but i've been studying by myself and now i got some serious doubts, specially about "lenition". i understand the concept, the problem is the pronunciation.

does the rule "caol ri caol is leathann ri leathann" apply to lenited words? i mean, when lenited, the combination of consonants should be pronounced following the rule for broad and slender consonants/vowels? my great concern is, does "mhath" really sound like "vach"?

Is toil leam a bhith a' bruidhinn Gàidhlig ach chan eil mi math... Tha mi airson ionnsachadh Gàidhlig!

can anybody help me? sorry if this is off topic...


this is the table i got on the internet (with the course).

BROAD
ph like 'f' in 'fish'
bh like 'v' in 'very'
ch no equivalent in English. Like German 'ch' in 'Bach' or Scottish 'ch' in 'loch'
gh no equivalent in English. Like 'g' in Dutch 'gaat' or 'r' in French 'rire'; voiced version of guttural 'ch'
th like 'h' in 'hat'
dh like Gaelic 'gh'
mh like Gaelic 'bh'
sh like 'h' in 'hat'
fh silent (except in the following words fhuair, fhalbh where they are pronounced as 'h')

SLENDER
ph like 'f' in 'few'
bh like 'v' in 'view'
ch Like 'h' in 'hue' or 'ch' in the German word 'ich'
gh Like 'y' in 'yes' or German 'j' in 'ja'
th like 'th' or 'ch' in German 'ich'
dh soft Gaelic 'gh'
mh like Gaelic 'bh'
sh like 'ch' in German 'ich'
fh silent (except fhèin where it is pronounced as 'h')

i would love to help, but have no idea what's going on here.

tks, dear i was hoping someone from the Scottish Highlands would give me a hand with it.

get in touch with Zephyr, he's Scottish but lives in the Netherlands, so he kind of knows about the Germanic language pronunciation of thinks as well.

haha, i was thinking exactly the same thing It does look interesting though...

well, i may be going to London and then Scotland in August or September, so i decided to learn the ancestral language of Scotland, specially the Highlands. anyways, i've ordered a course book with cds and a dictionary, but until i get them, it's been kinda hard. i've been looking for songs too, it's an easier way to learn.