The first phrase I learnt when learning to speak my first foreign language was "my hovercraft is full of eels".
Therefore, despite being able to say some things in Gaelic like, hello, thank you. I find it suiting that my first full Gaelic phrase also be "my hovercraft is full of eels".
I found this phrase on a website translated to Gaelic, but the word hovercraft is written differently to other websites where I've looked up the word hovercraft. Which is correct?
1. Tha mo bhàta-foluaimein loma-làn easgannan.
2. Tha mo bàta-falbhain loma-làn easgannan.
3. Something else?
I suppose, like most people, I try to get some nonsense phrases in first to build up a bit of fun for when the brick wall arrives, I don't get overly frustrated and lose interest. Or possibly just my way of approaching the imminent learning curve
This is what I'm referring to, should anyone be wondering:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6D1YI-41ao
My hovercraft is full of eels
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My hovercraft is full of eels
Tha mo bhàta-falbhain loma-làn easgannan.
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LOL so this was my tr*nsl*t**n, and not the one I found
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My hovercraft is full of eels
Note the H that GunCleoc added though.
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The reason for that (worth pointing out for anyone else even if you already know) is that 'mo' ('my') lenites the following word where possible.
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My hovercraft is full of eels
Just to add an explanation - the word -foluaimein is bandied around a lot for 'hover' but it's problematic because it's not a permissible sequence of sounds and letters in modern Gaelic i.e. the uai in an unstressed syllables is just a no-no. It's a form that has found it's way out of an ancient dictionary into cyberspace due to that eel thing. It's essentially and archaic Irish-ism, a word that in modern Gaelic has turned into falbhan.
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