Fòram na Gàidhlig

Se lighich bheathaichean a th'annamsa. I am a veterinarian
Tha mi ag obair an a clinic peata. I work at a small animal/pet clinic

faoileag wrote:There are!

Good to know! Thank you!

fairich, a' faireachdainn.

Tha mi a' faireachdainn nas fheàrr an-diùgh - I'm feeling better today.
Bha mi a' faireachdainn gun robh rudeigin ceàrr - I felt that something was wrong.
It's amazing (and frustrating) how I can't figure out the pronunciation based on the written word. When you wrote ...

air a' chosta
leis a' chù
anns a' churachan
Sorry, I lost you...

'S toil leam biadh Sìonach - English doesn't make a difference between language and people/things, but Gaelic does. -is refers to the language, -ach to everything else.
Tapadh leibh for the explanation.

'S toil leam coimhead air ...

'S toil leam biadh Sìonais. I like Chinese food
'S toil leam faireachaidh TV. I like watching TV
'S toil leam laughaidh. I like reading

I hope I got it all right

poor_mouse wrote:When I began to study Gaelic three years ago, I tried to tr*nsl*** this song.
It was very useful for my vocabulary, but I hadn't at all managed with synax.

That's what I'm trying to do but am getting frustrated by it...

Actually, a word-for-word tr*nsl*** often does not come close to the original meaning.
A "good" tr*nsl*** is, indeed, one that correctly interprets the spirit, rather than the literal meaning.

That's very true, but what should a newbie like me do when trying to tr*nsl*t* a song and can't really ...

A more exact tr*nsl*** of "Air sgiath a’ seòladh nan neòil" would be "On a wing sailing the clouds" . I only looked on the following three lines and I can assure you that the English tr*nsl*** is very, um, approximate.
Tapadh leibh!
Good to know the English only delivers the spirit of the song and ...

Feasgar math a h-uile duine,

Tha ceist agam...

I wanted to tr*nsl*t* Alba to English before I go over its English lyrics but I got stuck on the first sentence :(
How come "Air sgiath a’ seòladh nan neòil" is translated into "This flight is sailing through the clouds"?
Using my dictionary, I was ...

Maidainn mhath a h-uile duine,

'S mise Tom, tha mi 32 bliadhna a dh'aois agus tha mi à Israel.

My grandfather was from Scotland but sadly by the time I was mature enough to know I wanted to learn his language it was too late.
I bought Teach Yourself Gaelic back in 2001, didn't get passed unit 2 ...