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Yep, it's a very common phrase which can mean "there it is", "there you have it" etc.

I am looking at a question, and the implication is that one of the following sentences is wrong - or perceived to be "wrong" to someone on Aonad a Naoi of ACI at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig: Bu toil le mo nighean coimhead air balaich Ross County a’ cluiche ball-coise Is toil le mo nighean coimhead a...

23558 'S e ... a th' ann is used to DEFINE something with emphasis, i.e. to say what something is. 'S e sìde mhath a th' ann am Biggar - Biggar is good weather (Biggar is "a place", it is not "good weather", so the above phrase doesn't make sense.) So you don't think: 'S e latha...

23565 if I do the future tense and I say John will eat lunch. Do I say Bidh Ian ag ithe lon. The person then the action and the verb . Cynthia You haven't written them in that order. You have verb-subject-compliment, which is correct. That is how Gaelic works no matter the tense. You could write th...

Rather than open another thread on the same topic, I have another ann example to check: Tha sìde mhath ann – There is good weather 'S e sìde mhath a th' ann – It is good weather Tha sìde mhath ann am Biggar – There is good weather in Biggar 'S e sìde mhath a th' ann am Biggar – It is good weather in...

23533 It's just that the "logic" here is that the idea of being 'in' something is used for an identity relationship. For 'a teacher' to be 'in' Murdo, is a Gaelic way of saying Murdo = teacher. The same with 7, I'd say. Gu dearbh. Just wasn't sure if it was ok to associate Biggar + nice p...

jeltzz wrote: The point is, to get beyond thinking of its tr*nsl*t**n, and think instead of its meaning.

Aidh, but my worry is if I don't know how "ann" actually works I'll make a mess of using it properly.

23528 ann meaning 'in it' I used to view "ann" as "in it" or "in him", but Micheal kinda steered me towards thinking more along the lines of "exists"/"is existing" for the first case (and it does help). With regards to: 3.' S e tidsear a th' ann am ...

Thanks for the input so far. I am now at the stage in my learning (and in particular with ann), that I'm starting to look back at phrases which I previously didn't think much about, but now want to dig a little deeper into their meaning - and whether I was even right. This was my understanding a few...

23514 Tha bùth ann am Biggar Tha bùth air an t-sràid againn Those constructions are enough to denote that it's there, so no extra "ann " is needed Ah, I see. You only need ann if you haven't already explicitly specified where "something" is? As my two examples clearly state wher...

Thanks, jeltzz. I do like the 'existential ann', just worried I might use it too much and perhaps make the sentence sound focused in the wrong places.

Recently my course at SMO has covered the use of Tha xxx ann to denote "existence" ie. there is/it is etc * Tha an t-uisge ann : Rain is existing = there is rain = It is raining * Tha bùth ann : A shop is existing = There is a shop Very handy structure, but I'm a bit unclear when it comes ...

On reflection I can maybe offer an answer to my own question. Looking at these two sentences: Bidh cù againn a-màireach Bidh iad againn a-màireach Structurally both are the same thing i.e. Something/someone will be at us tomorrow. Maybe the answer to my question is an old favourite, context . Bidh c...

Using the aig prep pronoun to indicate possession I could of course say something like: Bidh cù eile againn a-màireach - We will have another dog tomorrow. However, you can also say something like: Bidh iad againn air a' mhionaid Do you look at this second example as saying: They will be at us (here...

So, "I know the butcher in Plockton" would be:

Tha mi eòlach air a' bhùidsear anns a' Phloc

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