Winter Classes start on Tuesday, January 14
Fàilte! Welcome to Gaelic Class!
Learn the Gaelic language in a stress-free environment. Our classes are taught by Adam Dahmer who earned his PhD in Celtic Studies from the University of Edinburgh and Sharron Brooks who studies Gaelic with Slighe Nan Gàidheal.
We meet Tuesdays at the Northmount Baptist Church (451 Northmount Drive NW) from Sept 10 to Dec 10 (January dates to be announced soon)
Beginners: 6 pm with Sharron Brooks
Gaelic Reading and Grammar: 6 pm with Adam Dhamer
Gaelic Conversation: 6:45 pm pm with Adam and Sharron
6pm – 6:45pm Beginner’s Gaelic Class
Taught by Sharron Brooks
Never studied Gaelic before? No problem! If you’re just starting out, or if you feel a bit rusty, this is the class for you! In a fun, relaxed, gently-paced learning-environment, Sharron will teach you the basics of the Scottish Gaelic language in the company of like-minded friends whom you’ll get to see every week as you learn Gaelic together. Gaelic has a reputation for being a difficult language, but this class makes getting acquainted with Gaelic easy and fun. ‘S cinnteach gun gabh sibh spòrs! (You’re sure to have a good time!)
6pm – 6:45pm Gaelic Reading and Grammar Class
Taught by Adam Dahmer
When do you use the verb ‘is’ instead of ‘bi’? When – and when not – should you lenite and slenderize a word? How do you change a verb to put it in the future tense, or the past tense, or the conditional tense? If these are questions you’d like to hear answered, then this the class for you! Every week, we’ll read a Gaelic passage together (to practice our reading and pronunciation), and then pick it apart to better understand its grammar. Ionnsachaidh sibh tòrr rudan air nach robh fios agaibh a-riamh! (You’ll learn a lot of things you never knew before!)
6:45pm – 7:30pm Gaelic Conversation Circle
Led by Sharron Brooks and Adam Dahmer
So you’ve learned a little Gaelic, eh? Well, here’s your chance to use it! Join Sharron, Adam and all your classmates – whether beginners or continuing students – for 45 minutes of Gaelic conversation. The session might have a theme, or we might just talk about whatever comes to mind. In any case, you’ll get a chance to listen to, and talk to, real people using real Gaelic – a very important part of the learning process! Afterwards, you can put on your dancing shoes and catch Ann Vanderwal’s country dance class, which will have just gotten underway upstairs. Bithibh ann no bithibh fann! (Be there or be square!) [Well, literally, ‘be there, or be feeble’, but you get the idea!]
Please contact Sharron Brooks at or text Adam Daher at 587-998-8502 for more information.
