Fòram na Gàidhlig

Tha mi a' draibhadh dhan bhuth an-diugh. Tha mi a' sgriobhadh, cuideach.

I am driving to the shop today. I am writing, also.

Ollamhnaichte mi ceòl latha fada. A-nis, fuirich mi a-staigh. Rach mi nach an àite sam bith. (No tha e: Chan eil mi rach an àite sam bith?)

I taught music all day. Now, I'm staying in. I'm not going anywhere.

(Corrections, please! Thank you!)

GunChleoc wrote:mi + agam is mi twice

ARGH!!! Bha sin fios agam, cuideachd!

ARGH!!! I knew that, too!

Tapadh leat, Iaian!

Agus bha mi a fios agam sin! Chan eil smaoinicheadh.

Thank you Ian. And I knew that! Didn't think.

Tapadh leat airson do cuideachadh. Chan eil fios agam, an deochair eadar 'le' agus 'comhla ri.' A-nis tha fios agam. Tha mi a' glanadh taigh an-diugh. Tha e earrach cluich. Thank you for your help. I didn't know the difference between 'le' and 'comhla ri.' Now I know. I am cleaning house today. It i...

Tapadh leat!

Chaidh mi [to] na h-eaglaise le mo clann an-diugh.

Tha mi a' sgriobh an-diugh. Oileanach mi ceòl fada latha a-mairech.

I am writing today. I will teach music all day tomorrow. Help/ corrections more than welcome! Tapadh leat!

It may or may not have been a good thing that I wasn't learning Gàidhlig 24 years ago when our twin daughers were born :? :lol: LOL, cha robh mi.... ionnsachadh Gàidhlig [then.] Fhuirich mi [at the time] anns an Eire agus chuala mi an t-ainm agus s' toil leam e. Tha mi duillich a' marbh an canan. [...

Well, look how many crazy anglish variations there are of Irish and Scottish names :!: Part of the fun of history and fantasy novels is the strange names, nach eil? 8-) I couldn't pronounce half the names in Lord of the Rings :priob: But if anyone asks me how to pronounce "Gowann", I shou...

LOL, no worries, Iain. I'm enjoying the conversation. There was actually a thread not too long ago among the members of the Historical Novel Society about whether to use authentic or anglicized names. I like to be as historically accurate as possible in my writing, but I did go with anglicized names...

Niall, mostly, I agree with you. One writer in my group who includes entire sentences in French without ever explaining them and is convinced the language is so obvious that any reader can figure it out, no matter how often we say we can't. What I find acceptable as a reader is a very short phrase n...

Tapadh leibh, agus tha mi duillich, feumaidh mi Beurla sgriobh. Tha mi mò 's mall-ghluasadach anns a' Gàidhlig. [Hopefully I'm saying: Thank you and I'm sorry, I must write in English. I am too slow in Gaelic. :? ] Seonaidh, I don't entirely understand all you said. I'm learning on my own, apart fro...

Thanks.

Also, I left him here last night = Dh'fhàg mi e seo a-raoir?

so it felt a bit like taking your hat off, bowing down low and saying "milord, who the *%&$ are you?!??!!?" LOL, oh the joys of learning a language and not always knowing for sure how you're coming off to native speakers! (We were warned early on NEVER to tell a German, even on a 110 ...

I was about to write 'S mise, meaning 'it's me,' but saw it technically means, "My name is." Is this correct? So how would I say, "It's me, [Name]." Tha mi? Tha mi a th'ann? 'S e mi a th'ann?

Thank you.