Quote Originally Posted by O'Searcaigh View Post
Yes, I've "checked it out" but not sure yet how helpful it would be to me given my problems in trying to "learn" the language. For example, I clicked on the tab for "sounds" and didn't get to hear any sounds, just descriptions of long and short vowel sounds. Without being able to actually hear what a word (or even letter) actually sounds like (let alone what it means) -- or how spellings are to be understood vis-a-vis a language with which I am already familiar, I have considerable difficulty making either "hide or hair" of any of it. Thus, it remains for me much like Egyptian hieroglyphics -- how do you read or pronounce them/that? I would LOVE to be able to find a way into this language (the only other thing I've found is an exclusively aural approach (for Irish Gaelic)-- the complete opposite problem/end of the spectrum). I remember asking my French teacher once about how to spell something. She (from Belgium) said: "Just the way it sounds." Yea, right -- Fido? or Phydeaux? I would love to know how to learn how to be able to "read" (be at least minimally literate in) Gaidhlig -- but then I'm dyslexic (though not illiterate) even in my "home" language.
For the sounds I had to click on the words or sentences.

For example on this link
You have to click on Bha mo bhrògan daor and then you hear how it is said.
It's the one with my expensive shoes.
If you can't find it, press "Ctrl f" and write "Bha mo bhr" in the search field.

I hope that helps.

I started with a podcast once, but to be honest I have enough to do to keep my level in english and french.