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by ithinkitsnice
Sun Sep 01, 2019 3:08 pm
Forum: Gràmar, Fuaimean is Gnàths / Grammar, Sounds and Expressions
Topic: Dictionary - very similar words with identical meanings
Replies: 3
Views: 13510

Dictionary - very similar words with identical meanings

Ionatan wrote:TBH I'd assumed all this and the BBC materials was funded/promoted via the Bord na Gàidhlig or other similar central cash.
Anything BBC / MG ALBA (inc. LearnGaelic) is publicly funded; Akerbeltz's site is independent.
by ithinkitsnice
Mon Aug 26, 2019 3:59 pm
Forum: Gràmar, Fuaimean is Gnàths / Grammar, Sounds and Expressions
Topic: a-steach or a-staigh (does it matter?)
Replies: 3
Views: 17993

a-steach or a-staigh (does it matter?)

It's normal for some folk to use 'a-staigh' for both motion and state and I know a couple of folk from core dialect areas who use it that way, so 'should never' is a bit over the top imo. On the flipside, I don't think anyone would use a-steach for anything but motion, but I'm not certain about that...
by ithinkitsnice
Sun Mar 24, 2019 4:17 pm
Forum: Gràmar, Fuaimean is Gnàths / Grammar, Sounds and Expressions
Topic: Cait' Caite/ bheil
Replies: 6
Views: 17221

Cait' Caite/ bheil

23660 SMO definitely goes down the Càite a bheil route (at least to begin with). Occasionally see it reduced to Càit' a bheil. Just sayin' Just did a 'find' through all my old ACA (didn't do ACI) materials and could only find " càite " written, I'm guessing sticking with one spelling for ...
by ithinkitsnice
Wed Jan 30, 2019 10:02 pm
Forum: Gràmar, Fuaimean is Gnàths / Grammar, Sounds and Expressions
Topic: 'S toil/Bu Toil + Verbal Noun
Replies: 6
Views: 14175

'S toil/Bu Toil + Verbal Noun

They're probably just focusing on that for now because they like doing things nice and sequentially and there's a wee bit more grammatical baggage that comes along with the non "a bhith" form once you start dealing with direct objects. I didn't do ACI, but we were already expected to know ...
by ithinkitsnice
Sat Sep 22, 2018 8:42 am
Forum: Faclaireachd / Lexicography
Topic: Lus a' chrom-chinn: stress?
Replies: 4
Views: 12998

Lus a' chrom-chinn: stress?

If there’s a hyphen, that indicates the stress shifts to the second word.

http://www.akerbeltz.org/index.php?titl ... ound_nouns

ignore me, see akerbeltz
by ithinkitsnice
Sun Feb 04, 2018 9:50 pm
Forum: Iomradh is Ceanglaichean / Reference and Links
Topic: Access to taic.me.uk website for learners?
Replies: 19
Views: 36136

Access to taic.me.uk website for learners?

Sdb. Ma bhios càil gu bhith a' tachairt leis leig fios thugam ma bhios tu ag iarraidh cuideachadh leis.
by ithinkitsnice
Sun Feb 04, 2018 1:11 pm
Forum: Iomradh is Ceanglaichean / Reference and Links
Topic: Access to taic.me.uk website for learners?
Replies: 19
Views: 36136

Access to taic.me.uk website for learners?

23207 Who created it, do we know? Maybe we could suggest moving it or allowing us to take a copy and develop it Was thinking this too. My old class had been in contact with him before about using his materials, he was fine with that. His email's on the website, which you can see via the Wayback Mac...
by ithinkitsnice
Mon Jan 08, 2018 6:09 pm
Forum: Gràmar, Fuaimean is Gnàths / Grammar, Sounds and Expressions
Topic: ceist air "gus / in order to"
Replies: 4
Views: 8922

ceist air "gus / in order to"

Got it — never occurred to me but we have that idiomatic use of 'till' in Glaswegian too (sure it's common throughout Scotland) so that makes sense.
by ithinkitsnice
Sun Jan 07, 2018 5:44 pm
Forum: Gràmar, Fuaimean is Gnàths / Grammar, Sounds and Expressions
Topic: ceist air "gus / in order to"
Replies: 4
Views: 8922

ceist air "gus / in order to"

Tapadh leat, sin na bha mi a' faireachdainn mu dheidhinn nan seantansan dearga. Ach mar sin — rud eile a bha mi a' faighneachd — am bi, can, "…gus an robh iad toilichte" ag obair mar an dà chuid "…until they were happy" *agus* "…in order that they were happy" , no dìrea...
by ithinkitsnice
Sat Jan 06, 2018 1:43 pm
Forum: Gràmar, Fuaimean is Gnàths / Grammar, Sounds and Expressions
Topic: ceist air "gus / in order to"
Replies: 4
Views: 8922

ceist air "gus / in order to"

m.e. Rinn mi sin gus an d' fhuair mi seo. = I did that until I got this. Rinn mi sin gus sin fhaighinn. = I did that in order to get that. Bha mi a' smaoineachadh, a bheil ciall gu tur eadar-dhealaichte ann eadar an da 'gus' an sin sa Ghàidhlig, no an canadh tu gur e " I did that in order that ...
by ithinkitsnice
Thu Nov 16, 2017 6:17 pm
Forum: Gràmar, Fuaimean is Gnàths / Grammar, Sounds and Expressions
Topic: Learning vocab, system? Is there one?
Replies: 18
Views: 21064

Learning vocab, system? Is there one?

The headword is the nominative singular. The nominative case is just the regular old nothing-fancy-going-on-here case, e.g. 'balach'.

http://www.faclair.com/Help/Help.html

edit: duilich, didn't see akerbeltz's reply
by ithinkitsnice
Wed Oct 25, 2017 1:32 pm
Forum: Gràmar, Fuaimean is Gnàths / Grammar, Sounds and Expressions
Topic: Does Anyone Here Speak Gàidhlig?
Replies: 10
Views: 11908

Does Anyone Here Speak Gàidhlig?

A bheil thu ag ràgh nach bi "'s urrainn dhomh Gàidhlig a bhruidhinn" ag obair idir, no gun crochadh e air a' cho-theacsa?

m.e. Dè mu dheidhinn…

"B' urrainn dhomh Gàidhlig a bhruidhinn nan robh i agam, ach chan eil." ?

Tha sin cgl, nach eil?
by ithinkitsnice
Tue Oct 24, 2017 3:19 pm
Forum: Gràmar, Fuaimean is Gnàths / Grammar, Sounds and Expressions
Topic: Unpicking "It must be more than ten years since I moved to this area."
Replies: 1
Views: 4464

Unpicking "It must be more than ten years since I moved to this area."

Having trouble unpicking what's going on in this sentence to figure out if it's a gu bheil or gur e situation: "[It must be] [more than ten years] [since I moved to this area]." using: [Feumaidh] + [corr is deich bliadhna] + [on a ghluais mi chun na sgìre seo] I'm sure it's: Feumaidh gu bh...