Fòram na Gàidhlig

Halò Linda, Fàite chridheil ort! :D Agus tha thu às an Eadailt! Nach eil sin inntinneach. Càite anns an Eadailt? Tìoraidh an-dràsda! Ciao! Welcome! And you're from Italy! Isn't that interesting. Where in Italy? Bye for now! from Italy: Tha mi às an Eadailt in Italy: Tha mi anns an Eadailt from S. Ui...

Think of these Is / Nach + adjective phrases (for now at least) as idioms, rather than as the standard structure. There are some useful more-or-less fixed phrases that you come across more commonly, and can safely use, e.g. Nach bochd sin! 'S math a rinn thu! Nach math a rinn iad! and you'll see oth...

Mòran taing bhuamsa co-dhiù - tha sinn uile taingeil gu bheil an làrach ann fhathast agus gu bheil thu ag obair cho dripeil air dhuinn!

Tha sinn toilichte gu bheil thusa den bheachd sin!

Halò a-rithist! Dè an seòrsa ceuma a bhios tu a' dèanamh ann an Cumbria? Agus am bi thu ag ionnsachadh Gàidhlig air loidhne le SMO, no le colaiste eile? What kind of degree will you be doing in Cumbria? And will you be learning Gaelic online with SMO, or another college? Instead of a-staigh (inside)...

Halò, Ionatain!

Fàilte chridheil ort!

Càit' a bheil thu ag ionnsachadh?

A warm welcome to you. Where are you learning Gaelic?

O mo chreach - you'll probably be on here with a thousand new questions!

Fàilte an seo! Tha sinn daonnan toilichte daoine fhaicinn air an Fhòram à dùthchannan air feadh an t-saoghail. :-) Agus nach math gun robh cothrom agad cùrsaichean a dhèanamh ann an Alba fhèin agus Alba Nuadh! An dòchas gum bi thu a' sgrìobhadh air an Fhòram bho àm gu àm - tha cuspairean gu leòr aga...

Beware: "simplified" is very relative. Very very different from TAIC - wordy, explanatory, rather than tabular in approach. Lots of useful example sentences with notes, rather than rules, tables, boxes etc. Not always easy to find what you're hoping for, despite detailed (word) index. Good...

Or if you want to practise the original structure:

's e latha brèagha a th' ann ann am Biggar (an-diugh).

Keep your 's X a th' ann (an Y) together, put place (and time) at the end.

Definition: It's a fine day. Extras: Where? When?

tha i 'na draibhear bus an-dràsda ach 's e banaltram a tha innte she is a bus driver now but she really is a nurse tha e 'na oileanach ach chan e oileanach a tha ann he is a student but he isn't a student The N is the tail-end of ann, attached to mo, do etc. "in my" (The na is also writte...

The a+ lenited verbal noun occurs when the verb following a modal introduction (Feumaidh mi, tha mi ag iarraidh, tha mi an dòchas etc) has a direct object . This object is pulled in front of the verb it belongs to, contrary to English practice, hence the term "Inversion" being used for thi...

'S e sin a chleachas mise cuideachd, no " taing do... (airson nan dealbhan).", mur a h-eil e cho foirmeil.

Sorry you found us unhelpful. Posting a question and expecting an answer in one to two days is unfortunately not realistic here. Wish it was, but.... :( Please bear in mind the majority of our members are learners, many still beginners, so not qualified to respond with the kind of accurate help you ...

Halò Fhionnlaigh,

Fàilte chridheil ort! Nach math gu bheil thu ag ionnsachadh Gàidhlig. A bheil thu a' dèanamh cùrsa?

Dè 'n seòrsa ciùil a tha thu a' dèanamh, agus a' teagasg?