best way to learn irish?

i am considering the teachme! irish interactive software

this looks like it only gets you up to intermediate status

i am willing to put in more work outside of/along with it

would like to be at least competent; any suggestions?

just drink alot

move to the aran islands. wouldnt be a bad experience either, dunno if your serious. friend of mine from norway successfully taught herself irish by living there for a while (and doing four years of undergraduate irish studies beforehand)

you will have to drink a lot also, goes without saying.

dont bother reading or teaching yourself any irish in the states, you wont know how to pronounce it right.

  On 5/28/2010 at 3:52 AM, maoam said:

dont bother reading or teaching yourself any irish in the states, you wont know how to pronounce it right.

even with audio from the software?

supposedly native irish speakers?

i suppose it couldnt hurt really, but only if you intend on going to ireland to use it. gimme a shout when you get here.

....sleep with one..

Watch the Colin Farrel bits from In Brudges over , over and over again.

irish language programmes, most should have subtitles.

http://live.tg4.ie/

also

http://www.rte.ie/easyirish/index.html

i hate irish cos of the way it's taught here

best of luck learning the grammar, lol

learn Greek instead

seduce Bono

I'd move to Ireland, speak to Irish people, watch Irish films, read Irish books, drink Irish coffee, listen to Irish songs.

  On 5/31/2010 at 11:13 AM, psn said:

speak to Irish people

lol

hardly anyone here speaks irish

(the green bits)

OK, 4 week mandatory summer camp in "the green bits" for everyone in Ireland, then!

why the hell would you teach yourself irish? why not a more useful language that's actually spoken by real people, not some drunk leprechauns in remote areas of a little island.

  On 5/31/2010 at 12:47 PM, azatoth said:

why the hell would you teach yourself irish? why not a more useful language that's actually spoken by real people, not some drunk leprechauns in remote areas of a little island.

  On 5/31/2010 at 12:47 PM, azatoth said:

why the hell would you teach yourself irish? why not a more useful language that's actually spoken by real people, not some drunk leprechauns in remote areas of a little island.

Why don't you go fuck yourself?

The best way to learn Irish is to immerse yourself in it. That's probably not an option for you though is it. Learning to speak it with a computer programmme might be a bit weird but sure give it a shot.

I would bother learning to write it, the grammar is fucking mental. I found the whole German thing: Der Die Das Die to be more logical and easier than any of the Irish grammar.

EDIT: I'll speak it to you if you've got basics down.

  On 5/31/2010 at 2:00 PM, chassis said:

  On 5/31/2010 at 12:47 PM, azatoth said:

why the hell would you teach yourself irish? why not a more useful language that's actually spoken by real people, not some drunk leprechauns in remote areas of a little island.

Why don't you go fuck yourself?

az has a bee in his bonnet ever since he lived in cork for a year and didn't like it because he's antisocial

  On 5/31/2010 at 2:00 PM, kaini said:

  On 5/31/2010 at 2:00 PM, chassis said:

  On 5/31/2010 at 12:47 PM, azatoth said:

why the hell would you teach yourself irish? why not a more useful language that's actually spoken by real people, not some drunk leprechauns in remote areas of a little island.

Why don't you go fuck yourself?

az has a bee in his bonnet ever since he lived in cork for a year and didn't like it because he's antisocial

Cork would be beautiful, if it weren't for all the Cork people.

jesus, you irish people get all in a huff for a little snide comment. and it was TWO long years in cork.

Cork is the greatest city in the world, though granted not the prettiest. Love it. And pretty sure it made Lonely Planet's top ten cities to visit list this year. So its loveliness has been verified scientifically, by scientists, using scientific experiments.

my sister has all the academic drive i never had. she sought to learn irish on her own. from what i can tell, she worked hard on it for ages and then gave up. good luck buddy

  On 6/14/2010 at 12:11 AM, hahathhat said:

she worked hard on it for ages and then gave up.

Cén fáth?

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