page.
Advanced Gaelic Dialogue Development
Price £14.99
These 8 lessons are aimed at Advanced Scottish Gaelic Learners who want to develop their conversation as well as their academic writing skills. A grammar checklist is included to support you.
Soundfiles to supplement this book are available in the Soundfiles and Study Resources page.
Scottish Gaelic Grammar Books
Write with Confidence
Have you struggled to get a grasp of Gaelic Grammar, not quite understood verb formation, noun cases or sentence structure? To help you understand some basic grammar rules, we created these additional study books. Some are an essential part of our online courses but can also be used on their own. Understanding of the written word will in return boost your confidence and have a positive impact on your conversation skills in the Gaelic language.
Cùrsa Ro-ìre Gràmar na Gàidhlig
Price £12.99 for printed book
Price £4.99 for Downloadable PDF buy here
This is the student course handbook and should be used in conjunction with the online Cùrsa Ro-ìre self-study section which includes downloadable resources, lesson sound files, revision quiz.
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The course covers:
* The verb TO BE, TO LIKE, CAN, TO PREFER. * Verbal Nouns and Sentence Structure. * Infinitive-like Verbal Nouns of Regular and Irregular Verbs. * Prepositional Pronouns formed with prepositions AIG, RI, AIR, LE, DO in combination with Personal Pronouns. * Vocative Case of Names, Lenition, Possessive Articles, Nouns and Gender, Adjectives, Adverbs, Definite Articles, Plural Nouns and Vowels. * Useful phrases, Grammar terminology, Vocabulary list.
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50 Grammar Exercises Part 1
Price £12.49
This book includes 50 Gaelic grammar points which include a brief explanation and corresponding exercises to work with. The book soundfiles (read by a native Uist speaker) are available for free in the Soundfiles and Resources Section
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1. Possessive articles 2. Do + Personal Pronoun 3. Comparative Adjective 4. Word Inversion 5. Adverbs - direction / location 6. Verbal Noun 7. Visible Lenition 8. Adjectives 9. Future Tense 10. RI + Personal Pronouns 11. Past Tense of Regular Verbs 12. Ann + Personal Pronoun 13. Irregular Verb To Do/To Make 14. Me too - Me neither 15. Irregular Verb To Give 16. AIR + Personal Pronouns 17. Imperative 18. LE + Personal Pronouns 19. Irregular Verb To See 20. Tu or Thu 21. Irregular Verb To Hear 22. An or am 23. AIG + Personal Pronouns 24. Cia mheud 25. Irregular Verb To Say 26. To Be 27. Ann + Possessive Article 28. Irregular Verb To Get 29. RO + Personal Pronouns 30. Verb Usage 31. Vowels 32. Irregular Verb To Go 33. Prepositions + AIR 34. FO + Personal Pronouns 35. Emphasis Personal Pronouns 36. Irregulare Verb To Hear 37. 'S e or Tha 38. Vocative Case 39. Sentence Structure Inversion 40. GU + Personal Pronouns 41. Irregular Verb To Catch 42. FAR + To Be 43. Root/Stem of the Verb 44. Language - Nationality 45. Consonant Groups 46. Dative Case Singular Noun 47. To Be + Verbal Noun 48. AIG + Possessive Pronouns 49. BHO + Personal Pronouns 50. Irregular Verb To Arrive/Reach.
50 Grammar Exercises Part 2
Price £12.49
This book includes 50 Gaelic grammar points which include an explanation and corresponding exercises to work with.
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1. Am Buadhair Fulangach 2. Na Bliadhnaichean 3. DHAN + Placename 4. Plural Article THE: NA or NA H- 5. Negative Questions : Past Tense Irregular Verbs 6. Negative Questions : Past Tense Regular Verbs 7. The Irregular Verb TO COME 8. Slenderizing of some masculine nouns 9. Negative Adjectives 10. Numbers 20-40-60-80 11. Tha gaol AIG..AIR 12. Relative Future of Regular Verbs 13. Eadar + sinn, sibh, iad 14. I would + verb 15. Feminine nouns with the article THE 16. Numbers 30 - 50 - 70 - 90 17. Adjectives after Plural Nouns 18. MU + Possessive Article + D(h)eidhinn 19. Faod - Feum: regular verbs without past Tense 20. Faod - Feum: Conditional Tense with I and We 21. Past Passive Tense using To Go 22. TRO + Personal Pronouns 23. Possessive Article with Emphasis + noun starting with a consonant 24. The Article THE with Masculine Singular Nouns 25. Over There / Over here - Position/Movement 26. Pre-Noun Adjective SEANN 27. Ri ... t(h)aobh - Compound Preposition/Pronoun 28. GUN + Noun (without article THE) 29. Conditional Tense of Regular Verbs - We would 30. Imperative Regular Verbs - Let's 31. Adverbs of Manner 32. Comparatives NAS or NA B' 33. Conjunction "that is" 34. Reflexive Past Passive 35. Ma tha / Mura bheil 36. Informal - Formal 37. Ann / Anns + Placenames 38. To Be - Future Tense 39. Past and Future Tense of Verbs versus To Be + Verbal Noun 40. An aimsir 41. 'S dòcha gu/gun/gum 42. Future Passive using To Go 43. Affirming / Questioning 44. Dhen 45. Leth 46. Cho .. ri/ris 47. Nas / Na bu - Na b' 48. Ga / Ga h- 49. YES/NO 50. Plural Nound Ending -an/-ean
Leuman Gràmair - Pàirt 1
Price £12.99
12 Scottish Gaelic Grammar Points explained more in-depth with exercises to enhance your writing skills.
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Downloadable soundfiles are available in the self-study access section
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Can be used in conjunction with the Dialogue Drills (part 1) book.
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Content:
1. Possessive Articles
2. DO + Personal Pronouns
3. Comparative Adjectives
4. Word Inversion
5. Adverbs - Direction/Location
6. Verbal Noun
7. Visible Lenition at the start of a Word
8. Adjectives after Singular Nouns in the Nominative Case
9. Future Tense of Single Syllable Verbs
10. RI + Personal Pronouns
11. Past Tense Regular Verbs
12. ANN + Personal Pronouns
Dialogue Drills - Pàirt 1
Price £13.49
Drilean Còmhraidh Foirmeil & Neo-fhoirmeil / Formal and Informal Dialogue Drills.
Do you want to improve your response time in conversations? With this book and soundfiles, you can practice to respond with confidence. The content covers the practical use of Scottish Gaelic grammar points from my Leuman Gràmair Pàirt 1 Course Handbook.
You will need both books to complete the online self-study course.
Leuman Gràmair - Pàirt 2
Price £12.99
12 Scottish Gaelic Grammar Points explained more in-depth with exercises to enhance your writing skills.
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Downloadable soundfiles are available in the self-study access section
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Can be used in conjunction with the Dialogue Drills (part 2) book.
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Content:
1. Irregular verb to do/to make
2. Me too - me neither
3. Irregular verb to give/to take
4. Preposition AIR
5. Imperative of regular verbs
6. Preposition LE
7. Irregular verb to see
8. Thu/Tu
9. Irregular verb to hear
10. An/Am
11. Preposition AIG
12. Cia mheud.
Dialogue Drills - Pàirt 2
Price £12.99
Drilean Còmhraidh Foirmeil & Neo-fhoirmeil / Formal and Informal Dialogue Drills.
Do you want to improve your response time in conversations? With this book and soundfiles, you can practice to respond with confidence. The content covers the practical use of Scottish Gaelic grammar points from my Leuman Gràmair Pàirt 2 Course Handbook.
You will need both books to complete the online self-study course.
Verbs & Dialogue Drills
Price £12.49
This book includes lessons on the use of regular and irregular verbs in the past and future tense, imperative and infinitive-like verbal noun. Every grammar point is explained and followed by exercises as well as dialogue comprehension. To re-enforce your learning, dialogue drills - formal and informal - have been added to improve your response time in conversations.
You can sign up for the corresponding self-study course with downloadable soundfiles in the Self-Study Access Section.
Listening & Trialogue Development
Only available as part of the course.
This self-study course includes exercises, downloadable soundfiles and links to videos.
You will work on your understanding of the news, weather reports and interviews. At the same time, you will learn to develop trialogue skills to improve your listening in group settings.
You can find out more information and sign up for the self-study course here.
Mearachdan - 262 Ways to Lose Marks
Price £4.99
Learn to become more aware of silly errors which can cost you a good grade. These 262 sentences include mistakes which you need to correct. Make it a habit to scrutinize your own work more in-depth for a quicker, lasting improvement of your Scottish Gaelic writing skills.
The learning provider www.lovegaelic.com sells the soundfiles for these short sentences, so you can work on listening skills with dictation practice.
This is the course book for the intermediate Uibhist/Uist course, available as part of the Love Gaelic taught Intermediate Booster Course or supported Self-study Course.
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Until now, it has not been for sale separately but we are working on making it available to the public to purchase from September.
This is the course handbook for the Advanced Booster.
Answers are not included, hence it is only offered in supported course format.
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