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Dear GunChleoc, The topic title I used follows the example of use on this forum: Iomradh / ReferenceGràmar, Fuaimean is Gnàths / Grammar, Sounds and Expressions so I would argue I'm following the local style of the site. So far, I think your contribution to this lively thread has been: 1. To tell me...

Hi there, Which title case? Where? Do you mean Faclair Matamataig? That's the title of the publication---their case. Or do you mean the name of Broadford Primary School, or their CD, which they call "Spòrs le Uireadan". Please tell me which of these you consider bad typography, because I'm...

Tha "uiread" a' ciallachadh "times" ann an co-theacsa matamataig. 'S e obrachadh matamataig a th' ann. Tha "iomadachadh" a' ciallachadh "multiplication". Dh'fhaodar "2x3=6" fhuaimeachadh mar "dhà uiread trì co-ionann ri sia" no "tha/bi...

Does anyone have any resources/advice for "times tables" in Gaelic?

OK, if that's the case for your brain, then could you please tell me how you would say the following: "Do you live (stay) here, permanently?" "Are you living here, just now?" In "Gaelic in 12 Weeks" it has on page 110: 'The future forms of tha may also be used to denote...

In Cròileaganan and any materials I've seen, children are given "Bidh cù ag ràdh ùf, ùf, ùf" (woof) and not "af, af, af", so I think there's a big job to change the existing practice of using English animal sounds. It would appear that most Gaelic speakers generally don't care or...

fìor / neo-fhìor ?
fìrinneach / breugach ?

Nach eil "fallsa" a' ciallachadh "mas fhìor" (pretend), an àite breugach?

As someone with a degree in mathematics, I can reassure you that "10 minus 4" is indeed 6, in the sense that they are equal and identical to each other, in the sense that the expression "10 minus 4" is interpreted the *result* of the operation of subtraction of 4 from 10, rather ...

There is a song used in cròileaganan:
Bidh cù ag ràdh, ùf ùf ùf
Bidh cù ag ràdh, ùf ùf ùf
Bidh cù ag ràdh, ùf ùf ùf
Dè bhios tunnag ag ràdh?
etc.
So GME kids are very familiar with that pattern.

Oh dear. Oh crikey. No, no, no...That is just...wrong.

Hi Níall, Thanks for posting. I'm very interested in your comments. First, I'm very keen to be using grammatically correct phrases to express basic arithmetic. I do find this is a neglected part of the language, due to the historical lack of maths being taught in Gaelic. I think maths is an importan...

Could somebody please proofread my posting above?

fodha is correct. When there is no subject apply the pronoun to, they default to the masculine form: leis, ris, fodha, etc. a' dol fodha is the usual way to say "sinking". "luba" is a mire. Lìnne is a pond, but "lòn" is more widely used for a small pond or puddle. For e...

Am Faclair Beag has smodaig, glan, and sgoinneil for "cool" and "groovy". The notion of "cool", "neat", "sweet", "wicked", "sick", etc., etc., to express something that is fashionable, socially acceptable, innovative, special, or ...