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by Thrissel
Wed Aug 26, 2009 6:01 pm
Forum: Gràmar, Fuaimean is Gnàths / Grammar, Sounds and Expressions
Topic: Sùil air a' mhearachd
Replies: 382
Views: 183621

Aran air a dhèanamh a chnòthan-daraich 8-) Oh my, cha chuala mi mu dheidhinn sin riamh, ach tha e coltach gu bheil sin ann gu dearbh :smaoin: . Ok, ceist air ais thugaibh - am bu chòir sèimheachadh a bhith air frasairean gus nach bu chòir? "ma tha sibh airson f h rasairean...", oir nach e...
by Thrissel
Mon Aug 24, 2009 7:16 pm
Forum: Gràmar, Fuaimean is Gnàths / Grammar, Sounds and Expressions
Topic: Sùil air a' mhearachd
Replies: 382
Views: 183621

On a tha cuimhn' agam air Tha dà àite bàn eadar gach agus gnothach , sin am fear mu dheireadh! - FIOS seach FIQS - BÒRD seach BORD :priob: Nas cudromaiche, ge-tà: - "na tha sibh air son f h rasairean...." no, eadar-theangachadh nas dìriche, "Mus cleachdadh nam frasairean..." - &q...
by Thrissel
Mon Aug 17, 2009 6:43 pm
Forum: Naidheachd na Gàidhlig / Gaelic News
Topic: New generation of Gaelic speakers
Replies: 69
Views: 44452

I think that as an adult you can't do without some grammar. That "amo, amas etc" reminds me of my high school English classes, when they taught us things like pre-future progressive tense for the sake of everyday phrases like "How come...?" OTOH, I've quite a few friends being ta...
by Thrissel
Mon Aug 17, 2009 5:47 pm
Forum: Cuir nan aithne / Introductions
Topic: Halo a chàirdean
Replies: 5
Views: 4160

Halò, a charaid!
GunChleoc wrote:Canar Eireann sa Ghàidhlig
Tha mi a' smaoineachadh gur e Éire Èirinn sa Ghàidhlig, agus gur e Èireann (no, leis an alt, na h-Èireann) ginideach dhith.
by Thrissel
Fri Aug 14, 2009 10:20 pm
Forum: Còmhradh coitcheann / Off-Topic
Topic: Mountains and Gaelic - hot debate on Winterhighland site
Replies: 5
Views: 2215

Re: Mountains and Gaelic - hot debate on Winterhighland site

[...] maybe I'm just thick, but I can't see how to get an accent on the a in Carn using my keyboard [...]it would probably have been of more use to more pupils to have dual English/ Polish signs in the school as all our Gaelic pupils speak English but many of our considerable number of Polish pupil...
by Thrissel
Thu Aug 13, 2009 5:14 pm
Forum: Iarrtasan Eadar-theangachaidh
Topic: Hi there! Is this correct?! Need a confirmation!!
Replies: 4
Views: 11198

never heard of 'gradh' apart from 'mo ghraidh' meaning 'my dear' But Colin Mark's dict translates "gràdh" as "1. attachment, charity, fondness, love" and only then "2.object of love" , and also gives these compounds: " gràdh-daonna philantropy, gràdh-dùthcha patri...
by Thrissel
Thu Aug 06, 2009 6:39 pm
Forum: Gràmar, Fuaimean is Gnàths / Grammar, Sounds and Expressions
Topic: Sùil air a' mhearachd
Replies: 382
Views: 183621

fhad 's a tha an t-aran darach san àmhainn "Aran darach"? Dè a tha "darach" a' cialachadh a bharrachd air "oak"? Cha do lorg mi rud sam bith :( Co dhiù, nach biodh sin Bùth Snàth Draoidheachd ? Nach biodh "snà i th" an dàrna ginideach - aon ghinideach ro mhòr...
by Thrissel
Sun Aug 02, 2009 10:07 am
Forum: Còmhradh coitcheann / Off-Topic
Topic: Na h-aiseagan
Replies: 15
Views: 6265

Cha robh mi cinnteach, ach tha e coltach gu bheil feadhainn uabhasach fhèin ceart-chreidmheach gu dearbh...

Fàilte don 21mh linn! :chachreid:
by Thrissel
Fri Jul 31, 2009 6:07 pm
Forum: Naidheachd na Gàidhlig / Gaelic News
Topic: Camanachd
Replies: 2
Views: 909

Tha an aon aiste sa Ghàidhlig ag ràdh : Dh'fhaodadh pròiseact a tha a' teagasg iomain do chloinn tro mheadhan na Gàidhlig a bhith air a sgaoileadh air feadh na Gàidhealtachd. 'S dòcha nas motha na facal no dhà? Ge-tà, tha e ag ràdh cuideachd: Thathas an dòchas cuideachd gun ionnsaicheadh barrachd dh...
by Thrissel
Fri Jul 31, 2009 5:47 pm
Forum: Gràmar, Fuaimean is Gnàths / Grammar, Sounds and Expressions
Topic: Caol ri caol agus leathann ri leathann?
Replies: 10
Views: 8304

Re: Caol ri caol agus leathann ri leathann?

i know of only one person who speaks gaelic, i've never even met her, and i can't use books because of inconsiderate parents who probably think "why the fuck are you bothering?" and seem that way whenever i mention learning gaelic Hey, I know how it feels - spending my high-school days in...
by Thrissel
Sun Jul 26, 2009 7:40 pm
Forum: Còmhradh coitcheann / Off-Topic
Topic: Nan robh seo beachdan air twitter bhithinnsa a' gabhail ann
Replies: 1
Views: 1642

You should ask an English how to cook the ling as they are known to eat eels and all sorts! Don't know how they can the wierd forgieners. Looking forward to Burns Night? Is this the sort of racial tolerance you are looking for? Jock Sing from Haggis Hunting ------------------------------------------...
by Thrissel
Sat Jul 25, 2009 11:29 pm
Forum: Gràmar, Fuaimean is Gnàths / Grammar, Sounds and Expressions
Topic: Sùil air a' mhearachd
Replies: 382
Views: 183621

We also tend to avoid posessives before a common street name element, so the otherwise grammatically correct "The Queen's Street" is naturally reduced to "Queen St". Not only street names either. There's this book named English or Czenglish and using possessives in such contexts...
by Thrissel
Sat Jul 25, 2009 3:43 pm
Forum: Gràmar, Fuaimean is Gnàths / Grammar, Sounds and Expressions
Topic: Sùil air a' mhearachd
Replies: 382
Views: 183621

Deagh cheist eile: cò aig a tha fios carson a chithear na dòighean litreachaidh seo agus dè an tè as fhearr: banrigh banrìgh bannrigh Agus cha chreid mi nach fhaca mi bànrigh cuideachd... Chan eil fhios agam carson a tha cho mòran ann, ach b' fhèarr leam banrìgh , oir tha sin nas fhaisge air ban- +...
by Thrissel
Sun Jul 19, 2009 3:30 pm
Forum: Gràmar, Fuaimean is Gnàths / Grammar, Sounds and Expressions
Topic: Sùil air a' mhearachd
Replies: 382
Views: 183621

Cub Club - dè mu dheidhinn (a thuilleadh air "buidheann") comann, conaltradh no cuideachd? Am faodar gach dhe na ceithir a chleachdadh?
by Thrissel
Sat Jul 18, 2009 6:56 pm
Forum: Gràmar, Fuaimean is Gnàths / Grammar, Sounds and Expressions
Topic: Sùil air a' mhearachd
Replies: 382
Views: 183621

Ceist choltach: "The Still" - poit-dhubh msaa? Air bàta? No an e ainm sònraichte mar "Mariners"? Ma 's e, bhiodh "An Stail" as fhaisge, nach biodh?