Fòram na Gàidhlig

The survey elicited what - 160 or so replies. This represents roughly 1% of the Fife Council workforce. I imagine those employees with strong views on the subject (one way or the other) were most likely to reply. So, while there may not be much vocal opposition, there's probably also not much strong...

Feuch seo:-

http://www.fifedirect.org.uk/news/index ... 2237490DE8

Bidh Comhairle Fhìobha ag ullachadh plana don Ghàidhlig a leasachadh san Rìoghachd sa bhad. An-dràsta, tha iad ag iarraidh dhaoine do bhuidheann beag a thàthadh air sàillibh sgrùdadh a dhèanamh air an dreach aca. Ma bhios ùidh agad (agus ma tha thu a' fuireach san Rìoghachd) cuir fios gu Colm Wilson...

Glè fheumail - mòran taing.

Not even to match the rail signs?

I wouldn't if I were you...it doesn't make a lot of sense. Genitive cases? Try "Alan Stewart's" and "Catrìona's" - or did you mean in Gaelic? I don't think "Catrìona" (sometimes written "Catrìana") changes in the genitive. "Alan Stewart" isn't Gaelic...

Like I said, for the fish shop (bùth, shop, is gramatically feminine) I'd tend to put "Mhòraig" rather than "Mòraig". When it comes to place-names, the usual custom is to lenite in all cases and not bother with anything genitive. Thus, e.g. "Baile Dhùn Èideann", in spit...

Je ne suis pas avec vous. Well, even if you know French, it's only by knowing what the English "literal tr*nsl*t**n" of that is that you could understand it. For instance, when you write "(thing) (owner)" are these two terms for the same thing, as in "'S e leabhar a th' ann&...

Uill 's ann a tha na h-asgairean ceàrr - sin mearachd, ach mearachd bheag co-dhiù. Chan eil mi eòlach air "cànain" mar ainmeach. "Cainnt" aidh. Mar sin, tha "ar cànain" ceàrr. No, ma bhios e ceart, tha "ar ceòl" ceàrr ("ar ciùil" ma bhios an dà chuid...

Often happens. Here, "summer" is used to describe some aspect of the young morn, or "dawn". In Gaelic, when a noun's used to describe another, it goes genitive - just as one say "a summer's dawn" in English. Also, of course, when a noun is used thus it's effectively an ...

Cumaibh a' dol - tha tè eile ann.

Chunnaic mi seo air duilleig dhachaigh A' Mhòid Nàiseanta:- Fàilte gu Dachaigh Chultarach na Gàidhlig An Comunn Gàidhealach - Ar Cànain ‘s Ar Ceòl ‘S e An Comunn Gàidhealach am buidhnean as sinne ‘s aithnichte ann an saoghal na Gàidhlig. Bhon a chaidh a stèidheachadh san Òban ann an 1891, tha I air ...

Ann an Caerdydd?

Missed that - no, it's not. I suspect it's a bit of hyper-correction and misprint, e.g. maybe the first draft said "gach là" - but with the accent wrongly placed and coming out as an apostrophe - and then somebody "corrected" "la" to "latha" - but didn't rub o...

Tha "gach latha" ceart gu leòr. The thing means (or is supposed to mean) "Open dawn to dusk each day". But it should be "moch" rather than "mo". As for the "stone garden", obviously wrong. But as "gàr[r]adh" can actually mean "walled g...