You're quite right, I'd thought that "gu leòr" meant "plenty" rather than "enough, sufficiently".
Thank you very much for the correction and suggestion.
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- Sun Sep 26, 2021 12:19 pm
- Forum: Còmhradh coitcheann / Off-Topic
- Topic: Leòir or leòr
- Replies: 3
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- Sat Sep 25, 2021 3:58 pm
- Forum: Còmhradh coitcheann / Off-Topic
- Topic: Leòir or leòr
- Replies: 3
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Leòir or leòr
Hello,
I'd like to say "kayaks galore".
Would that be "caidheagan gu leòr", or "caidheagan gu leòir" ... or perhaps something else?
Thank you!
Nicholas
I'd like to say "kayaks galore".
Would that be "caidheagan gu leòr", or "caidheagan gu leòir" ... or perhaps something else?
Thank you!
Nicholas
- Wed Jun 14, 2017 10:08 am
- Forum: Còmhradh coitcheann / Off-Topic
- Topic: Is minic Gall maith
- Replies: 4
- Views: 13477
Is minic Gall maith
Thanks again!
Nicholas
Nicholas
- Fri Jun 09, 2017 10:22 am
- Forum: Còmhradh coitcheann / Off-Topic
- Topic: Is minic Gall maith
- Replies: 4
- Views: 13477
Is minic Gall maith
Thank you!
Any more thoughts from the forum? I wondered if there is any similar expression already established in Gàidhlig.
Nicholas
Any more thoughts from the forum? I wondered if there is any similar expression already established in Gàidhlig.
Nicholas
- Tue Jun 06, 2017 11:27 am
- Forum: Còmhradh coitcheann / Off-Topic
- Topic: Is minic Gall maith
- Replies: 4
- Views: 13477
Is minic Gall maith
I'm told that the literal meaning of this expression in Irish is "foreigners often good". According to Patrick O'Brian's book "Desolation Island" it could mean "There is good to be found even in an Englishman". How would you say this in Gàidhlig? (Assuming you wanted to...
- Tue Jun 06, 2017 11:15 am
- Forum: Cuir nan aithne / Introductions
- Topic: Nicholas - level zero
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Nicholas - level zero
Hello! Although I have a battered copy of MacAlpine's Pronouncing Gaelic Dictionary by the bed, which I enjoy dipping into (often with unexpected results) my level of Gaelic can fairly be described as zero at present. I'm about to launch an English-as-a-Foreign-Language school on the west coast of S...