Fòram na Gàidhlig

Chan eil mi a' smaoineachadh gu bheil e ro dhona ann an Glaschu an-dràsta, gè-ta bha aimsir ghrod againn am-bliadhna gun ìre seo. Co-dhiù, tha mi leth-choma a tha e fuar air chàs tha e tioram. I don't think it's too bad in Glasgow just now, although we've had horrible weather this year so far. Anywa...

Gabhaidh mi an t-aiseag a Bharraidh DiDòmhnaich. Tha mi ’n dochas gur e aimsir mhath a bi ann an sin* (ach tha fios agam nach bi e ann idir). Cuiridh mi cairt-phuist dhuibh. I getting the ferry to Barra on Sunday. I hope it'll be good weather there (but I know it won't be at all). I'll send you a po...

Broth/Scots Broth / Scotch Broth: Coming late to this but here's my penny's worth! I have never, ever, in my Highland upbringing and adulthood, heard ' Scotch Broth' (sounds SO wrong!) used by the makers and eaters of it, or indeed anyone else. IF at all, then Scots Broth. But context is everything...

That's not exactly what I thought I said, but point taken.

Cha dèan mi sin tuilleadh, tha mi sin a ghealladh.

Sorry, I actually had an idea about that, someone once told me folk were forgiving about which side the noun sits in colloquial Gaelic, which might be wrong. Point taken. So if we fix that, my question is still: is the following correct… 'S toil leis bàtaichean a' dèanamh. …or must you use 'a bhith'...

'S toil leis a bhith a' dèanamh bàtaichean. He likes (to be) making boats. 'S toil leis a dhèanamh bàtaichean. He likes to make boats. 'S toil leis a' dèanamh bàtaichean. He likes making boats 1&2: I'm sure are correct (assuming I've got the right form of 'boats'). 3: I've a feeling is not good...

Yeah I see that's the literal word order, but why won't the meaning in English be either 'bow root/bowroot' in the same way our pal marag-dhubh is 'black pudding' and not 'pudding black' (i.e. isn't 'bhogha' qualifying the noun 'root')?

Would 'reumh-bhogha' not be 'bow root' or 'root of the bow'?

ah, dhìochuimhnich mi sin.

Ach càit an deach an 'H' bho 'duibhe'?

Duilich, dh'ithe mi a h-uile pìosan. Gheibh mi tè eile nuair a bhios mi ann an Steòrnabhagh an ath-thuras.

Taing.

Tha mi airson pìosan marag-dhubh a-nis…

My understanding of the grammar rules, and the dictionaries , tell me it should be 'marag (f) d H ubh', but I see 'marag dubh' a lot. Is the lenition being (selectively) blocked? Obviously -g and dh- are articulated quite near each other, I'm not sure that's going to block lenition though — is just ...

In England, English muffins are just called muffins. In France, French fries are just called fries. In Belgium, Belgian waffles are just called waffles. In Scotland, Scotch broth is just called broth. When my granny made a pot of broth, it was Scotch broth that she made, and she'd have wondered wha...

Rinn mi poit mhòr brota na h-Alba (no 'Albannach?) * le cearc an diugh, ach chuir mi i dìreach sa' fhrids a chionn tha fuigheall coiridh (Bidh Innseanach) gu leòr againn bho a-raoir agus tha mi smaoineachadh gum bi ag ith sin a-rithist a-nochd. 'S abhaist dhom 's toil leam ** i a dhèanamh le feòil-u...

Bha e fliuch is fuar an-dè, an-diugh cuideachd, agus bith an t-uisge ann a-màireach mar is àbhaist. 'S e Glaschu a th' ann an seo.

It was cold and wet yeserday, today as well, and it will be raining tomorrow as usual. This is Glasgow.

Bu chòir dhomh a bhith sa' leabaidh an dràsta, ach tha mi na shuidhe an seo ag ithe cereal agus coimhead air 'DIY le Donnie' air an tele. Tha mi smaoinachadh gum bi gabhaidh mi* beagan uisge-beath an toiseach ge-tà. Gabhaidh. I should be in bed now, but I'm sitting here eating cearal and watching 'D...