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Many thanks for your reply, akerbeltz. I've been put in touch with someone who's given me some detailed information on older Scots Gaelic prose and texts which suit my rather old-fashioned approach and interests!! I''m very grateful for everyone's help and input.

Tapadh leat agus tapadh leibh!!

I don't want to rain on your parade but be very careful with Calder, he mixes so many layers of language with no warning, from really ancient stuff (we're talking Middle Irish) to whatever was current in his day (and he was born in 1859 to give you some steer there). So if it helps you understand, ...

Thanks - I've just come across the post at http://www.foramnagaidhlig.net/foram/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=2282 which I've saved and will study! Even better, have just looked in my newly arrived Gaelic Grammar by George Calder and found three pages of 'ri', half a page of 'do' and nearly 20 altogether...

From informal to formal: Chaidh mi dhan mhargadh Chaidh mi don mhargadh Chaidh mi chun a' mhargaidh Ri doesn't fit here. I assume then that there's a significant difference between the use of ris and do when saying 'to'? Could someone give me some examples of either of them being used exclusively i...

1) For some reason I can't find out how to tie something to something! The man tied the dog to the leg of the chair - Cheangail am fear an cù ri cois na cathrach. Does cheangail take ri + dative? Tapadh leibh 2) A quick question about adverbs. Gu + adjective is used - so quietly would be 'gu sàmhach...

Tapadh leat - I'll hopefully now remember - or not - that 'thig' is also future!!!

I’ve translated this post and wonder if someone would check it for me. I’m not sure of all the grammar in detail and I don’t know why Fionn has a capital, so would like to know why. This was a really good exercise for me and the kind of thing I love! Any pointers to similar short posts would be appr...

1) How would I say 'the time passed very fast'. Assuming '? an ùine gu luath' is OK, what verb do I use? And what about 'I'm passing the time (of day)?' Would 'The mi a'cur seachad na h-ùine' be right? I found online some comments, one of which was "For "spending" time, I would use &q...

Tapadh leat, An Gobaire!

Does your signature mean basically 'Make good use of what you've got/received'?

Tapadh leibh. I've another query. The sentence is 'The cat caught the head of the mouse in its teeth'. So I have 'rug an cat air ceann na lucha anns a fhiaclan'. Is this correct? Or would you use 'leis a fhiaclan'?

Tapadh leibh ro làimh!

Another query: to tr*nsl*t* 'to the market' , do you use the article or just say 'do mhargadh'? Can ri (s) be used as well? I can't find an example online to confirm this, not can I find an example with the article. Tapadh leibh ro làimh! (excuse this but I'll probably be querying a lot of grammar a...

Many thanks to you both for your replies here and in the other thread. This has been a very interesting thread but I'd better get back to trying to write in Gaelic - if I use outdated spelling etc, please let me know!!

I suppose one's view of 'weird' depends on what one is used to and since I don't know Hindi ....! Are you saying, Niall, that Gaelic is more closely related to Hindi than to Western European languages?

Tapadh leat. I'm using an old textbook here - Duncan Reid. Is the use of apostrophes for chan eil an older feature which has been dropped or is it either/or? Do different dialects do different things?