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It looks like the taic website is back up and running, though one now requires a username and password too access it. But it's good news:

http://taic.me.uk/

So why was the site down for a while anyway?

Is it me, or have some of the grammar explanations been updated and made easier to follow too?

23155 Tapadh leat a charaid, tha sin ro choibhneil :) I'd be ok if you bought a t-shirt (or hoodie since it's baltic) from my new shop too. Same pocket and you get something you can show off :priob: I know it's been a while since I've been on here. Today I finally got round to ordering one of your ...

faoileag wrote: Why not simply copy and paste your text and write in the corrections (good practice), instead of trying to edit or asking others to?
it's actually good to see the original too, and compare the changes, side by side.

Good idea, thanks.

23151 Point 5: Where did you get neachluchd? :mc: neach (singular) = a person. luchd (collective n.) is used as its plural.[/post] On the dictionary on learngaelic.net it lists person as 'neach', and 'luchd' as the plural so I probably got confused thinking 'neachluchd' was the plural form of perso...

23141 Almost. "The house is sold" is a weird one, where either it's basically an adjective -- cf. "The king is dead" or it's a fossil of an older structure (related to etre&avoir(French) and essere&avere(Italian). "Dinner is served" is definitely a fossil, beca...

This is where the literal meaning of terminology helps: "tense" is a corruption of the Norman French word for time (something similar to Modern French "temps", but back then, the M hadn't merged with the E, so it was something like "temss" which became "tense"...

23139 Part of the problem is that when you look at the courses made under the MT brand, you find that something's missing, meaning no-one fully understands what Thomas was really doing. While there are certain principles to what he did, a lot of it was done by feel. The courses he recorded himself ...

23138 Cuideachd , is toigh leam cànanan ionnsachadh , agus tha Beurla, Spàinnis/Spàinntis, Fraingis, Gearamailtis, Gàidhlig agus Seapanais agam a-nis . Thòisich m' uidh ann an ionnsachadh chànanan nuair a bha mi a' siubhal . Tha mi an dòchas gum bi mi ag ionnsachadh tuilleadh chànanan anns an àm ri...

23118 Your analysis is correct. nì is the future tense of "dèan" and also used to express capability/something that you do regularly. Oh yeah I forgot that 'to do' is an irregular verb in Gaelic. I've made a mental note of nì. Ok so we can move on to the next paragraph whenever you can, t...

Mar neach-ciùil, tha mi a' cluiche giotàr, piàno, meur-chlàr/clàr-iuchrach agus tha mi a' seinn cui deachd. Tha mi a' cluiche ann an còmhlan roc agus blues an seo ann an Alba. Is toigh leam iomadh/iomadach/móran seòrsa de ceòl, ach 's fh eàrr leam leam ceòl roc. Some notes: -. It would me more idio...

Ok I understand it now, thanks. Finally

17150 NOUNS: Wherever and however you learn them, learn gender (M/F), nominative singual, and genitive singular . If the plural form as given in the dictionary is in any way unexpected to you, learn that as well. (Expected plurals = adding(e)an to nom. sing., OR replacing -ach with -aich.) Are all ...

23103 1) gu with an article becomes chun + genitive, but that's pretty formal, so most people use do/dha instead nowadays. 2) You use "ceann" with deas and tuath, and "taobh" with any direction. It's just one of these usage things. 3) Yes, that's OK, but I think you could lose t...

23097 Here are corrections for the first paragraph. Ask your questions about it before we move on to the second? Móran taing! Yeah, taking it one paragraph at a time makes sense. Here are my questions: 1) I always thought 'welcome to' was 'fàilte gu', so is 'dhan....agam' simply another way of sayi...

Alright, here we go with some further questions: 1) I'm wondering, when I describe myself with 'I'm a musician and polyglot', is it correct to use 'Tha mi (neach-ciùil agus iol-chainnteach)', or do I use 'Is mise (neach-ciùil agus iol-chainnteach)'. I've been going through 'Scottish Gaelic In 3 Mont...