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Oh, glè mhath. Mòran taing. MJ

Nam bithinn a' cur ìomhaigh ann an iris, bhithinn a' cur "credit" làmh ris. Ruideigin mar "picture courtesy of ..".

Ciamar a bu chòir dhomh cantainn "courtesy of " anns a' Ghàidhlig?

MJ

Dè an fhuaim sin? 'S e Màrtainn a' caoineadh gu socair. Tapadh leat Akerbelz

Bha mi a' smaoineachadh gun thuig mi a h-uile càil mu dheidhinn "irregular verbs" ach chuala mi facal air Beag air Bheag o chionn ghoirid a cha dh'aithnich mi - "deachaidh". Bha seo an co-theacsa - "Cha deachaidh aona taigh a thogail an uair sin gus an deachaidh an cogadh se...

Well. I'm glad we've got that settled! But I've got a headache now. Feumaidh mi biadh a ghabahail.

Thanks again, MJ

Rats. Something about my version of "milkman" was niggling and I thought I'd snuck a swift edit in before anybody noticed. But you were too quick for me! I take your point about English optionally declining the option of preceding a genitive chain (I'm carefully avoiding my incorrect use o...

Mòran taing, a h-uile duine. Light dawns! This is a big point and I'd completely missed it. To answer faoileag first. My example was one I'd made up myself, based on something akin to "Comhairle Ghlaschu", that I'd changed on a whim. I didn't realise when I switched to myn adjectival phras...

Where a Sassanach annoyed by his local council might say something like: "That object of shame, the Parish Council, has failed once again". It seems that a Gàidheal would say: "Tha a' chuis nàire ud, Comhairle Ionadail, air fàilleachadh a-rithist". See? The Gàidheal while exasper...

Thanks very much GunChleoc. That's very helpful. MJ

Tha "bu toil leam" a' ciallachadh "I would like" ann an Gaidhlig nuadh.

'S e "past tense" de "is" a th' ann an "bu", nach eil? Ach tha sinn ag iarraidh "would" an-seo. Dè tha dol ma-tha? A bheil fios aig duine sam bith?

MartinJ

Ahha. Tapadh leat. B' urrainn dha a bhith nas miosa!....

Err - yes.... he replies hesitantly. Is this going to get complicated, he wonders?

When a close-compound noun like muilinn-gaoithe is preceded by a leniting preposiion like "do", which bit gets lenited - muilinn or gaoithe? I'm guessing muilinn because I've just seen "na bhall-parlamaid" in respect of a male member of parliament.

MJ

Glè mhath. Tapadh leibh, a Akerbelz 's GhunChleoch.

Tha an t-eisimplir sin bhon mhìneachadh Modal 4 comhradh 2. Obh obh, tha seo na bùrach!

Tha Gilleasbuig gam theagaisg cuideachd - oidchche Luain 7.15. 'S e Martainn bho Milburn an seo. Cò tha "ithinkitsnice"???