Fòram na Gàidhlig

Tha i glè ghaothar. Cha toigh leam ro a' ghaoth.

Tha i blàth an-drasta ach bha i fuaireadach a' mhadhainn seo.

Most of them seem pretty clear (ea to i, ia to èi, etc). I'm just confused with the monosyllabic words containing broad vowels; how do you know which rule to apply when? Cas, long, làmh, and tòn are all monosyllabic nouns with a broad vowel yet one rule applies to the first two, and another rule to ...

So I just encountered slenderisation for the first time and I'm a little confused about one thing;

a' chas -> air a' chois
vs.
an làmh -> air an làimh

Surely there is a rule as to when the broad vowel changes and when you simply add an i, but either it's been omitted from the TAIC lesson or I've ...

Tha gu math, tapadh leat. Ciamar a tha thu, fhèin?
Quick tip: you don't ask "how's you, rself?" in English, you ask "how's yourself?" Just like that: "Ciamar a tha thu fhèin?"
Oh, I see. I thought it was literally "How are you, yourself?" Thanks for the heads up.

So are you still living in Montréal?
To learn grammar and vocabulary, which way seems better to you? Did you take lessons?
Yes, I'm still in Montreal. I haven't found any classes around here, so all my learning is being done online. I'm using TAIC for grammar/vocabulary, and Beag air Bheag for ...

crow wrote:Ah oui? Quelle est ta langue maternelle? Comment as-tu appris?

English mother tongue, French second language (I'm also from Montreal), and I'm actually just starting to learn Gàidhlig. Been at it only a week or so. Nevertheless, I'm finding more similarities with French than I am with English.

crow wrote:tapadh leibh (is that right?)

C'est bien ça, oui. En passant, j'ai trouvé que le gaélique a en fait plusieurs similarités avec le français. Plus qu'avec l'anglais, au moins.

Tha i àlainn an-diugh. Tha i blàth agus grianach.

It is beautiful today. It's warm and sunny.

*Alasdair* wrote:Corrections are in the quote :)

Móran taing

Hallo Alleystria,
Thogadh mi ann am Montreal ( Beinn Rìoghail ?) o chionn fhada.
I was raised in Montreal ( Royal Mountain ?) a long time ago.

Tha sibh à Montreal agus tha sibh a'fuireach ann an Belleville? Mo piuthar-màthar a'fuireach an gar.
You're from Montreal and you live in Belleville ...

GunChleoc wrote:Halò agus fàilte ort!
Hello and welcome :D

Maybe your Beag air Bheag is already up to answering:

Ciamar a tha thu?

Tha gu math, tapadh leat. Ciamar a tha thu, fhèin?

Hello all,

I'm from Montreal, Canada and just started learning Gàidhlig via 'Beag air Bheag' a few days ago. 'fraid I won't be able to say anything interesting just yet, but I'm working on it :)