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poor_mouse wrote:an sneachd

an t-sneachd

Sneachd, like all monosyllabic words ending in -achd, is masuline:
http://www.faclair.com/?txtSearch=sneachd

Faobhar a' Chridhe - edge of the heart.

A bit like Everbow.

ithinkitsnice wrote:dh'ithe mi a h-uile pìosan

dh'ith mi a h-uile nam pìosan.

In England, English muffins are just called muffins. In France, French fries are just called fries. In Belgium, Belgian waffles are just called waffles. In Scotland, Scotch broth is just called broth. When my granny made a pot of broth, it was Scotch broth that she made, and she'd have wondered what...

You can also say "leis a' chù dubh", because "dubh" starts with a d - http://akerbeltz.org/index.php?title=The_homo-organic_rule_or_When_not_to_lenite The mere fact of starting with 'd' does not necessarily block lenition - it's the combination with what comes before that's impo...

Tha mi a' smaoineachadh gun gabh mi...

akerbeltz wrote:Cill na Mòine would be weird. You wouldn't really put a church into a moor.

Neònach gu dearbh! Bu toil leam sin fhaicinn, ma tha...

'S e A' Ghearmailt a tha annamsa. That means "I am Germany". If you are trying to say that you are German, then you'd say 'S e Gearmailteach a th' annam for a man or 'S e ban-Ghearmailteach a th' annam for a woman. However, if you are trying to say that you are / come from Germany, then y...

No problem. Literal tr*nsl*t**n of English phrasal verbs needs a bit of thinking about - some work, some don't. E.g. "coimhead air adhart" meaning "look forward to" is becoming increasingly common, though it's obviously an English calque and "dèan fiughair ri" should al...

iolair wrote:Choimhead mi suas

That means literally that you raised your eyes / head.

If you mean that you looked something up in a reference resource, then you need rannsaich:
http://www.faclair.com/?txtSearch=rannsaich

Feasgar math Marc a Mhairc. Am bi sinn ag ith Bidh sinn ag ithe... Am bi sinn ag ithe would be the way of asking "Will we be eating...?" sprouts agus Yorkshire pudd. Don't know gaelic for sprouts or Y.pudding http://www.faclair.com/?txtSearch=brussel%20sprout I imagine they'd just use the...

DomhnallDorcha wrote:Bliadhna mhath ùr. Tha mi a' còcaireachd dinnear.
Happy New Year. I am cooking dinner

Dè a tha air a' chlàr-bidh a-nochd? / What's on the menu tonight?

LOL!

* I get the literal difference, not sure which is the best way to express future plans in Gaelic? When we covered this topic in An Cùrsa Adhartais ( http://www.smo.uhi.ac.uk/en/cursaichean/an-cursa-adhartais ), the teacher said that, unlike some parts of Gaelic grammar, there is no hard and fast ru...