I’ll do some audio recordings for people in Scottish Gaelic at different language levels.
There won’t be any grammar lessons. All you have to do is listen and get used to how it sounds. You don’t need to work at memorising anything and you don’t even need to really read the text, unless you want to.
I’ll be using the “comprehensible input” method, but to establish a good base, I’ll also be speaking in English. You might know Michel Thomas and his audio lessons, I like that approach.
This one covers the basics - meeting and greeting.
(A1 on the Gaelic CEFR scale which is called FICE.)
Saying Hello
Before asking how someone how they are, you’d say “haló“. Or you could say “Tha thu sin“ - there you are. Or very informally “haidh-aidh“.
Saying “How are you?”
When learning, a lot of people start out with “Ciamar a tha thu?” - How are you.
This is the mid-Minch way of doing it. “Ciamar” is how. “Tha thu” is literally “you are.”
“Tha mi “- I am. “Tha thu” - you are.
In Lewis, we’d say “Dè man a tha thu?” “Dè” is what.
More informal “Dè do chor? - What’s your condition.
And of course, you need to reply.
Replying to “Ciamar a tha thu?”
“Tha (mi) gu math” - I am well, is one of the standard responses.
“Chan eil dona.” Not bad. There are different ways to get across where on the scale you are (easier to listen to the audio for this.)
“Chan eil càil ri ràdh” - There’s not much to speak about.
“Ag èirigh ‘s a’ gearain” - I am getting up an complaining.
Sin agad e! There you are.