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Coffee Break Gaelic - Coming Soon

Season 1

Welcome to Coffee Break Gaelic, a language learning podcast aimed at complete beginners of Gaelic! In each episode of Coffee Break Gaelic you will learn useful words and phrases that will help you use Scottish Gaelic confidently, wherever you are traveling to in Gaelic speaking areas. Teacher Susanna and learner Mark will be covering topics such as learning how to introduce yourself, greeting people, talking about where you live, how to talk about your family and much more. Learn how to use the language you are learning in an easy and straightforward way, all in the space of a coffee break with Coffee Break Gaelic.


In this short introduction to the series, Susanna and Mark introduce themselves and share some information about what's to come!

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  • 37. CBGa 1.37 | North Uist & Berneray

    21:42||Season 1, Ep. 37
    Welcome to another episode of Coffee Break Gaelic! In this episode, we continue our journey through Scotland, this time landing in North Uist and Berneray. We introduce some new words and phrases and take a look at plurals in Gaelic.If you'd like to take advantage of bonus materials, lesson notes and a video version of each lesson, you can access the full Coffee Break Gaelic here.
  • 36. CBGa 1.36 | The Isle of Skye

    21:10||Season 1, Ep. 36
    In Lesson 36 of Coffee Break Gaelic, Iona is continuing her travels in Scotland and exploring the Isle of Skye.If you'd like to take advantage of bonus materials, lesson notes and a video version of each lesson, you can access the full Coffee Break Gaelic here.
  • 35. CBGa 1.35 | Iona & Staffa

    22:21||Season 1, Ep. 35
    In this lesson, we take a trip to Iona and Staffa. We learn some new words and phrases and introduce the past tense of "to go".
  • 34. CBGa 1.34 | The Isle of Mull

    26:28||Season 1, Ep. 34
    In this lesson of Coffee Break Gaelic, we join Iona in Mull and look at both familiar and new vocabulary, specifically focusing on food words!If you'd like to take advantage of bonus materials, lesson notes and a video version of each lesson, you can access the full Coffee Break Gaelic here.
  • 33. CBGa 1.33 | Oban

    23:00||Season 1, Ep. 33
    In this lesson, we continue on our virtual journey. We follow Iona and her cousins on their travels in Scotland and encounter both some familiar phrases and some completely new ones.If you'd like to take advantage of bonus materials, lesson notes and a video version of each lesson, you can access the full Coffee Break Gaelic here.
  • 32. CBGa 1.32 | Loch Lomond

    21:33||Season 1, Ep. 32
    In this lesson of Coffee Break Gaelic, we continue our adventures in Scotland and hear about Iona's visit to Loch Lomond.If you'd like to take advantage of bonus materials, lesson notes and a video version of each lesson, you can access the full Coffee Break Gaelic here.
  • 31. CBGa 1.31 | Glasgow

    21:12||Season 1, Ep. 31
    We are back after a short break and over the course of the next ten lessons we will be taking our Gaelic to the next level and really putting what we have learned into practice. We will follow Iona and her cousins Cailean and Sìne as they take a virtual island hopping trip. In Lesson 31, we start at the very beginning of the trip – in Glasgow.If you'd like to take advantage of bonus materials, lesson notes and a video version of each lesson, you can access the full Coffee Break Gaelic here.
  • 30. CBGa 1.30 | End-of-unit review

    23:02||Season 1, Ep. 30
    We've reached Lesson 30 of our Coffee Break Gaelic course for beginners! This means that it's time to put our learning into practice with a Gaelic dialogue. Join Susanna and Mark in this lesson and revise key vocabulary from the last 29 lessons.If you'd like to take advantage of bonus materials, lesson notes and a video version of each lesson, you can access the full Coffee Break Gaelic here.
  • 29. CBGa 1.29 | Talking about the future in Gaelic

    20:02||Season 1, Ep. 29
    Last time we spoke about the past tense of the verb "to be", and in this lesson we're looking at the future tense so you can talk about future events. Take your conversation skills to the next level with this lesson of Coffee Break Gaelic!If you'd like to take advantage of bonus materials, lesson notes and a video version of each lesson, you can access the full Coffee Break Gaelic here.