CBGa 1.01 | Meeting people

Coffee Break Gallic, Lesson 1. Hello, Agas Falch, I love good coffee break Gallic. Hello and welcome to Coffee Break Gallic. My name is Susanna and I'm going to be the teacher for this course, helping you learn Scottish Gallic. And my name is Mark and I'm delighted to be with learning Scottish Gallic with you Susanna and with our listeners. So the whole Coffee Break idea is that you can sit down with your cup of tea or your cup of coffee and learn a language on your coffee break as though you were sitting down with a friend and having a chat with someone who speaks Gallic. Absolutely, now we have other Coffee Break languages. We've been doing this for some time, so check out all the languages available at CoffeeBreakLanguages.com. But for now, we're going to be focusing on the beautiful language that is Scottish Gallic. Susanna, tell us a little more about Scottish Gallic. It is indeed a beautiful language, it's a Celtic language spoken in Scotland and in other parts of the world. In fact, we'll learn about that in a future episode. It's also a language which is rich in history, it's a very ancient language. But still very much alive today and indeed thriving in a cultural sense and in a linguistic sense. Absolutely. And I'm delighted to be helping you and our listeners learn this beautiful language. Well, I think we should probably get started. Yes, Tosihi Shin. Our first Gallic word, so what does that mean? Tosihi Shin means we will begin. We will begin, so I'm going to try this. Tosihi Shin. Tosihi Shin. Very good. So let's start our lesson with some simple greetings in Gallic. Sounds good. We'll start with the word for hello, which is nice and straightforward. Same word. Hello. Hello. Okay. As we listen to these words and repeat these words, what we're going to do, I'll leave a space so that our listeners can repeat after Susanna and that way you'll have the chance to repeat. They now give it a go, but we'll hear Susanna after me. So try this again. Hello. Hello. Okay. Let's learn how to say goodbye next, maybe. That makes sense, yeah. So the word for goodbye in Gallic is "chiere". Chiere. Chiere. Okay, "chiere". In Scotland, we sometimes use a word to English this like "chiereo". Yes, that's a good way of thinking of it. It's an quite an informal way of saying goodbye. So you could translate it as just "bye" or "chiereo" in English. And does "chiereo" come from Gallic then? Well, you can definitely tell by the way that they sound that there is a linguistic connection between "chiere" and "chiereo". Yeah. So that's a good way of remembering what it means. Okay. So let's go through these two words again for hello and goodbye. Hello. Hello. Hello. Chiere. Chiere. Chiere. Chiere. This is probably a good time to learn the question, "How are you?" Okay. How are you in Gallic is "kimera hau". That's a bit more complicated. Yes. Let's see that again. "kimera hau". "kimera hau". "kimera hau". "kimera hau". "kimera hau". This is quite tricky. Okay. So can you split that up into one by one maybe? Yes. So we have four words. "kimera hau". "kimera hau". "kimera hau". "kimera hau". "kimera hau". "kimera hau". Okay. So this is the "informed". "kimera hau". "kimera hau". "kimera hau". "kimera hau". "kimera hau". Okay. So that's "how are you?" And is it formal? Is it informal? So this is the informal way of saying "you". So we've got the "u" at the end is the informal singular "you". Okay. There is a formal plural form of "you" as well in Gaelic, but we'll leave that for our next episode. Okay. That's fine. It's hard enough as we go along here. So one more time, "how are you?" "kimera hau". "kimera hau". "kimera hau". Okay. So how can I answer that question? Well, if you're feeling good, you could say "I am well", which is "ha guma". That's easier. "ha guma". "ha guma". "ha guma". Very good. Okay, Mark. Why don't we have a very brief conversation using the words and phrases that we've learned so far? Okay. That sounds good. I'll start us off. Hello. Hello. "kimera hau". "ha guma". "kimera hau" here. "ha guma". "cheerie". "cheerie". Susanna, you said something different in there. I did. You said. You added an extra word. You're absolutely right. I added the word "heen" onto the end of the question. "kimera hau". What does that do? So the word "heen" just means self. So when you add that onto the end of the question, "kimera hau" it becomes "hau you yourself". Right. How's your self? Exactly. Yes. So somebody's asked you how you are and Gallic and you want to ask them back. You would say, "kimera hau" "heen". Right. Okay. Can we do this same conversation again? Only this time, perhaps we can use some space for our listeners to repeat. Yes. Let's do that. Hello. Hello. "kimera hau". "haa guma". "kimera hau heen". "haa guma". "cieri". "cieri". "Gleva". That's new. What does that mean? It is "gleva". It just means very good. That sounds a little bit familiar. Is there not a "licure" or something? It's called "gleva". You're absolutely right, there is. And it means very good. It does. It means very good. Okay. We'll not comment on that. "gleva" so that means very good. And what I think we'll do there is have a little break. Now just before we get on with the rest of the lesson, I wanted to make a video about the lesson. I wanted to mention that the Coffee Break Gallic Experience goes much further than this podcast. In fact, we have a full online course available which will help you make even more progress with your Gallic. For each lesson of Coffee Break Gallic, there's a video version of the lesson where you'll see the words and phrases you're learning on the screen of your device. There's a bonus audio episode which will help you review what you've learned and build your vocabulary further. And there's also a set of written lesson notes which will help you consolidate your learning. To find out how you can access the course, just visit coffeebreakgallic.com. [Music] Well, it is. Welcome back. We have been learning some simple greetings in Gallic and how to say how are you? So, why don't we have a quick review of everything that we've learned so far? Okay, so we started with the word for "hello". Hello. Again, we're leaving a space for you to repeat, then we did goodbye. Chiere. How are you? Kimura Hau. I'm well. Hau Guma. And we also learned how to say "very good". Gleva. Susanna, how would you say "thank you" in Gallic? Good question. Thank you in Gallic is "tappalat". Can you see that again? "tappalat". "tappalat". "tappalat". So we can add that on to the end of our response to "how are you?" So when we're saying "I am well", we can say "I am well", thank you. So that would be "ha Guma, tapalat". "ha Guma, tapalat". "ha Guma, tapalat". Is the rhythm important? And the sort of intonation, as you're saying, "ha Guma, tapalat". It's like musical. Yes, it is quite a musical language. So when we're learning the words, we're slowing them down a little bit so that we can hear the sounds clearly. But when we're speaking conversationally, then we're going to run a lot of the words together. And it starts to sound quite rhythmic, quite musical. Okay, so as we're listening to Susanna say these words, then we'll really try and emulate that rhythm that she is using. So let's hear "I am well", thank you again. "ha Guma, tapalat". "ha Guma, tapalat". "gleva". "tappalat". Why don't we have another conversation and we can add in these new phrases that we've learned? Okay, gleva. Shall I start this time? Yes, go for it. "kiamarahaou". "ha Guma, tapalat". "kiamarahaouheen". Haguma tapalat. Gleva. Susanna, what if I'm not feeling on top form? Yes, if you're not feeling as well as you have been feeling in these past few conversations, you might want to say I am not well. And in that case, we're going to say Hanyu, Guma. Right, so to make Haguma negative, we're keeping the Guma apart, but we're changing the Hā to what? Hanyu. That's a different sound, doesn't it? It is, yes. So the sound that we've got at the beginning of Hā is a softer sound. And now we're going to use a harsher sound. Hanyu begins with a CH. So it's the same sound that you would get at the end of Lach. If you are familiar with that word. Absolutely. But it's at the start of the world, which is a little bit trickier to say. So Hanyu. Hanyu. Yes. Hanyu. So you said Hanyu, Hanyu Guma. Hanyu Guma. Hanyu Guma. So if I asked you, how are you feeling? Kya-mara-hāu? I could say Hanyu Guma. Hanyu Guma. So I am not well. It's the exact opposite of I am well. Yes. So in Galik, every verb has a positive and a negative form. Okay. So we're talking about the verb to be here. And the positive form is Hā. So Hā and Hanyu with a different sound at the beginning. That's right. Okay. So we can actually use Hanyu in another answer to the question. How are you? And that would be Hanyu Dona. Hanyu Dona. Hanyu Dona. Hanyu Dona. So the word Dona means bad. This is getting confusing. But we're saying Hanyu Dona. So we're meaning not bad. Ah, right. Okay. So that's against in the middle between Hā Guma and Hanyu Guma. Exactly. So it was Hanyu Dona. Dona. Hanyu Dona. Hanyu Dona. Okay. So you asked me how I'm feeling. Kya-mara-hāu? Hanyu Dona. Trying to sing this. Gleva. Well, not so Gleva, I suppose. But. It's okay. Don't worry. Let's review these answers then that we've had to Hō-hō-hō. So first of all the question, how are you? Kya-mara-hō. I'm well. Hā Guma. Very well. Gleva. I'm not well. Hanyu Guma. Not bad. Hanyu Dona. And thank you. Tapulat. Okay. So I've got a question, Susanna. You said earlier that there was like a plural form of how are you? There is, yes. Am I thinking that there's always a plural when it comes to you? So is tapulat? Just for you, thinking you singular. Tapulat is the singular form of you that we're using there. And again, we'll be learning the plural form in the next lesson. So that's a carrot for you for our next lesson. What else is coming up in our next lesson? In the next lesson we'll be looking at some more greetings in Galic and how to introduce yourself and give your name and things like that. Galiva. I can't wait. That's it for our first lesson of Coffee Brick Galic. But there is a full online course available as well with video versions of the episodes available, where you can see words on the screen, along with lesson notes. And there'll also be a bonus audio episode as well, in which we'll be going through some extra words and phrases. And in the bonus episode for this lesson, we will be looking at some additional responses for how are you, as well as reviewing some of the vocabulary that we've covered in this first episode. So you can find that at. Coffeebreakgalic.com And if you go to coffeebreakgalic.com, you'll also be able to join our mailing list and get more tips and tricks to help you learn Galic. Susanna, tapulat. Tapulat. And I think we can now see goodbye to our listeners. Can indeed. Sheerie. Sheerie. [Music] You have been listening to a Coffeebreak Galic language's production for the Radio Linguah Network. Coffeebreak 2022 Radio Linguah Limited. Recording Coffeebreak 2022 Radio Linguah Limited. All rights reserved.