#Gaeilge

Two sides to the story

I’m experimenting with cartoons as Gaeilge (in Irish) in order to help me learn my mother tongue. I’ve been learning for over a year now, and I’ve found it liberating – but difficult. I’ve never had a head for languages – so I’m exploring ways of learning that are more suitable to me. I thought that by drawing a cartoon it might place the learning in a situation and use storytelling and humour to help me remember.

So I took a word at random bád (boat) and found a phrase that tickled me. There are two sides to the boat. The story is already there…

Bryan Mathers

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