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oh no, that wasn't my thinking at all. Poorly explaining myself. I think it makes sense to me now anyway. We'll see.

Thanks, interesting.

I know verbs of motion can express both motion itself and intent, like in English, eg: Tha mi a' dol dhan phàirc. I am going to the park. (I am in motion towards the park) Tha mi a' dol ga bhualadh. I am going to hit him. (I have intent to hit him) But I'm wondering about using verbs of motion to ex...

Right, I think that makes sense given what the particle stands for, thanks. I take it that's a bit of an academic difference though? I see it has the appearance of the same paradigm (gam, gad, …).

I think I've found an explanation to this in my book, looks like the same as the conditions as for inversion re: direct objects and infinitives, which I still need to internalise, and that in example above with gad it's a direct object of a thighinn , not urrainn . So: Cha bu toil leam a faicinn. I ...

I'm working my way through the TAIC lessons and came across this in #20 re: idiomatic verbal expressions (toil, urrainn etc.) When the object of the sentence is a pronoun then the pronoun is replaced by its possessive adjective placed before the verbal noun. The possessive adjectives mo , do and a (...

It's a good book. I think its strength lies in its focus on conversational Gaelic around particular themes rather than as a reference, which is maybe why it doesn't have the deepest indexing. If you've not got it, I'd recommend "Scottish Gaelic in 12 Weeks" as a companion. It's more of a g...

———————————— Ooft. Tha mi n' dòchas gu bheil thu a' tòiseachadh a dh'fhaireachdainn beagan nas fheàrr a-nis co-dhiù. — Ooft. I hope you're starting to feel a bit better now anyway. ———————————— Chaidh mi is mo chèile a dh'Arrain air a' chiad àm sa champervan againn deireadh-seachdain seo chaidh, còm...

Getting round to adding all the comparatives to my adjective flashcards in Quizlet (a big night in let me tell you) and noticed what looks like a typo in AFB. The entry is for 'spraiceil', actual text pasted below http://www.faclair.com/ViewEntry.aspx?ID=E89189D21DB0261A6E26366DA77EE760 spraiceil /s...

Bidh sinn a' togail oirnn a dh'Arainn a-màireach sa campervan againn 'son beagan saor-làithean. Chan eil dùil agam air deag-shìde, ach 's coma leam. The mi dìreach toilichte a bhith criothnaichte an cùrsa agam a-nis. Am bidh sibh fhèin a' dol àite sam bith 'son saor-là am-bliadhna? We're off to Arra...

Tha mi a' leughadh (air?) San Dùthaich Ùir le Alison Laing an-dràsta. Chaidh e a' sgrìobhadh airson luchd-ionnsachaidh (chan eil e airson luchd-tòiseachaidh ge-tà) agus tha mi a' smaoineachadh gu bheil e glè mhath. 'S e caibideilean glè ghoirid a th' ann agus tha geàrr-iomradh sa' Bheurla ann aig an...

Yes I meant "ga fhaighinn" there not "dha" , although point taken.

Tha mi agaibh a-nis.

Ah yes, so "air dha fhaighinn" — assuming it's the augmented one I'm after? (mar 'chan eil me dha chreidsinn')

Cha chreid mi nach eil mi air e fhaighinn a-nis.

Tapadh leibh.

Tha mi air a bhith ag èisteachd ri a' phodcast 'Beag air Bheag' agus tha an ceist agam mu dheidhinn rudeigin. Faicibh air seo (bhon thar-sgrìobhadh an seo ): Cha chreid mi nach eil thu (dìreach) air sin fhaighinn . ‘I think/believe you’ve (just) got that.’ Bha mi a' smaoineachadh gum bu chòir dha a ...