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I can only assume it's the pronunciation. sù is essentially an attempt to render "zoo" in Gaelic spelling, though it's pronounced with a Z, which Gaelic doesn't have. The S in sù is therefore not a typical Gaelic S sound, and doesn't feel natural with spelling / pron. rules that belong to ...

Fàilte chridheil an seo, agus Bliadhna Mhath Ùr dhut fhèin!

Math cluinntinn mu na rinn thu gu ruige seo airson do chuid Gàidhlig agus gu bheil do mhac ann am FtMG. Cum ort!

Bhiodh e fìor mhath d' fhaicinn an seo gu tric, le naidheachdan, ceistean is eile. Cleachd i no caill i!

An dòchas gu bheil rudeigin eile ort cuideachd!

Hope you have something else on too!

Bliadhna Mhath Ùr dhut!

Lots online. Have fun! ;-) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xx7jQFopvO4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVx47iaWJQE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Id4NJC251xQ https://www.siliconglen.scot/Scotland/7_13.html and here is an earlier thread on the same topic. https://www.foramnagaidhlig.net/foram/viewto...

Hi Larissa, You'll see that the references to this are all from 2012 or shortly after. That's because it was a special sub-forum founded early in 2012 as a project from someone at at a University (Glasgow?) to win new learners for Gaelic in the course of that year. It basically was to help beginners...

Goireas ùr inntinneach (do dh'fhileantaich / dh'adhartaich co-dhiù) air a nochdadh: 'S e Sgeul is Seanachas a th' air a' phod-chraoladh a tha Fòram Sgeulachdan na h-Alba air cruthachadh. Cluinnear measgachadh de sgeulachdan traidiseanta, eachdraidheil is èibhinn anns a' Ghàidhlig, air an gabhail le ...

You'll even hear "eggus".


Just think of all the English speakers you know who pronounce the same things slightly differently - depending on region or personal preference.

Fàilte, Lemonie! :-) Radio nan Gàidheal: https://www.bbc.co.uk/radionangaidheal But don't be put off if you don't understand much for quite a while - that's the usual learner experience. Let it wash over you and you'll get a feel for intonation and sounds. Be glad if the odd word or phrase jumps out...

'S e do bheatha!

You're welcome!

The Aigha part could be a mistake or a change over time from the noun àigh , menaing, among other things, good fortune, or (earlier) glory. (AFB, Dwelly). So maybe maybe originally Àigh! Bàs! - Glory! Death! Slogan evolved from sluagh-ghairm, so lots of scope for the history of Ya bass! ;-) sluagh-g...

Agus fàilte bhuamsa cuideachd! :-) How are you learning (or planning to)? The new Duolingo course? (See thread here: https://www.foramnagaidhlig.net/foram/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=3328&p=23981#p23981 ) There are useful reviews of online courses here: https://www.foramnagaidhlig.net/foram/viewtopi...

I am ambivalent about Duolingo as such, as it is basically earning money via ads for the owners, but all the considerable work, especially the immense start-up work done so far, is done by unpaid volunteers. (All credit to them! :-)) As far as accuracy goes, I have tried out a fair chunk (till I got...

Pronouncing a slender R, especially at the end of a word, as something akin to a soft English TH (a sort of light lisping effect) is very common, so you will often come across it. If you look at the IPA given for air, you see that the final r is given as r and a tiny j . J in IPA is a y sound (as in...

Regional variations aside, the pronunciation of R generally depends on what comes before it (and after it, if not final) - whether it begins the word, broad or slender vowels, combinations with other consonants etc. See Akerbeltz's pages on L, N, R. http://www.akerbeltz.org/index.php?title=Liquids_o...

Feasgar math dhut! 'S e Gàidhlig na h-Alba a tha ga bruidhinn an seo, chan e Gaeilge, ach ma bhios ùidh agad anns a' chànan againne, fàilte chridheil ort an seo! :-) It's Scottish Gaelic, not Irish, that we speak on this forum, but if you're interested in our language you're very welcome to stay aro...