Irish Grammar Videos on YouTube

earwax_man

Dia Dhaoibh

I am planning to create a YouTube channel during this summer consisting of an entire series of complete Irish grammar, and also a series of misheard-lyrics videos for Irish [since neither really exist there currently]. I'm just wondering how to structure it; I'm planning on creating the series similar to a vlog in Irish, with closed-caption subtitles with srt files in English and Irish; and overlays for pronunciation or etc. What would you guys suggest? I have created notes in pdf form with about 35 chapters, so I was thinking about a topic per video, and multiple parts if necessary

Also, any suggestions for a channel name? I'm thinking of random names, but none fit the type of channel

franc 91

An Cainéal Gaelach ? (what dialect would it be in? Hopefully you would give examples of all of them, making sure we know which one's which)

earwax_man

Hey Franc

I speak the Munster dialect of Irish, but I have some Connaught influences on the way I speak; I'm fully bilingual from a young age
I don't have much experience with Ulster Irish, I'm afraid; I'm going to try to stick to the standard, and general Gaeltacht grammar too [like the relative pronoun "a bheas" instead of "a bheadh", but the standard will be stressed]

franc 91

Dia dhuit, a chara
Is foghlaimeoir is tosaitheoir uafàsach mé, ach is breà liom an canùint na Mumhan (Corca Dhuibhne). Is Albanach mé, ach tàim i mo chonai sa Fhrainc - agus is gach uile i mo mhuintir Francach.

Enkidu

earwax_man wrote: »

like the relative pronoun "a bheas" instead of "a bheadh", but the standard will be stressed

Just to help, it's the relative form of the verb and "a bheas" is used in place of "a bheidh".

earwax_man

Oops, sorry, my head wasn't on the ball at all there.

earwax_man

bump

bdoo

earwax_man wrote: »

bump

I think that one of the main issues in learning a language can be the terms like relative pronouns, reflexive verbs the genative case etc. the fact is that any people dont know what these terms mean in English so talking about them in another language can cause problems.

I think a good starting point is to address this as to assume full knowledge would be unwise imo.

If learners of any subject or language do not have a certain amount of prerequisite knowledge they will never fully grasp a topic. a good foundation is needed.

i think this is a great idea. look forward using it.

franc 91

On another forum I've posted up several sites that I've found here and there, where you can watch various educational videos in Irish, only to be told that the accent isn't authentic enough. So obviously that is something that needs to be taken into consideration. What would be nice is to have a transcript of the spoken Irish together with a translation that closely follows the original plus some annotations explaning how it functions - for instance if it's in a particular dialect and so on. What I really miss, is that you can no longer access on line the Abair Leat moodles and even more especially the song book - you turned the pages and then you could press the buttons to hear each verse and chorus - and the girl's singing voice was a joy to hear. 'Im bim baba ro' was beautifully sung. The other thing I think is a big opportunity missed is that RTE have put out on the RTE player - and subsequently on YouTube - some fantastic programmes in Irish. It would be marvellous to have them available on DVD with the transcriptions and the grammar and language explained.

earwax_man

bdoo wrote: »

I think that one of the main issues in learning a language can be the terms like relative pronouns, reflexive verbs the genative case etc. the fact is that any people dont know what these terms mean in English so talking about them in another language can cause problems.

I think a good starting point is to address this as to assume full knowledge would be unwise imo.

If learners of any subject or language do not have a certain amount of prerequisite knowledge they will never fully grasp a topic. a good foundation is needed.

i think this is a great idea. look forward using it.

It's all in the planning! ^^ Okay, so explanation videos in English first

On another forum I've posted up several sites that I've found here and there, where you can watch various educational videos in Irish, only to be told that the accent isn't authentic enough. So obviously that is something that needs to be taken into consideration. What would be nice is to have a transcript of the spoken Irish together with a translation that closely follows the original plus some annotations explaning how it functions - for instance if it's in a particular dialect and so on. What I really miss, is that you can no longer access on line the Abair Leat moodles and even more especially the song book - you turned the pages and then you could press the buttons to hear each verse and chorus - and the girl's singing voice was a joy to hear. 'Im bim baba ro' was beautifully sung. The other thing I think is a big opportunity missed is that RTE have put out on the RTE player - and subsequently on YouTube - some fantastic programmes in Irish. It would be marvellous to have them available on DVD with the transcriptions and the grammar and language explained.

I'm planning on creating subtitles with srt files, so the viewer on YouTube has the option to view with no subtitles, English, Irish, or German subtitles
Obviously this is a failure of the Department of Education, so I need to make a full foundation for grammar. Grammar is my life xD