Things have got a little bit quiet around here and the reason for this is simple: I haven't really been actively studying languages for the last month or so, as my main interest has shifted back towards music in general and singing in particular.
Gaeilge
After finishing Learning Irish, I haven't started on native materials yet. I'm reading quite a bit of Irish on the Internet though (mainly tuairisc.ie and Facebook). Also, I have looked into my copy of Asterix na nGallach once or twice. My Irish text, which I posted above, unfortunately didn't get any corrections on Lang-8, so I don't really know how to practise my output at the moment.
Nevertheless, I placed an order on Litríocht some time ago and bought the following books:
- Seosamh MacGrianna: Mo Bhealach Féin
- Myles na gCopaleen: An Béal Bocht
- C. S. Lewis: An Leon, an Bandraoi agus an Prios Éadaigh
- Peadar Ua Laoghaire: Séadna
- Eoghan Ó Tuairisc: Dé Luain
- Pádraig Ó Cíobháin: Desiderius a Dó
I should really get started on Irish native materials in the near future, at least I'm feeling motivated to do so.
فارسی
My Persian adventure came to a rather untimely end. I'm just not interested in systematic language studies right now. Perhaps I'll get back to it some time in the future, but not now.
Wanderlust (ไทย)
Due to the recent passing of Thailand's much revered king Bhumibol, I got a little bit interested in Thai language and culture. I have always wanted to dabble in Thai and at least learn the script, so this will be my next project. I can't promise it will turn into anything serious though, I'm just too busy with my music and life in general right now (in a positive way).
I found quite a lot of Thai resources, such as Teach Yourself, Colloquial, a grammar, and an introduction to the script, at my uni library, so I will have a close look at them shortly. I'm mostly aiming for a general overview of the language and some insight into the complicated writing system. I suck at tones though (which already kept me from studying Mandarin) and Thai has five of them...