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Dh'ith mi brochan madainn an-diugh.

The verb "eat" is just "ith" in Gaelic. To make it past tense (i.e. "ate") just add "dh'" to the front of it. The form "ithe" is actually the verbal noun, a bit like saying "eating".

I'm not 100% sure about this but I think that "brochan" (i.e. "porridge") is the stuff you eat and "min-choirce" is (one of) the ingredients you make it from (i.e. the oats).

This morning = morning today = madainn an-diugh.

conmaol wrote:Dh'ith mi brochan madainn an-diugh.

I'm not 100% sure about this but I think that "brochan" (i.e. "porridge") is the stuff you eat and "min-choirce" is (one of) the ingredients you make it from (i.e. the oats).

This morning = morning today = madainn an-diugh.

This may be a t*ns-Atlantic mis-communication, we call "porridge" "oatmeal" in the U.S. Of course we know of porridge from fairy tails and such, we seldom call it that. Of course neither are nessesarily wrong.

Well, porridge can be made from oatmeal or rolled oats etc; looks like the American term "oatmeal" for porridge refers to the main ingredient in porridge.

Porridge: Brochan or Lite in Gaelic...

Brochan is often used idiomatically to mean a "mess"..

e.g. tha mo cheann na bhrochan - my head is in a mess


Min-choirce - oatmeal

'S e brochan ma tha, nuair a tha sibh anns a' Ghàidhealtachd, deanaibh mar a' Ghàidheal.

It's brochan then, when in the Gàidhealtachd, do as the Gael.

Gu h-inntinneach, sgrìobh Ruairidh MacIlleathain mu dheidhinn na cuspaire seo anns an Litir mu dheireadh an-dè:

Litir do Luchd-ionnsachaidh 651 wrote:Should you call porridge lite or brochan? It really depends on where you live or with whom you are mixing – check it out with a fluent speaker. But you should be aware of both words as both are in common currency. Brochan does not have to be made of oats. Two other types of porridge or gruel are brochan feòla („gruel of flesh juice‟) and brochan-ghall-pheasair („lentil porridge‟). Thick porridge is brochan tiugh. Sgobag brochain is „a spoonful of porridge‟, a plub is the noise porridge makes when boiling („tha am brochan a‟ plubadh‟) and dubh-bhrochain is very runny porridge. The refrain in the famous song brochan lom, tana, lom, brochan lom sùghain means „thin porridge, sowans‟. Sowans (from Gaelic sùghan) is a pudding made from oatmeal husks, steeped, fermented and boiled.

http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/alba/foghlam ... tir651.pdf

Tapadh leat!

Plural: mar na Gàidheil.

Tapadh leibhse!

Na Gàidheal.
(Gàidheal loses its h in plural form)

• Gàidheal - a Gael (singular)
• Gàidheil - Gaels (plural)
• a' Ghàidheal - the Gael (singular)
• na Gàidheil - the Gaels (plural)

So rather than saying that the 'h' is lost in the plural form, better to say that the singular definite article a' lenites the following word but the plural article na does not.

Gàidheal - a Gael (singular)
Gàidheil - Gaels (plural)
a' Ghàidheal - the Gael (singular)
na Gàidheil - the Gaels (plural)

Not quite, singular is an Gàidheal, I think you got confused with the genitive:
Gàidheal - a Gael
taigh Gàidheil - a house of a Gael
Gàidheil - Gaels
taigh Ghàidheal - a house of Gaels

an Gàidheal - the Gael
taigh a' Ghàidheil - (the) house of the Gael
na Gàidheil - the Gaels
taigh nan Gàidheal - (the) house of the Gaels

Cha do dh'ithe bracaist madainn an-diugh.

I did not eat breakfast this morning.

Tha mi air mo dhìnnear ithe an-dràsda. dh'Ith mi iasg 's buntàta-sliste (fish 'n chips). Bha e blasda còmhla ri glainne fhiona-dhearg. Chuala mi gu bheil e riatach a bhith ag òl fhiona-dhearg le iasg, ach tha mi ag ràdh dhaibh.

Glè mhath! Agus tha dùil agam glainne fhìona-gheal òl còmhla ri buntàta frighigichte (???) a-nochd.

Good! And I hope to drink a glass of white wine with fried potatos tonight.

buntàta frighigichte (???) a-nochd.

Tha sin cgl ach tha air am praidhigeadh nas cumanta

Mòran taing! Dh'òl mi glainne fhìona an-dràsda.

Fìona dearg le iasg? 'S e fìon geal a ghabhas tu leis

Cha do dh'ith mi bracaist madainn an-diugh.

Chuala mi gu bheil e riatanach a bhith ag òl fìon dearg/fìona dheirg le iasg.... no: Chuala mi gu bheil e riatanach fìon dearg òl le iasg

glainne fìona ghil

Nouns in the genitive only lenite if they're in the plural without article, or masculine + in the singular with article.