Irish (Gaeilge) Language Course - 40 x 5 minute clips

Explore basic Irish greetings, names, places, and pronouns, and practice asking 'what is your name?' along with session vocabulary for hello, goodbye, and common expressions.

Explore definite and indefinite articles in Irish and how they mark singular and plural nouns. Learn common endings and rules with practical examples and counting numbers.

Learn common clothing words in Irish and practice counting nouns with Irish number forms, including the h insertion after the first letter for 2–6 and the pre-first-letter rule for 7–10.

This lecture covers Irish verb bí, the verb to be, across past, present, and future tenses. It explains past tense formation with h after b and present forms for now.

Explore the Irish past tense through three rules: add h after consonants, use an apostrophe before vowels, and blend d and h for f-start verbs, with eight practice sentences.

Learn Irish family vocabulary, including father, mother, siblings, grandparents, cousins, and uncles. Explore expressing 'there are X in my family' using numbers and possessive forms.

Explore weekend vocabulary in irish, including end of week, party, restaurant, game, concert, and town terms, and practice forming possessive pronouns with aru while translating sentences.

Learn how to say dates in Irish, using ordinal forms and the on construction. Covers days, months, and examples like the first of January and the 12th of April.

Explore Irish irregular verbs in the present tense, including be (b), with pronunciation of infinitives, example conjugations, broad and slender endings, and practice exercises translating English to Irish.

Learn to express emotions in Irish using the verb to be with an emotion and air. Practice present, past, and future forms with phrases like I am happy.

Learn Irish holiday vocabulary and travel verbs, including to travel, to go, to stay, and to swim, with words for plane, hotel, ocean, boat, swimming pool, and sun.

Learn essential Irish music vocabulary and common instrument names, such as harp, piano, tin whistle, and violin, with practice recalling Irish terms for music and instruments.

Learn Irish school vocabulary, including mentor (teacher), classroom, desks, students, board, room, and class, plus daily verbs like attend, start, finish, get up, and wake up.

Explore restaurant talk and food vocabulary in Irish, learning common foods like potatoes, steak, eggs, and butter, and how to say I would like or do you have.

Explore the urú in Irish: how a letter begins a word and which letters trigger the urú, with chart guidance and examples like car and bottle, plus practice sentences.

Learn to express likes and dislikes in Irish using I would like, I hate, and the present versus conditional tenses. Explore what would you like and what would you prefer.

Learn verbal nouns and present participles, the English -ing forms like eating and walking, and how they combine with to be to form the continuous tense in Irish and English.

Learn to order food and drinks in restaurant or takeout settings, with vocabulary and verbs for food, drinks, main courses, desserts, and phrases like what would you like.

Learn how the Séimhiú (the share view) adds an h after consonants to soften sounds in Irish, with examples like Sean, Sinead, and counting 1–6.

Explore sport vocabulary in Irish, learning names of sports, pronunciation tips, and phrases for liking, loving, and discussing games, crowds, and competitions like inter-county and semi-finals.

Master Irish weather talk with folklore vocab and frothy phrases, learning to describe the day as sunny or cloudy and to describe weather in pictures.

Lesson 30 covers irregular verbs in the past tense with 11 verbs, and explains regular past tense rules. Learn past forms via a conjugation table and practice converting sentences.

Describe places in Irish by asking where you are and answering with at or in, using basic place names like home, garden, town, and school.

Learn Irish directions vocabulary, including right and left, straight ahead, over the road, opposite, next to, and common verbs like go, turn, and continue.

Explore forms of transport in Irish, including cars, trucks, trains, bikes, and planes, and practice verbs to take, drive, or go on holidays through a description exercise.

Discover the golden rule of Irish spelling: identify broad or slender by the last vowel (a/o/u vs i/e). Learn present-tense endings for slender and broad single-syllable verbs, with practice exercises.

Explore how to form question and negative sentences in various tenses in Irish (Gaeilge), with practical examples of past, present, and future constructions and responses.

Explore masculine and feminine nouns in Irish, highlighting rules based on the last letter and slender consonants, with notes on exceptions and when to use an h in feminine spellings.

Learn Irish social media vocabulary, including selfie (pfennig), influencer (an Marmyan), addiction (andole), and platforms like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Instagram, with practice on usage, profiles, and advantages and disadvantages.

Learn how to use sentence starters to express opinions in essays and speaking, with phrases like in my opinion and I think that, plus a practice paragraph on social media.

Learn the Irish verb win, meaning to extract or take from, covering past, present, and future tenses with examples like I enjoyed the competition and I am enjoying teaching Irish.