Programme Index

Discover 11,128,835 listings and 279,896 playable programmes from the BBC

Beag air Bheag

Series 8

Episode 10

Duration: 57 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio nan GàidhealLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio nan Gàidheal

Available for over a year

Presenter John Urquhart guides learners through the intricacies of Gaelic language, dialects, idioms and sayings.

Beginners can enjoy Blasad Beag, a bite-sized lesson in which Catriona Murray shares simple, everyday Gaelic. For more advanced learners, grammar help is on hand from the programme's resident expert Dr Michel Byrne, Roddy Maclean takes a closer look at some of Scotland's Gaelic placenames and John takes a closer look at Gaelic pronunciation.

This week's programme also features BBC archive material which is used to illustrate some of the complexities of the language and an interview with learner of the week, Calum Fraser who shares his experience of learning Gaelic.

A bheil sibh ag ionnsachadh Gàidhlig? A bheil sibh feumach air misneachd gus ur Gàidhlig a chleachdadh? Ma tha, 's ann dhuibhse a tha Beag air Bheag, sreath gu sònraichte do luchd-ionnsachaidh na Gàidhlig. Gach seachdain, treòraichidh Iain Urchardan sibh tro chòmhraidhean agus tro aithrisean a bhios feumail dhuibh nur n-ionnsachadh. Beag air bheag, cuiridh sibh ri ur comasan ann a bhith a' bruidhinn Gàidhlig.

Cluinnear criomagan à tasglann Radio nan Gàidheal le mìneachadh air cuid de na puingean cànain a tha a' togail ceann annta, bidh an t-Ollamh Michel Byrne a' toirt thugaibh Oisean a' Ghràmair, bidh Ruairidh MacIlleathain a' toirt sùil air cuid de na h-ainmean àite a tha a' nochdadh air mapaichean na h-Alba agus bidh Iain fhèin a' toirt thugaibh beagan cuideachaidh le fuaimneachadh na Gàidhlig.

Cuideachd anns a' phrògram seo, bidh Iain a' coinneachadh ri neach-ionnsachaidh na seachdain, Calum Friseal a tha a' fuireach ann am Beinn nam Faoghla agus a' cluinntinn mu a roghainnean ciùil agus bidh Catrìona Mhoireach a' toirt thugaibh Blasad Beag de Ghàidhlig shìmplidh airson luchd-tòiseachaidh. Show less

About this data

This data is drawn from the data stream that informs BBC's iPlayer and Sounds. The information shows what was scheduled to be broadcast, meaning it was/is subject to change and may not be accurate. More