Fòram na Gàidhlig

Thank you, GunChleoc. That's what I figured.

Any explanation for cait a bheil, caite a bheil, and caite bheil? Is it all pretty much the same thing, just different spellings to account for that similar sound of caite a bheil? Typos? Or an actual difference in meaning?

Many thanks for your help.

Hi,

Can someone explain cait' vs caite (where?) and when to use bheil vs using a bheil ?

My lesson book has cait/caite in the dictionary at the back but only ever uses cait' that I can see. Is this just shortening the word, as we do in English with contractions? They never explain, that I can find ...

Many thanks to all! That's very helpful!

Can someone let me know if I have the grammar, lenition, etc. correct? Thank you.

Gàidhlig
piuthar
tha mi a' phiuthar
tha mi a' phiuthar mhor
tha mi a' phiuthar bheag
brathair
tha mi a bhrathair
tha mi a' bhrathair mhor
tha mi a' bhrathair bheag
mathair
tha mi a' mhathair
athair
tha mi an t-athair ...

Fantastic, thank you!

Is there a good, single source for all the definite articles, and which to use in which case, gender, plural/singular, initial letters, and so on?

I'm slowly compiling one from multiple sources, but surely I'm re-inventing the wheel?

Níall Beag wrote:

clarsach wrote:ann an/ anns an for 'in the'

I assume you mean to type "anns a'/anns an"...? "ann an" is just "in" or "in a".

Thank you for the clarification!

Thank you! One thing I have really come to appreciate about this forum is the dedicated members who are always so quick with an answer!

I did some looking--sa/san is the contraction for anns an, is that correct?

As I once again take up Gaelic, I notice that one source uses ann an/ anns an for 'in the' and another gives me sa/san.

Are these both right, and if so is there a difference in when you use one form vs the other?

A question:

I found this site http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/Images/GaelicEarlyStagesCourseEA_tcm4-401490.pdf that uses e for the weather. Ie, Tha e grianach.

Earlier in this thread, it was discussed that weather is feminine but possibly e could be used if the underlying meaning was 'the day ...

Tha i blath an-diugh.
Ciamar a bha an t-side an-dè?

It is warm today.
How was the weather yesterday?

(A bheil i ceart?
Is this right?)

Fhuair. Bha e glè bhlàsta! Cheannaich mi ubhal, aran, agus càise.

I have always had verb tables in books, so I've never checked on the net for them. Try checking the Appendices of the Taic course - link on top of this page

Moran taing.

I found a good verb table some time ago on another forum ...

Tha mi a' ceannach biadh...

An d' fhuair thu rudeigin blàsta?

Did you find something tasty?

D' fhuair. Bha e gle blàsta! Cheannach ubhal, aran, agus caise.

Yes. It was very tasty! I bought an apple, bread, and cheese.

Did I use d' fhuair correctly for yes? Did I get the correct past tense ...

Tha mi a' [shopping] airson [groceries] an-diugh.