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by LD Dirker
Tue Aug 29, 2017 8:14 am
Forum: Gràmar, Fuaimean is Gnàths / Grammar, Sounds and Expressions
Topic: Diminutives in Scottish Gaelic
Replies: 1
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Diminutives in Scottish Gaelic

Hi, I've been trying to figure out how to form diminutives in the language, but I can't find any reliable sources online.
Can anyone please send me a link where I can learn more about this?

Any help or tips will be greatly appreciated.

:-)
by LD Dirker
Mon Aug 21, 2017 2:34 pm
Forum: Gràmar, Fuaimean is Gnàths / Grammar, Sounds and Expressions
Topic: Mo chuislean versus mo chuisle
Replies: 3
Views: 4561

Mo chuislean versus mo chuisle

Haha oh, yes makes sense :lol:
Thank you!

Sorry I'm a beginner
by LD Dirker
Mon Aug 21, 2017 1:44 pm
Forum: Gràmar, Fuaimean is Gnàths / Grammar, Sounds and Expressions
Topic: Nouns of uncertain gender
Replies: 21
Views: 12834

Nouns of uncertain gender

22629 The more I think about this the more interesting it gets. Somebody told me the other night that you've got to go as far east as India to find another language like English without (lost/abandoned/never there?) its gendered nouns. Does anyone know if this is true? Reflecting on my disappointme...
by LD Dirker
Mon Aug 21, 2017 1:05 pm
Forum: Gràmar, Fuaimean is Gnàths / Grammar, Sounds and Expressions
Topic: Mo chuislean versus mo chuisle
Replies: 3
Views: 4561

Mo chuislean versus mo chuisle

In the part of the saying 'Blood of my veins, bone of my bone...' (Is tu fuil o mo chuislean, is tu cnaimh de mo chnaimh) Why in 'Is tu fuil o mo chuislean.' would you use the noun 'cuislean' and not 'cuisle'? I would really appreciate if someone can help me out with this. I've been scratching my he...