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by Zwalla28
Wed Jul 08, 2015 8:04 am
Forum: Cuir nan aithne / Introductions
Topic: Hi!
Replies: 8
Views: 9091

Re: Hi!

Taic is fantastic for grammar, listen to Radio Nan Gàidheal and BBC Alba, and there are plenty of facebook groups that you can post whatever you'd like in. There are also skype groups and individuals (like me) who would be willing to type-chat or skype, whenever, really.
by Zwalla28
Mon Jun 15, 2015 12:48 pm
Forum: Gràmar, Fuaimean is Gnàths / Grammar, Sounds and Expressions
Topic: "why"
Replies: 1
Views: 2778

"why"

Ciamar a chanainn "why" gu ceart, ann an suidheachaidhean coltach ri "that's why....". Chì mi "carson" mar a bhiodh freagarrach anns a' Bheurla, ach shaoil leam gur e beurlachas a bh' ann a sin. Chunnaic mi seantansan cuideachd anns an deach "adhbhar" a chleac...
by Zwalla28
Fri Jun 12, 2015 12:57 pm
Forum: Gràmar, Fuaimean is Gnàths / Grammar, Sounds and Expressions
Topic: Article "n"
Replies: 1
Views: 2780

Article "n"

Do the final "n"s in the article blend into the next word as dark/palatized version of themselves, or do they stay as weak "n"s? For example, is the "n" in "fon" in "fon fhòid" dark or weak? And is the "n" in "san" in "san ia...
by Zwalla28
Thu Feb 19, 2015 4:35 pm
Forum: Gràmar, Fuaimean is Gnàths / Grammar, Sounds and Expressions
Topic: "Tha cuideigin feumach air ar cuideachadh"
Replies: 4
Views: 4764

"Tha cuideigin feumach air ar cuideachadh"

"Tha cuideigin feumach air ar cuideachad" Tha mi air seo chluinntinn anns a' chartùn Robin Hood, 's an caractar a' ciallachadh "Someone needs our help". Ach, nach biodh "ar" na cuspair dìreach, nuair a tha e ceangailte ri ainmear gnìomhaireach? An e beurlachas a th' ann...
by Zwalla28
Wed Dec 10, 2014 6:59 pm
Forum: Còmhradh coitcheann / Off-Topic
Topic: Gàidhlig na h-Èirinn
Replies: 3
Views: 11129

Re: Gàidhlig na h-Èirinn

Tapadh leat. A bheil seòrsa "Akerbeltz" aca ann an Gàidhlig na h-Èirinn, a mhinicheas am fuaimneachadh?
by Zwalla28
Tue Dec 09, 2014 8:36 pm
Forum: Còmhradh coitcheann / Off-Topic
Topic: Gàidhlig na h-Èirinn
Replies: 3
Views: 11129

Gàidhlig na h-Èirinn

Tha fhios gu bheil Gàidhlig na h-Alba 's Gàidhlig na h-Èirinn ceangailte gu math teann, agus a-nis leis mar a tha mo chuid Ghàidhlig aig ìre caran nas àirde, agus 's urrainn dhomh Gàidhlig a thuigsinn 's a bhruidhinn gun chus feuchainn, smaointich mi gum bu chòir dhomh cur romham Gàidhlig na h-Èirin...
by Zwalla28
Tue Sep 09, 2014 7:38 pm
Forum: Dà-chànanach / Bilingual
Topic: Grammar check
Replies: 6
Views: 14364

Re: Grammar check

Chanainn-sa "anns a' Ghàidhlig" ach a dh'aindeoin sin, tha "aig am biodh" ceart gu leòr. Bu chòir dhut am foirm dependent a chleachdadh mar sin.
by Zwalla28
Fri Aug 15, 2014 9:03 am
Forum: Gràmar, Fuaimean is Gnàths / Grammar, Sounds and Expressions
Topic: Prepositions
Replies: 4
Views: 3836

Re: Prepositions

A bheil bacadh air DNTLS le fiù 's fear dhiubh?
by Zwalla28
Tue Aug 12, 2014 8:29 am
Forum: Gràmar, Fuaimean is Gnàths / Grammar, Sounds and Expressions
Topic: Prepositions
Replies: 4
Views: 3836

Prepositions

'S dòcha gur e rud gu math sìmplidh a th' ann, ach a bheil fios aig duine càit' am faigh mi na prepositions còmhla ri na atharrachaidhean do na fuaimean às an dèidh? Gun article, tha mi a' ciallachadh.
by Zwalla28
Fri Aug 08, 2014 7:57 am
Forum: Dà-chànanach / Bilingual
Topic: Dè tha thu a' dèanamh? / What are you doing?
Replies: 1557
Views: 529384

Re: Dè tha thu a' dèanamh? / What are you doing?

"Dè tha an facal prìomhach a tha agad sa' Ghàidhlig? "

Dè am facal Gàidhlig as fheàrr leat?
by Zwalla28
Thu Aug 07, 2014 6:15 pm
Forum: Dà-chànanach / Bilingual
Topic: Mo Sgrìobhaidhean
Replies: 40
Views: 46884

Re: Mo Sgrìobhaidhean

I recommend you wait for someone more experienced, but... " pròiseasadh cànan nàdarra " -> "pròiseadh chànan nàdarra" It would be a plural genitive that way. I don't know if you can do what you did, grammatically. " Bithinn a’ bruidhinn gu bheil " First off, if you were...
by Zwalla28
Sun Jul 27, 2014 11:19 pm
Forum: Gràmar, Fuaimean is Gnàths / Grammar, Sounds and Expressions
Topic: Indirect relative of "is" ?
Replies: 13
Views: 8019

Re: Indirect relative of "is" ?

I was speaking with a native from Skye who pulled a funny face when I said, "'S toil leam leughadh" (or something of the sort) and said she wasn't sure I could say that, or at least that it sounds funny. That "a bhith" should be in there.
by Zwalla28
Sun Jul 27, 2014 4:30 am
Forum: Gràmar, Fuaimean is Gnàths / Grammar, Sounds and Expressions
Topic: "Mar" agus "Mar ri"
Replies: 4
Views: 3489

Re: "Mar" agus "Mar ri"

Mar ri = còmhla ri, ma-tha? Neo faisg air an aon rud, co-dhiù?
by Zwalla28
Sat Jul 26, 2014 9:52 pm
Forum: Gràmar, Fuaimean is Gnàths / Grammar, Sounds and Expressions
Topic: "Mar" agus "Mar ri"
Replies: 4
Views: 3489

"Mar" agus "Mar ri"

A bheil diofar eatarra, idir?
by Zwalla28
Sat Jul 26, 2014 9:50 pm
Forum: Gràmar, Fuaimean is Gnàths / Grammar, Sounds and Expressions
Topic: Comparative Verb Clauses
Replies: 7
Views: 4581

Re: Comparative Verb Clauses

Caiptean - I could be wrong, but I think it's a slightly different format/structure/I'm-not-a-grammarian-I-don't-know-what-it's-called there. I'm thinking "I heard this so often that I don't like it anymore".