Fiosrachadh
Arcos Publishing, 2023. 82 duilleag.
Nobhail goirid airson luchd-ionnsachaidh na Gàidhlig.
‘S e iasgair a th’ ann an Calum, ach tha airgead gann dha fhèin is dha athair. Nuair a choinneachas e ri duine aig a bheil tòrr aigid bho bhith a’ reic bèin ròin, cuiridh e roimhe a bhith na shealgair ròin cuideachd. Ach aon latha, nuair a tha e aig muir, teichidh ròn bho Chalum, le sgian Chaluim fhathast na bhroinn.
Michael (verified owner) –
A follow-up to the first volume ” Ròna agus MacCodruim “.
A great book for beginners. A simple text in big characters of the traditional ” selkie ” story. Words and expressions are repeated to allow them to ” sink ” into the memory, but somehow without the story seeming repetitive !
It might be an idea to start with ” Ròna… ” for the sake of story / plot following / understanding, but it is not necessary, especially not for the level of Gaelic, as this book assumes no / next to no previous knowledge ( see below ).
There are as embellishments a few black and white pictures.
There are explanatory notes at the bottom of the pages of the more difficult expressions, with translations.
Also at the back is an extensive glossary including all the words, even the simplest grammatical words in all their forms.
Well worth getting, even for the ” not quite starting / intermediary level reader.
The other book by Jason Bond “Deirdre agus an Rìgh ” is both more advanced, with some missing vocabulary in the glossary, and the story is not related to these two volumes but is separate.
>>> I went through the process of ” ignoring ” my Gaelic, and taking the arduous role of checking ( nearly ) every word in the glossary, I think every word from the most basic to more advanced ones are included in all their mutated forms: consonnant lenition, ” h-… ” initial aspiration, ” t-… ” form and near end / end syllable slendering.
>>>It is a tribute to the popularity of this book that it is, for the third time at least, at the present time, out of stock. May it come back soon!