A1 Beginner Irish

Tóg an chéad chéim!

In our A1 Beginner Irish video course, Múinteoir Quinton Beck guides you through all the topics necessary to go from total beginner to basic conversation in Irish – click the image on the right, or here, to watch Quinton’s course overview!

In this course we cover the following topics:

1. Ag bualadh le daoine/Meeting people: Greeting someone in Irish, asking them for their name, how they are and what’s their phone number.
2. Cúlra agus áit chónaithe/Background and place of residence: Discussing countries and nationalities, where you live, where you’re from and town amenities.
3. An teaghlach/The family: Speaking about your household and extended family, including counting people.
4. An teach agus lóistín/The house and accommodation: Talking about accommodation, rooms, furniture and counting objects.
5. Caitheamh aimsire/Pastimes: Learn to speak about your pastimes and what you do regularly (the continuous present).
6. An saol laethúil/Daily life: Talk about your daily life and the time of your activities, conjugate verbs (dara réimniú) and ask questions about a person’s daily routine.
7. Buanna agus scileanna/Talents and skills: Discuss your talents and skills, languages, talking about Irish and asking how to say things in Irish.
8. Cúrsaí Oibre/Work: What occupation do you have, where to you work, what sort of job is it, asking “How many?”
9. Bia agus deoch/Food and drink: Converse about food, drink, going to a restaurant, ‘an’ and gender, and asking how much something costs.
10. Sláinte agus Tinneas/Sickness and health: Talking about the body, how you feel, discussing pain, what happened, and the Past Tense.
11. Éadaí agus siopadóireacht/Clothes and shopping: Learn about clothes and shopping, describing what you’re wearing, colours, adjective agreement, and emphasising adjectives as ‘too’ or ‘very’.
12. Laethanta saoire/Holidays and travel: Discuss the countries you went to on vacation, ask and answer questions about holidays, when you went, where you stayed, the weather and with whom you traveled.
13. Orduithe/Orders: Construct sentences that use the imperative (give commands, make requests) with one person, with a group and in relation to ‘possessed’ objects.
14. Ag déanamh socruithe/Making arrangements: Learn how to check if someone is free to meet up and make plans for particular days, months, seasons…and how to say specific dates!

Included in this course: 62 video lessons with Quinton Beck.

Course length: 7 hours.

Cost: Free for Members.