Fòram na Gàidhlig

'S dòcha gum biodh "gàrraidhean" nas fheàrr, ach tha "gàraidhean" ceart gu leòr.

To elaborate slightly (but possibly too elaborate...), "gu" might be "towards" or "up to", whereas "do" might imply something beyond merely "up to", e.g. "into" etc. But it's fuzzy - and often either can be used - apart from in set verb thi...

Uill, dè th' ann an luch ach radan beag... Tha mi cinnteach nach radan a-mhàin a chaidh an leantainn a-mach à Hameln. Agus gun robh iad uile a' dannsadh aig ceòl a' phìobaire. Ach 's dòcha gu bheil cuideigin an seo às a' Ghearmailt aig am bi fiosrachadh nas fheàrr air an sgeulachd.

Ceart. Bidh sèimheachadh an dèidh "cha" - seach T, D, S.

Fàilte do - Fàilte gu - chan eil mòran diofair ann. There are, however, some real howlers in that notice - keep looking!

Nach eil thu eòlach air "Rattenfänger von Hameln"? Sa Bheurla, "The Pied Piper of Hamelin"

Aidh. "fo chunnart".

Lost it. But it was too long anyway. Just the SMO one - * Ghàidhlig seach Gàidhlig * Chan eil na dà chànan co-ionnan: feuch "Scotland's Gaelic College" sa Bheurla * "Ionnsaich Gàidhlig" agus "Learn Gaelic": an ann àithneach a tha a' Bheurla dhà-rìribh? Leave the biggie ...

Varies from speaker to speaker. Not generally regarded as "wrong" either way. But most speakers would use "a" rather than "do" (although you'd get "do" more in writing). One wonders how many might go with "a Naomh Prainnseas"...

As a prison, I'm minded of "Alcatraz". Obviously, being in Caliphornia, it is an Arabic name...in similar style to "alcohol", "algebra" and, in Spanish, "alfombra" and "alcalde". In "proper" Arabic, the "al" is actually a separate...

The usual genitive of "cànan" is "cànain". I don't get this "an Azkabain" bit, though: it looks as if you're trying to say "in Azkaban" ("ann an Azkaban" in full, often the "ann" is missed out). If so, it's definitely not genitive anyway. H...

I am struggling to make sense of either of those. Are you trying to say something like "where Gaelic is spoken"? In which case it might be better to say "far an cleachdar a' Ghàidhlig [fhathast]": "bruidhinn" tends to have a more literal aspect in Gaelic than in English...

Let's Czech... 'S e teanga brèagha a th' ann an Gàidhlig, agus 's e an teanga làitheil de milte de dhaoine. Fhuair Gailge freagairt mhór bhon coimhearsnachd, agus tha mi a' smaoineachadh gu bheil iomadh duine ann am biodh ùidh aca ann an Gàidhlig cuideachd. Tha Gàidhlig ri spàirn, ach tha mi a' crei...

Aidh, tha sin ceart. Indeed, the Icelandic is "fjörður" from ON "fjörðr" or similar, which in most grammatical cases goes to something like "firði", hence "firth" rather than the cognate (but differently-meaning) "ford" - or "fiord" or &quo...

As you stated, in pronunciation you can't tell whether it's lenited or just subsumed into the preceding C of Mac. So why be judgemental about it?