#beginners gaelic

[elipapayo]

Gaelic is such an interesting language, both in spelling an pronouncement.

Ag cur sneachta = Snowing. How to pronounce this? Aug er shnota. OR Aug er snota.

But then there's some words like Anocht. It's night. Or Tae, Tea. BUT THEN THESE ASSHOLES HAVE TO EXIST.

THE FUCK DO YOU MEAN "speaks" is

Labhraíonn.

LIKE WHAT.

NO.

and it GETS WORSE.

Dia Duit, Faílte! Tae nó Caife? le bainne? Buíochas le Dia, níl sé fliuch! An bhfuil tirim ach grianmhar? Huh? Tá sé ag cur baístí??

Dies.

[what-even-is-thiss]

Free or Cheap General Language Resources Because idk I Just Wanna Help

All resources either have a free tier or have a low ($10 USD/month or less) subscription fee or a one time purchase option below $100 USD. All prices I give are in USD because I live in the US and this list was already hard to put together okay I'm not also doing conversions

Find language specific lists here.

I have given the links in text format because tumblr has a link limit. Copy and paste into your browser to look at them.

These are generalized. Not for your specific language.

LinQ, a website for reading: https://www.lingq.com/en/

You can click on words you don't know and get a definition and save a flashcard. They provide readings for all levels from beginner to advanced and you can upload your own texts and podcast or video transcripts and there's stuff uploaded by other users to browse through. The website also has some texts with audio included. You can also purchase books through the website. This is all included in the free tier. The paid tier allows you to save an unlimited number of flashcards and includes some forum and tutoring options. It's either $15 a month or $120 for a full year.

Languages available in full: Arabic, Simplified Chinese, Dutch, English, Esperanto, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latin, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Ukrainian

Languages partially supported or with incomplete beginner courses: Afrikaans, Armenian, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Cantonese, Catalan, Traditional Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Georgian, Gujarati, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Irish, Khmer, Macedonian, Malay, Persian, Punjabi, Serbian, Slovenian, Swahili, Tagalog, Turkish, Vietnamese

Migaku, a web extension and app: https://migaku.com/

Paid service at $10 a month. It has beginner courses and allows for dual language subtitles on things like netflix or youtube. It also allows users to save flashcards from subtitles or articles and sync flashcards between devices

Supported languages: Cantonese, Mandarin, English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, Vietnamese

Storylearning Books: https://storylearning.com/books

These are short story, dialogue, or history books by Olly Richards written for beginner to intermediate learners that in my experience at least are written to not be boring for adults. Each chapter of a book includes a key vocabulary list and comprehension questions. Storylearning also has online courses available but they're too expensive for what you get in my opinion. The books are way cheaper, though depending on the language you may have more or less books to buy. The books are usually in the $15-$20 range new but they're often available at used bookstores both online and irl for much cheaper.

Books available in: Spanish, French, Italian, Russian, Arabic (MSA), Brazillian Portuguese, Danish, Dutch, Icelandic, Korean, Norwegian, Swedish, Turkish, Irish

Mango Languages, a pretty standard language app: https://mangolanguages.com/

This is actually a pretty pricey one at like $20 a month but the reason I bring it up is that a lot of people can get it free through their local library and it has a large selection of languages.

Languages supported: Armenian, Azerbaijani, Egyptian Arabic, Iraqi Arabic, Levantine Arabic, Modern Standard Arabic (MSA), Bengali, Cantonese, chaldean Aramaic. Cherokee, Mandarin, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dari, Dutch, Dzongkha, English, Tagalog, Finnish, French (European and Canadian), German, Greek (modern, ancient, and kione), Hatian Creole, Hawaiian, Hebrew (modern and biblical), Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Igbo, Indonesian, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Javanese, Kazakh, Korean, Latin, Malay, Malayalam, Norwegian, Farsi, Polish, Potawatomi, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Scottish Gaelic, Serbian, Shanghainese, Slovak, Spanish (castillian and latin american), Swahili, Swedish, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Turkish, Tuvan, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Yiddish

Comprehensible Input Wiki, a website for finding language specific comprehensible input resources: https://comprehensibleinputwiki.org/wiki/Main_Page

Comprehensible input is input in a language you understand the message of, not necessarily input you understand every word of. It's good for you to get a lot of it from day one. This website gathers resources like podcasts, kid's shows, youtube channels, books, etc. that are perfect for this sort of thing.

Languages currently on the website as I am writing this: American Sign Language, Arabic (MSA), Armenian, Basque, Biblical Greek, Biblical Hebrew, Bulgarian, Cantonese, Catalan, Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Esperanto, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Haitian creole, Hakka, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Irish, Japanese, Korean, Latin, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Occitan, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Romanian, Sanskrit, Sardinian, Serbo-Croatian, Sicilian, Slovak, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Tagalog, Thai, Toki Pona, Tunisian Arabic, Turkish, Ukranian, Vietnamese, Welsh, Yoruba, Zulu

Drops, a vocab app: https://languagedrops.com/

Drops teaches vocab through pictures and matching and spelling games, though you can also customize your settings to show translations and different alphabets or not. The free tier has ads and a daily time limit. The lifetime subscription is technically against my personal rule for this post because it's $160 but it often goes on sale for half off or $80. There's also a monthly or yearly payment option. At the paid tier you can practice for an unlimited time without ads and choose which types of vocabulary words you want to learn.

Supported Languages: Ainu, English (American and British), Arabic (MSA), Bosnian, Portuguese (Brazilian and European), Cantonese, Spanish, (Castilian and Mexican), Catalan, Croatian, Danish, Dutch, Esperanto, Estonian, Finnish, French, Galacian, German, Greek, Hawaiian, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Igbo, Indonesian, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin, Maori, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Samoan, Sanskrit for yoga, Serbian, Swahili, Swedish, Tagalog, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Yoruba

Anki, a general flashcard app: https://apps.ankiweb.net/

You can make your own flashcards on Anki or download flashcard packs that other users have made. It also allows for importing of audio and visual aids. It has a spaced repetition system that a lot of people swear by. Some companies like Refold also sell premade flashcard packs specifically for Anki. Free on desktop, I believe about a $20 one time purchase on iOS.

Muzzy In GondoLand (1986): https://archive.org/details/muzzy-in-gondoland-level-i-1986

No, really! The old Muzzy movies from the 80s made to teach kids foreign languages are fairly easy to find for free on archive.org or on youtube. The new Muzzy with workbooks and an app and whatnot requires a paid subscription to the BBC but the older ones are much easier to find. They're available in English, Spanish, French, Italian, German, Chinese, Korean, Esperanto, and Welsh.

Easy Languages, a connected group of Youtube channels: https://www.easy-languages.org/

Easy Language channels are channels where people interview speakers of the language on the street about everyday topics like dating, tourism, and shopping for example. They have dual language subtitles in their videos in the target language and English. Many of them also have series about useful phrases for beginners and intermediate podcasts. Most also have bonus worksheets and other learning materials on their patreons but the free content available is already a lot.

Current active channels: Arabic, Catalan, Czech, Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Turkish

wordreference.com

A website that lets you look up words in another language. It's better than google translate. It has pronunciation in multiple dialects and in depth explanations that some other websites don't have.

Supported Languages: Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, German, Dutch, Swedish, Icelandic, Russian, Polish, Romanian, Czech, Greek, Turkish, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Arabic

edX, a website for taking college courses, often for free: https://www.edx.org/learn/language

I can't tell you precisely what's available because it changes year to year but they usually offer a wide variety of courses. You can also often get real college credit through these if that's something you're interested in. Programming languages are often mixed in with spoken or signed languages though so you may have to do some digging through the lists to fins what you want.

[an-spideog]

Hey, I saw your post about better resources for learning Gaeilge and I was wondering if you had any for Gàidhlig? I'm painfully aware that Duolingo is shit and I want something better I'm just, other side of the world and don't know where to start

I'm not super qualified in the realm of Scottish Gaelic so I'm just going to talk about the resources I've seen when dipping my toe in.

I would say that Scottish Gaelic actually has a lot better direct alternatives to Duo than Irish does - i.e. stuff that's high quality and accessible, for free online aimed at beginners.

Specifically the stuff on learngaelic.scot and speakgaelic.scot. There's a mix of different resources on there but as someone who already speaks Irish, something I found really useful was An Litir Bheag which is a series of recordings of little stories for learners with a transcription in Gaelic and a translation into English.

I think there's more foundational stuff on there too, SpeakGaelic is like a whole course I think, and on LearnGaelic there's the old course Speaking Our Language which I've heard good things about.

In terms of a textbook, I've used Learn Scottish Gaelic in 12 Weeks, the name is unrealistic lol, but the content is useful.

Oh also Gaelic with Jason on Youtube is good, he makes like comprehensible input style story videos about stuff, and also videos explaining grammar concepts.

If other people know of more resources feel free to add them.

[anarchotolkienist]

how did you start working in gaelic schools in scotland? did you go through Sabhal more Ostaig for a qualification in gaelic first or did you just learn in your own time and then do a teaching qual? if you don't want to answer this that's fine. I'm just curious as someone who has a huge interest in gaelic but doesn't have anyone to speak it with and thus gain proper fluency.

I did a Gaelic degree at the university of Glasgow as a beginner, starting from nothing, and work as an unqualified assistant in the school system. I want to get an SVQ in childcare but I couldn't before as I was still working on my master's, and now we'll see what happens with my job given legal trouble, but my original plan was to finish an SVQ, get a driver's license, and move to the islands to work in some nursery there. There are lots of options to get you into official training once already working, and the lack of personelle with Gaelic is massive, so if you get your Gaelic up to the level you shouldn't find it that hard to get involved in the educational system.

[yaminerua]

people who get so bent out of shape about Gaelic being added to road signs and other places to try to claw back a bit of culture that was very deliberately suppressed are just like. Y’all are the reason this is important. People like you are Why it is important to hang on to a language whose native speaker numbers have shrunk and shrunk and shrunk.

when I see Gaelic on train station signs and other places when I’m out and about now I feel this little thrill of joy and I’d quite frankly love to see it be even more integrated.

My brother was looking into our family tree a while back and showed me historical census data for people further back in our family line where Gaelic was still listed as one of the languages they spoke and it’s just a very small handful of generations removed. But it’s been absent long enough that no-one I know in my family speaks it anymore in any capacity. im so glad I started trying to pick it up for myself in the last few years. It’s slow going and im still very much a beginner in my journey to reclaim that lost little bit of our cultural history but it feels so good every time I find myself seeing something in Gaelic and understanding part or even all of it. I really hope to one day be able to feel like I can confidently say I can speak it.

[johnwgrey]

25 books for 2025!

thank you for tagging me @ileadacharmedlife I'm super late to the party but I love tag games and books so! Here goes nothing! (Selecting 25 books has been surprisingly difficult for someone who currently has 98 books in her tbr pile)

→ My physical TBR pile

Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir - which I started yesterday and now must finish

This is how you lose the time war by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone

Intermezzo by Sally Rooney

Castle Dor by Daphne du Maurier (love her! Her books can be a bit tedious to read sometimes but I can't get enough)

An Caisteal fon Mhuir by Jason Bond - I'm learning scottish gaelic and have started reading beginners books! This is the last one by this author so I'd better get better fast if I want to read more gaelic books 😂

The Hollow by Agatha Christie

The Love that Dares, letters of LGBTQ+ Love & Friendship through History (nonfiction)

→ More books that I'm actually in the mood for at the moment!

8. A Pocketful of Lies by KJ Charles - because I've read the secret lives of country gentlemen and death in the spires last year and I've just finished the charm of magpies series and I'm enchanted by her style and her stories and I need more! 9. So I'm probably going to be reading the Will Darling series as well as recommended by @bookish-bogwitch (that's three books) 12. And All of Us Murderers when it comes out in october (I know she's got another book coming out in may but I forget what it is. I'm probably gonna read that too, though) 13. Very much looking forward to reading Venessa Kelley's When the Tide Held the Moon as well 14. Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir (naturally) 15. Brothersong by TJ Klune - I've read the rest of the series last year and now I'm waiting for the new edition of this book so I can have a matching set! 16. Agnes Grey by Anne Brontë - I read The Tenant of Wildfell Hall for the first time last year. I must say I loved it so much more than Wuthering Heights and am of the opinion that Anne Brontë is criminally underrated 17. The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year by Ally Carter - Did not get around to reading it in 2024 so I'm definitely going to read it this year!! This looks like it's right up my alley! 18. Attachments by Rainbow Rowell - about damn time I read this book!!! 19. Bury our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab 20. Hungerstone by Kat Dunn - because I read Carmilla and I'm curious to see what Kat Dunn did with it and because I'm such a sucker for queer retellings of stories (and also vampires)

→ More books that I'm not necessarily in the mood for but will probably read at some point this year idk

21. The Bones Beneath my Skin by TJ Klune 22. Nobody in Particular by Sophie Gonzales 23. Tom Lake by Ann Patchett (I highly recommend The Dutch House) 24. The Wolf and his King by Finn Longman 25. I want to read more books with ace MCs but I don't know which one yet. I'm open to suggestions!

I'm not tagging anyone because I'm never here anymore. This was just for fun. Thank you in advance to anyone who decided to interact with this post in any way😊

[languageswithhomer]

❀𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒅𝒚𝒃𝒍𝒓 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒐❀

Hi there! My name is Phi, I’m from the UK and I’m currently studying a Linguistics and Languages degree. My dream is to become a Speech Therapist (also an author, translator and language teacher on the side - I have a lot of dreams, and most of them are about words!) ˚ʚ♡ɞ˚

why have I made this blog?

Since I am a distance-learning student, it can sometimes be difficult to find the motivation to study so I really hope this blog will hold me accountable and keep me productive.

I also really admire the studyblr & langblr communities and hope to make some friends who are similarly passionate about all things languages! ˚ʚ♡ɞ˚

what languages will I post about?

Languages I speak/ am currently learning:

♡ English (Native/ C2)

Posts will be tagged #English and/or #english resources

♡ Castilian Spanish (intermediate to advanced/ B2 -> C1)

Posts will be tagged #castellano and/or #recursos castellano

Please note: I refer to the language as Castilian/ castellano instead of Spanish/ español out of respect for the co-official languages of Spain and also to recognise the language’s divergence from its Latin American variants

♡ German (Beginner/ A2)

Posts will be tagged #Deutsch and/or #deutsche Ressourcen

♡ Modern Greek (Beginner/ A1)

Posts will be tagged #Ελληνικά , #Ελληνικοί πόροι , #greek and/or #greek resources (this is to make navigation easier for those without a Greek keyboard enabled

♡ Welsh (Beginner/ A1)

Posts will be tagged #Cymraeg and/or #adnoddau Cymraeg

⭒ I will make posts expanding on my background with each language soon ⭒

Languages I hope to start studying soon:

♡ Russian

My friend and I are going to begin buddy learning Russian in July 2025 and I can’t wait!

♡ Catalan

I’m so excited to learn Catalan but, given its similarities with Spanish, I don’t want to confuse myself. So I intend to start learning it when I have finished my degree in May 2027!

⭒ If you have any questions or advice for me based on these languages, please don’t hesitate to drop me an ask or a message ⭒

Other languages I’m interested in (warning: there’s a lot):

♡ Irish, Scottish Gaelic, Scots, Cornish, Manx, Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish, Icelandic, Dutch, Italian (especially Sicilian), Cherokee, Navajo, Guarani, Xhosa, Afrikaans, Korean, Yiddish, Hebrew, Bengali, Basque, French, Monegasque, Portuguese, Arabic, Ladino, Old/ Middle English, Hawaiian, Cantonese

What are my other passions?

♡ Books and poetry (I have a book blog @phireads if you’re interested)

♡ Writing

♡ Fibre arts (mainly knitting, crochet and sewing - though I really want to try embroidery and beading)

♡ Baking

♡ Reading

♡ Language conservation

♡ Wildlife (especially British, especially birds)

♡ Period Dramas

♡ History (with a focus on fashion history)

♡ Classics (as in Greco-Roman, my study buddy is a marble bust of the Greek poet, Homer, who is the namesake of this blog)

⭒ That’s all for now, I’ll be regularly posting study content at the end of September with the start of the academic year. So excited to meet you all! ⭒

[vamp-screams]

LANGBLR INTRO

Hi, I'm Escher! I'm a Scottish trans man who loves reading, vampires (as per the autism special interest) and dungeons and dragons. I'm fairly new to language tumblr but I want to be more active in learning!!

Languages:

English (native language)

French (intermediate, conversational)

Romanian (beginner!)

Want to learn:

Scottish Gaelic (to help feel more connected to my culture)

Spanish

Latin

To be added to tbh

Feel free to follow (I follow back from @dinwarden ) if you are learning any of my languages or are in the language learning community!

[buffcorp-main]

I don’t understand why folks in the frutiger aero community don’t mention this album, like truthfully.

It is Curious Liquid by The Weatherman. I believe their only album. However the vibes radiate Frutiger. So why isn’t this in more mixes?

Stand outs being

- Stereophonic Initiation

- Curious Liquid

- Gaelic For Beginners

- Triad

All of those fitting the frutiger aesthetic fairly well.

The album is £1 GBP on Bandcamp. Grab it, it’s a fantastic record. Especially for the frutiger people.

[deedeeplayssims]

Chapter 429:  Progress and Pregnancies

When I left Tabatha at the spares home, it was with certain expectations.

But instead I find her out in the pool house!

"I sent you here to get Gwen settled in the nursery and visit with family, and you're just swimming in their pool? We have two at home!"

"It's a beautiful pool, Watcher! And you made it even more enticing by enclosing it. I just couldn't resist a refreshing swim."

"But I was hoping you'd chat with Cam or Leila, even your in laws, maybe even get in some playtime with the twins."

"Cam and Leila went to practice and Alana was busy working on her latest novel. The twins are both taking naps so I indulged myself with a swim in this gorgeous pool."

"Instead of spending time with your son-in-law or grandson?"

"Fine. I'll dry off and see what they're both up to."

Unfortunately, we find Daeric discussing his latest painting with Aeric.

"I'm trying out a new technique but my paints just don't seem to be giving me the right texture. Maybe I've mixed them incorrectly."

Aeric looks at his father's newly started painting and says, "I'm just a beginner Dad, but I can see what you mean. Maybe we could research the technique on the computer and see if that could solve the issue?"

Daeric nods excitedly, "Good idea, Aeric! I'm sure we can find a solution somewhere on Simsearch! It has answers to everything."

Aeric, ever the disciplined sim, cautions, "We can't take everything we find on there as truth, Dad! In my communications class, we learned that some of the information is totally bogus! We need to stick with reliable sites."

Since these two are totally engrossed in their joint project, Tabatha and I head back home.

Where Tabatha immediately heads to the basement pool.

And thinks about using the water slide attached to the outdoor pool!

I leave her to her obsession and check on other family members.

To find Juliette reading a bedtime story to Fallon.

I love when children do this autonomously when they're tired.

It's so sweet, especially between family members.

But then, Juliette stands up abruptly and Fallon asks, "Mom, are you okay?"

Juliette takes a deep, calming breathe and says, "I'm fine. But I think it's time for you to be a big brother again!"

I quickly check on Jaeger to find him sound asleep.

Well, not exactly sound asleep as an evil gnome has popped up beside his bed and he's having 'gnightmare's'!

He's got an image of the evil gnome in his moodlets and the description reads, 'GAH! The combination of Evil Gnome + Appearing Suddenly + Next To My Bed was simply too much for poor Jaeger Frio's mind! They'll be having gnightmare's tonight! (From Evil Gnome)'

Wow! That one's a first!

But that means Jaeger's in no condition to take Juliette to the hospital.

Especially since he's dreaming about getting divorced on the eve of his 4th child's birth!

Lee's gone to bed too, so that leaves Tabatha.

She's still swimming in the basement pool; something I have no problem interrupting!

And Tabatha didn't even protest about it.

She just hustled outside to Juliette waiting in a motive mobile.

Her thoughts focused on her coming grandchild!

Tabatha makes sure the motive mobile is locked as she knows just how corrupt this town is.

While Juliette waits patiently by the front entrance of the medical center.

"Jaeger was deeply asleep, Juliette, you should just head inside with your mother."

"I'll go inside, Watcher, but I know he'll be here! He wouldn't miss the birth of our child!"

And she's right!

I watch the doors anxiously, expecting Juliette to come out.

Instead, Jaeger arrives and hurries inside.

Moments afterward, Juliette comes out holding a nooboo wrapped in pink!

"You got your girl! Congrats! Where's Jaeger? And your mother? Don't tell me they're waiting to carry out more babies!"

"No, just one sweet little girl, this time."

"Her name?"

"We named her after Jaeger's mother Mary, but used a more Gaelic spelling and pronunciation, Muire. One of it's possible meanings is 'wished for child'."

"I like it and it's very fitting since you both have been wishing for a girl for quite some time. And her traits aren't bad either as she's a heavy sleeper who loves the cold. Though it doesn't get all that cold here in ST."

Upon arriving home, Juliette gives Muire a bottle and a snuggle.

And gets her settled in one of the pink baby swings.

Despite the draw of the swings, I find it keeps nooboos needs up so well that it's worth it.

Especially since they also get the benefit of the three incense burners wafting their scent throughout the living room.

A definite mood boost which is helping little Muire get a head start on earning happiness points.

Instead of letting Jaeger waste time waiting by the swing, I have him start teaching Eirinn how to walk.

The bonus being that he actually popped the wish to do so after his 'have a girl' wish completed.

Since they did get their girl, I cancel the 'have a boy' wish for both of them.

I'm happy with four children, three boys and a girl, for this generation.

Jaeger smiles as Eirinn takes his first careful steps.

"That's it, buddy, come to daddy!"

Juliette also got the same wish, but for Ewen.

But she's not having the same early success as he keeps sitting back down on the floor.

With his parents occupied with his younger brothers, Fallon works on his homework.

He gets through it quickly since he's using the multitab I paced in his inventory.

Finally, a game mechanic that isn't annoying but truly beneficial!

Once his homework is finished, he autonomously climbs on a chair and presides over the royal court.

Something I haven't seen since the quads back in DV as Aeric was too disciplined to engage in such childish things.

It can become obsessive and annoying behavior, especially with several kids in the family.

With it being just Fallon, it's cute to watch.

But a message has me racing across the inlet to a modern house below the towering Lair.

Where Mary-Sue Pleasant has just added twin daughters to her family.

She seems a bit shocked and I can't believe she actually had twins!

Their names are Angela and Lilith, of course.

Angela is a friendly, heavy sleeper while Lilith is an excitable, light sleeper.

As small as it is, I'll need to add a couple of cribs to the nursery.

Good thing I have halfa cribs in my game.

As I pan through the Pleasant home, I find Jeffrey, who recently became a toddler, crawling on the floor.

I can't resist a better look at him in Stylist.

I wasn't expecting him to be blonde or to look so adorable!

Mary-Sue is definitely going to have her hands full with a toddler and twins, especially with one being a light sleeper.

I'm wondering if part of the reason Mary-Sue didn't have a good relationship with teen Lilith in Sims 2 is because she was a difficult baby?

Or was it just because Mary-Sue wasn't expecting twins and it derailed her career?

With Mary-Sue not only being a workaholic but a perfectionist, I can see how that could cause resentment.

Not the child's fault, of course, and it doesn't excuse either Daniel's or Mary-Sue's attitude towards Lilith.

But it could explain a lot.

Except for what happened to Jeffrey…

I get back to the main house to find that Ewen actually learned to walk before his twin.

But Juliette has quite the thoughtful look on her face.

In the nursery, Eirinn's learned to walk too, even if I don't manage to capture a photo of it.

And Jaeger doesn't look as happy as I thought he would at his youngest son's accomplishment.

But I find out what's on their minds soon enough.

Juliette excitedly chats with Jaeger, saying, "Since the boys have learned all their toddler skills, and Muire was a single birth, I was thinking that it would be nice to have another child!"

Jaeger responds just as eagerly, "You read my mind! I'd love another child!"

At first, I think my inappropriate and insane heir couple are just messing with me.

Then I see that both of them have actually popped wishes to 'have a child'!

If they both want a large family, who am I to quibble about it.

Besides, it will give me another potential heir.

But another message has Juliette accompanying me to the spares home.

Where she eagerly says, "Congratulations on your promotion to Team Captain, Cam!"

"Thanks, sis! I had so much time off after the wedding and the twins, I was starting to wonder if I'd ever advance in my career. But that's not the biggest news around here, Leila's pregnant!"

"That's wonderful! Jaeger and I are planning on having another child, too!"

"But you already have four, Jules! I'd be freaking out if Alana was expecting again!"

"Are you sure about that, Cam? I always figured you'd want a son of your own."

"Well, I wouldn't mind it, one day, but not until after the girls are in school."

Voices nearby have me thinking that Aeric's using his martial arts equipment, so I pan in that direction.

But instead of Aeric using the training dummy, I find out that he's training someone else.

None other than Kai Kahale, Alana's husband and the political power here in Sunlit Tides!

I don't want to interrupt but I'm too curious not to ask, "What's going on, Aeric?"

Aeric doesn't miss a beat but says to Kahale, "Don't slack off, mister! Keep up that pace until I tell you to stop!"

To me he adds, "I'll give you the short version, Watcher. Alana Kahale's the Empress of Evil at The Lair and her daughter, Leilani, has joined her as heir apparent. Kimo Hale's been promoted to Evil Sidekick, but as he just became an elder, not much of a threat anymore. But Bella decided that to be on the safe side, Kahale needed to be able to protect his family and the business.  Not just politically, but physically as well."

"Hence the martial arts training."

"Exactly. And I was happy to help out. Being able to add Martial Arts Trainer to my application at the Sports Center made me a shoo in for an entry level position. I'm hoping to be a Toddler Sports Coach before I graduate!"

"Congratulations, Aeric, that's pretty impressive for a new teen!"

Aeric turns his attention back to his trainee and shouts, "Don't be a wimp, Kahale! Hit that dummy with all you've got!"

Wow! What a chapter!

Juliette and Jaeger have a new baby daughter, Muire.

And they taught both their twin sons to walk, completing their toddler skills.

The Pleasants added twin daughters to their family, Angela and Lilith.

Young Jeffrey Pleasant is now a toddler.

Cam made Team Captain and Aeric's now a Rabid Fan.

Alana Kahale is the Empress of Evil and her daughter Leilani has joined the family business.

Kai Hale's been promoted to Evil Sidekick, but he's now an elder, so not as powerful as he used to be.

Bella's definitely been busy keeping her promises to the Kahale family.

And throwing her weight around a bit making Kai Kahale learn martial arts!

Leila and Daeric are expecting another child, their second.

While Juliette and Jaeger want a fifth one!

Lee and Tabatha are definitely going to realize their dream of having 10 grandchildren.

Dare I ask what will happen next?

Join me and find out in Chapter 430...

Coming soon.

[orangezeppelin]

Just a quick update video since I feel like it's been a wee bit, today I'm sharing a timelapse of my digital coloring process (I have no damn idea what I'm doing). I have a new tablet with IBISPaint preinstalled* and it includes the feature of making a timelapse video. It will be fun to make digital art content for my channel since that hasn't been easy in the past.

I also did a major overhaul of the artcave, and I'm planning a video showing off the changes once I get some more things hung. I also want to paint some new art to hang.

Another major change is that I just had my last day at the wildlife clinic after 6 very fun years. As much as I enjoyed cleaning poop and being bit by opossums and doing ungodly amounts of laundry (I'm not really selling the experience, am I?) I need to have at least one day of the week to do NOTHING. Because I forgot how to take days off.

Something I didn't touch on in the video was that I want to jump back into studying Gaelic, and start making Gaelic videos and zines. I'm a beginner so I might need to defer to native/advanced speakers on things, but Gaelic is cool so it is all worth the struggle of understanding the grammar.

*IBISPaint can be used for free, and there are some extra things you can unlock by watching an ad (or doing what I do and closing your eyes and counting to 20. The Ads will not win! There is also a paid version of the app which seems reasonably priced. I'm sticking to the free version for now.

[saiph0]

hi hi! what first inspired you to start conlaning? what are some tips you would give to beginners? this is not a call for help what LOL wdym /j/j/j

LOL hi!! thanks for the ask :)

oh boy this'll be a long one, sorry in advance,,,

If anyone has any other tips please feel free to add on!

So I think what inspired me to start conlanging was the dream I had several years ago that started the world of Amatɔqa. In the dream the citizens of the hidden city spoke their own language, though I couldn't recall what was a part of it, so at first I only made up a few words and phrases that are now obsolete.

Another thing that really inspired me to actually get serious about conlanging was the sounds of different natural languages that I found super fun to hear/say.

For example: the "x" sound in the Mandarin word "xièxie"; The sound of Russian; the throaty "kh" or "ch" sound (equivalent of [x] in ipa) of Arabic and Scottish Gaelic; and the list goes on!

As for tips for beginners, man that's a bit of a tough one! It'll depend on what the best-feeling approach would be for you! I'll give some ideas I have though:

The international phonetic alphabet has been my best friend!

If your first language is English, especially American English, you can start out small with this wikipedia article on the ipa sounds we have in English. It was really helpful for me because of how overwhelming the full ipa chart looked to me in the beginning

There's this youtube channel: Glossika Phonics that has a lot of videos on examples of the different sounds in the ipa. It's not always perfect but very helpful for tongue and mouth positioning!

There are some sites that have ipa readers in which you can test out different sounds.

There are also sites with interactive ipa charts that have sound clips of each

Other Tips!

If you like having book resources, I definitely recommend "The Art of Language Invention" by the one and only David J. Peterson. It has so much info on breaking down languages; sounds; grammar; writing systems; and all of that good stuff!

If you really wanna jump into using that conlang and constructing sentences, focus on grammar! I tend to focus on tenses and word order in the beginning because that's the hardest part. Once I figure out grammar, I can make more vocab and just jump into creating sentences!

Experiment experiment experiment! Mess around with putting different sounds you like together and try to figure out which combinations you want to exclude from the language; make random symbols, look at r/neography on reddit for really cool stuff; you can always change stuff later

Definitely look at other natural languages for inspo! What sounds good? What similarities/differences do they have with your first language?

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Oh god I think i could ramble on forever but I hope this was at least a somewhat helpful start! I'm super open to chatting further if you have anymore questions or just want to share what you've made so far :)

[maeve-an-bhanchainti]

Would you recommend Morgan Daimler's books on Gaelic paganism? Are they considered reliable resources? No shade at her or anything, I'm just a beginner to the field :)

sorry I just saw this!! yes and no. she knows her shit. her translation of Cath Maige Tuiread is my favorite because she doesn't shy away from any unpalatable or difficult-to-translate material. for example Elizabeth Gray's translation misses entire passages that were considered unimportant, grotesque, or nonsensical but Daimler gives you the whoooole deal and I LOVE that. her Pagan Portals series is...eh. none of the material is incorrect, but the vibes are off. she's definitely guilty of that Irish American attitude of over-romanticising Ireland in a gross way, and she & Lora O'Brien are best buddies and promote a very cultlike atmosphere in their Facebook group ("do it my way or you're doing it wrong, if you disagree with me you're a bad pagan and also kicked out of our circle and also all my followers will cyberbully you, if you don't buy books and ritual tools from our personal friends you're a bad witch", stuff like that). as long as you're capable of using critical thinking, I recommend hers (and Lora's) books.

[verdantvernacular]

Hi! I'm new to langblr and learning a few languages.

Native language: USAmerican English

Semi-fluent in: Spanish/Castilian

Intermediate-beginner in: Japanese

Beginner in: Chinese

Absolute beginner in: Irish (Gaelige), Welsh, Gaelic (Scottish Gaelic), Scots, and Lushootseed (Twulshootseed/txʷəlšucid)

I'm also learning British English!

Languages I'd like to one day study include: Hebrew, Russian, and German

I am focusing primarily on Japanese and Spanish

Some things about me:

I prefer he/him pronouns and masculine terms in English

Any gendering is fine in other languages! I still primarily use masculine (like masculine pronouns or terms), but anything is fine.

I'm intellectually disabled and have learning disabilities, which can greatly impact my ability to learn

I love to talk! Feel free to send asks or messages if you want to practice languages with me!

If I make a mistake and you notice, correct me! I won't take offense

I follow and interact from @verdantmeadows

I'm definitely a nerd and not super organized so I apologize for not having that super gorgeous aesthetic look to my blog and any notes I post

Other stuff under the cut

This is intended to primarily be a langblr, but it may also double as a studyblr. I'm studying:

HTML, CSS, and JavaScript

English for college placement test

Math for college placement test

Driving

Music theory

Penmanship/calligraphy

[anarchotolkienist]

I don't know how asking asks work, so please forgive me if I've already made this ask.

1. What dialect of Gàidhlig are you learning on DuoLingo?

2. Do you have any resources for Gàidhlig you recommend for people trying to learn the language?

3. Are there any good university level programs worth attending to learn Gàidhlig?

I hope to move back to Scotland in the future and want to help preserve the culture of my spouse and our kids that white supremacy stole from my family. Any additional resources are always helpful!

No bother at all!

1. Is this the passive you or the singular you? I myself am not learning any dialect at all on Duolingo because I was already fluent when it came out, but wrt grammar Duolingo teaches you the standard mid-minch, which is mostly used by the various Gaelic churches these days, and for pronounciation they give you a good cross-section of ages and islands. You will have some examples of native speakers from all the islands, North to South, that is to say, all dialects that are relatively lively today. In other words, no mainland speakers, if those are the dialects you yourself are interested in. However, learning the grammatical standard and island dialects will be useful to you even if this is what you're interested in - it's much easier to modulate from the standard than it is to scratch learn a specific dialect.

2. Depends on where you are in the world and in Scotland! But I'm assuming you're not in the country, based on the moving back comment, and if so I'd recommend the resources from SpeakGaelic (a podcast, tv programme and lesson plan) - the A series is aimed at early learners and is much better for explaining grammar than Duolingo is. I'd also recommend getting in touch with some class or course, to have someone to try speaking to and to correct you if you're wrong, so you don't accidentally naturalise a mistake in your own Gaelic. Shoot me a DM or another ask with where you are based and I'll see if I have some specific recommendations if you want :)

3. Well, I'm very biased but I think the University of Glasgow has a very good beginners course, which is the one that I did myself. They also have Bliadhna Bhogaidh, a year-long intensive for intermediate speakers that's not part of a programme, so you don't need to committ to a four-year programme, and a large and very active Gaelic society, the Comunn Oiseannach. Other than that, the Gaelic collage on Skye might be worth attending, depending on your level and what you feel you need, but that will depend on the year.