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GunChleoc wrote: Chanainn: Tha N. a' cur F. droil
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Ciamar a chanas sibh "Décolletage" 'sa Ghàidhlig? Bràghad?
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Chan eil spùt agam
Oileanach chànan chuthachail
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Ciamar a chanas tu sin sa Bheurla? :lol: 'S e mo bheachd-sa nach eil feum air eadar-theangachadh mas e facal-iasaid sna cànain mhòra eile th' ann, gu sònraichte ma tha e ann an ceart-litreachadh treas cànain, mar pizza, sushi, Sauerkraut no décolletage.
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From now on, I'll just assume that if the word doesn't exist in English, then it won't exist in Gaelic either.

So, a Gaeli would not equate Bràghad with the same area as the Décolletage. OK. AFB has the meaning: "the part of the body between the neck and the upper chest (or any sub-part thereof)"; and Dwelly "1. Neck, throat, windpipe. 2** Back. 3‡ Breast and upper parts of the body. 4 Shoulder of a still. Lagan a' bhràghaid, the hollow at the upper part of the breast", the combination of which I thought might equate to those areas exposed by a neckline a la Décolletage.

i encountered "Bràghad" whilst looking for the word for "neck", and thought it suspiciously like "Décolletage". A mistake, since I now know there is no equivalent in English, which uses the word it purloined from French.

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From now on, I'll just assume that if the word doesn't exist in English, then it won't exist in Gaelic either.
Certainly for rather specific technical terms, that's not a bad assumption to make. I mean, beef is French ultimately but there is mairtfheoil of course. But I'm sure you get the intuitive difference between beef and sushi/décolletage :)
Bràghad with the same area as the Décolletage
Décolletage is fairly specific and a technical fashion term. Bràghad is more anatomical and not at all a technical fashion term. In everyday English, "chin" works fine but that doesn't mean that a chin is the same as the mandibular symphysis.
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Ciamar a channas sibh "this morning" 'sa Ghàidhlig?
  1. Madainn an-diugh;
  2. 'Sa mhadainn an-diugh; no
  3. Madainn an-seo?
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1. or 2.
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faoileag wrote: 1. or 2.
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Tha mi air ais!

A bheil seo ceart: "Latha Eadar-nàiseanta Leabhraichean Cloinne "?

Tha mi 'n dòchas gu bheil e ag ràdh, "International Day of Children's Books".
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International day of children's books, an e? Ar leam tha e ceart :)
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GunChleoc wrote: Tue Mar 31, 2020 4:48 pm International day of children's books, an e? Ar leam tha e ceart :)
Tha mi nam òinseach. :roll: Forgot to proof read. :mc:

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Agus a bheil seo ceart: "Latha Eadar-Nàiseanta nan Curranan-Dearga"? Tha mi 'n dòchas gu bheil e ag ràdh, "International Carrot Day".

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You can drop the "dearga", since that type of curran is the default assumed.
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GunChleoc wrote: Wed Apr 01, 2020 8:29 am You can drop the "dearga", since that type of curran is the default assumed.
Tapadh leibh.

Just wondering, if I have missed something, and if I left out the article, e.g. it should read "Latha Eadar-Nàiseanta Leabhraichean nan Cloinne"?
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