Fòram na Gàidhlig

Two things i thought of whilst procrastinating today. 's e is used to emphasise nouns (e.g. 'S e iain a chuannaic mi air a' bhus) and 's ann for emphasising everything else ('s ann air a' bhus a chuannaic mi iain). So why is the phrase 's math sin and not 's ann math sin? Does math act as a noun? Al...

Halo, Bha mi a' smaoineachadh... ciamar a chanas mi 'pride' air feadh na h-eileanan? Agus caite an canainn gach facal? Tha eolas agam air prois... Tapaidh leat Hello, I was wondering... how would I say 'pride' throughout the islands? And where is each word used? I know 'prois'... but not much of the...

How would I say, 'father before him'? As in 'he is a writer like his father, and his father before him'.

oh no, 3 weeks holiday have taken their toll . I knew it wasn't right :L. Hence why I put the English.

anns an t-samhradh, tha mi a' dol don eilean sgiathlaich airson mo oilthigh (Obar Dheathain). Tha oilthighan (universities? wasn't sure on the plural) eile a' dol cuideachd. A bheil daoine seo a' dol cuideachd? In the summer, I am being sent to the Isle of Skye by my university (Aberdeen). Other uni...

If I were to say something is 'too high' or 'too long'. How would I say it?

I'm trying to say 'footballers wages are too high.

thank you . The one on the somme looks interesting.

Does anyone know why ur-sgeul isn't working? I wanted to go look up a novel to read :L. Also, does anyone know of a good novel for me to try out? I'm wanting to attempt my first Gaelic novel. I'm considering a novel called Impireachd, but I don't know very much about it (other than that it's suppose...

anns an òran seo (http://www.youtube.com/user/tj4234?feat ... QaFzpfv1Lc), dè tha a' ciallachadh e taigh uilleam? Dhuam, 's e William's house a th' ann. Ach chan eil mi cinnteach. Smaonich mi gum cuireadh (would put?) e dhuaibh.

tapaidh leibh, cha robh mi cinnteach :L

ah thank you, I wasn't sure :L.

come to think of it... I also meant faca instead of faigh :L.

am faigh sibh seo? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KJowJSl ... re=related

is toil leam e sàr mòran. Tha mi a' smuaineachadh gu bheil èibhinn e. Agus bha mi a' gàireachdaich nuair a bha mi a' choimhead e.

Tha sin sgoineil.

Rinn e mo latha :L.

The proverb sort of means 'always get up, more times than you go down'. Because if it were to be '8 times down, 8 times up' then u ain't really getting up again coz the numbers are equal, same for 9 times down 8 times up lol.

Tha proverb aig an Japanese. '7 times down, 8 times up' ann an Beurla.

A bheil fios agaibh ciamar a channas mi '7 times down, 8 times up' anns a' Ghaidhlig? Chan eil fhios a'm 'times' anns a' Ghaidhlig :L.

Tha mi a' dol a-mach. Tha mi a' dol a' snamh. Bha mi a dheanmh mo dh'obair-dachaigh (Gaidhlig).

I am going out. I am going swimming. I was doing my homework (Gaelic).