I know that the audio files are at:

http://aia.gaeilge.org/audiofiles/

Ach ní cuimhin liom anois cá bhfuil an téacs. :-( Help!

http://www.gaeilge.org/AIA1/
http://www.gaeilge.org/AIA2/

Though I think Cionaodh is eventually going to create a more user-friendly interface.

GRMA, Nicole.

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Though I think Cionaodh is eventually going to create a more user-friendly interface.

Bheadh sé sin ar fheabhas! Not that what has been done so far isn't ar fheabhas. :-)

ba mhaith liom mo chuid gaeilge a chur i bhfeabhas ach nil an am agam i a chleachtadh. Is fior a ra go nior chleachtann sibh ar bith in san foirm seo.

"Cionaodh is eventually going to create a more user-friendly interface"

Cionadh was hoping to have two sets, only I messed up the whole thing by not doing them in parallel with Aonghus

A Robert -- since Aonghus gave up his computer for lent, you have a small window of opportunity to catch up to him if you're of a mind. ;-)

I believe he said he's on to book two once he's back on his computer (when the rest of us get back to our steaks & rashers).

I'm of a mind to do so too...

A Chionaodh,

Since this thread has popped up once again, and while I have your attention, did you indicate at one time that there is a Book III of the A'sA series? I've nearly finished with Book II (26 out of 30 lessons) and look forward to the next edition.

By the way, these lessons seem to be getting exponentially difficult. What began at a level that seemed almost puerile, has now become quite complex and adult.

Exactly what school age and level are these lessons designed for.

Once again, thanks for making the material available. My reading level has definitely risen. As for conversation, well ...

Dia dhuit, a Phádraig.

Yes, there's a third book, and I hope to get those lessons online this month. I'm juggling several projects currently, so it's an "as time permits" undertaking for me.

I believe these books were used for children ages 7-10 in primary school. I expect the teachers had to help them with the difficult bits. My students get in lots of practise with their dictionaries when we do one of these.

Once again, thanks for making the material available. My reading level has definitely risen. As for conversation, well ...

Ná habair é. As regards your conversation skills, you might try the new Comhrá group on Yahoo:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/comhra/

I was wondering what the exact difference in usage between "ansin" and "ansiud" was. O Siadhail doesn't really explain it very well, IMO, in Learning Irish. Would someone shed some light on that for me? Go raibh maith agaibh.

As I understand it:
"anso" - the thing is close to me
"ansan" - the object is there, but close to my conversation peer
"ansúd" - it is somewhere far away - close to neither me, nor my discussant

Scríobh Róman:
"anso" - the thing is close to me
"ansan" - the object is there, but close to my conversation peer
"ansúd" - it is somewhere far away - close to neither me, nor my discussant

Lest Seamnus be confused, these would be anseo, ansin, and ansiúd in standard Irish.

The difference between the latter two is "there" (specific location we can see) versus "over there" (yonder, out of eyeshot).

I would translate Anseo 's Ansiúd as "Here & Yonder".

Well, have rewrote the phonetic transcript of A s' A till between 1/3 and 1/2. Have re-recorded till number 5, before i had to hed off. I'll gte more done this evening, altho, with the connection speed in the braodband desert that is the NW, it might a while....

The mess up last time was trying to make it exactly of Gaeilg na hIorruis and that was just too time comsuming.

So, based on a simple set of sandhi rules, I have made a 'learner' set of sounds with classical irish sounds, but weighed to follow relative positions of where they fall in the mouth.

The benifit? I will actually get them done this time...

Cionadh,
took down the old 10 I did. (Is that OK?)
and put 5 new ones up.

there is also a word doc of the transcription (in Gentium, if anyone should need it)

http://aia.gaeilge.org/audiofiles/

Scríobh Robert:

Cionadh,
took down the old 10 I did. (Is that OK?)
and put 5 new ones up.

They're yours, so of course you can take them down if you're dissatisfied with them. GRMA for the new ones; I'll have a listen this weekend.

Le meas,
Cionaodh

up 2 ten now..

15 now.

21

25

30 now

there are broad transcriptions given too for all 30, altho Lughaidh might find the corrospondance a loose one...


http://aia.gaeilge.org/audiofiles/