Fòram na Gàidhlig

/'kalan/ is how I pronounce it [both 'a' sounds roughly like English 'cat'] and indeed the way all of the Gaels I have spoken to pronounce it, so I would go with Akerbeltz as well.

Tha Sràid Inglis ann an Inbhir Nis air ainmeachadh an-deidh cuideigin leis an t-sloinneadh 'Inglis' chan e a' Bheurla. Cuideachd, chan e sgrìobhadh cèilteach a th'air na sanasan dà-chànanach ann an Inbhir Nis idir, 's e 'American Unicial' an t-ainm a th'air an seòrsa sgrìobhadh sin. Tha a' mhòr-chui...

Typically [though not always] Germanic languages (English, German, Dutch ....) have long vowels in open syllables and short vowels in closed syllables, hence long vowel in Human, short in Hummer.

English of course has a wonky vowel system hence the difference in quality as well as length!

Chanainn-sa:

'S e sin a thuirt i

Nach e Eilean Iarmain a tha seo? "12 bliadhna" - "dà dheug" => "12 bhliadhna" Bracha? De mu dheidhinn "braiche" ("[of] malt") "Sean Mhac na Braiche": an e ainm a tha seo "Sean, son of the malt"? No "old son of the malt"...

Chan e, nam b' e liosta mar sin a bhiodh ann, dh'fheumadh tu An t-Òban, an Cogadh 's an t-Sìth a chur ann. Tha sìth boireann. Ach bha GunChleoc ceart a thaobh nan litrichean beaga. So, gu ruige seo chaidh atharrachadh gu An t - Òban an cogadh ‘s an ślth (no) An t - Òban an Cogadh ‘s an Ślth Feuchai...

'S dòcha gur e facal-suaicheantais a th' ann.... e-d math ann no às, nach eil cromagan a dhìth air? An cleachdar litrichen mòra anns na tiotalan sa Ghàidhlig? Air a h-uile dòigh, saoilidh mi gum bu chor do t- a bhith na litir bheag. Tha mi ag aontachadh ribh le sin, chanainn-sa gum bu chòir dha a b...

Cha bhi mise a' fuaimneachadh /sr/ mar /str/ idir, tha sin ann an dìreach cuid dhual-chainntean.

Air ais dhan cheist .... (back to the question!) The direct tr*nsl*t**n would be: le mo chridhe air fad However this probably wouldnt convey the meaning needed here. as horogheallaidh says le mo chridhe slàn would suffice, alternitively le mo chridhe gu lèir . Any advance on this? Le dùrachd Stìophan

You could also use MacIlleMhoire instead of Moireasdan

personally I prefer -sd because it's more phonetic [Gaelic phonetics that is, not English], so for me it will always be An Gearasdan.

Dè mu dheidhinn "Tha mi às a' Ghearastan"... (Gaelic Orffograffick Convenchuns) How about NO! As akerbeltz says the correct form is às a' Ghearasdan as An Gearsdan is masculine. Only feminine nouns are slenderised in the dative/prepositional case, a good example is Aviemore: An Aghaidh Mh...

Tapabh leibh cò-dhiù a chàirdean!

An urrainn dha duine sam bidh innis dhomh dè 'Maeve Makinnon' a tha a' seinn le Coisir Gàidhlig Ghlaschu Ileach anns an òran Runrin 'Chì mi'n Geamhradh'????

Cha robh gus an-nis gun robh dà sheinneadair Gàidhlig leis an aon ainm!

Another way of explaining the difference between Sean and Seann is that sean is a predicative adjective e.g. Tha an taigh sean - The house is old Seann is an attributive adjective: Tha an seann chàr dearg - The old car is red. Seann is one of few adjectives that precede the noun and because it ends ...