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- Wed Apr 08, 2020 11:04 pm
- Forum: Cuir nan aithne / Introductions
- Topic: Fàilte dhan fhòram / Welcome to the forum
- Replies: 355
- Views: 2403840
Re: Fàilte dhan fhòram / Welcome to the forum
Agus fàilte bhuamsa! :-) An dòchas gum faic sinn thu gu tric an seo - bhiodh sin sgoinneil! Chan eil daoine air an Fhòram cho tric a-nis 's a bha iad ro staing a' chòrona-bhìorais. Tha rudan eile air an inntinn, saolaidh mi, mar a thuigear. Ciamar a tha cùisean anns an Òlainds sna làithean seo? And ...
- Thu Mar 19, 2020 10:42 pm
- Forum: Gràmar, Fuaimean is Gnàths / Grammar, Sounds and Expressions
- Topic: matamataig---àireamheachd
- Replies: 15
- Views: 39525
Re: matamataig---àireamheachd
Living in a place is not a habitual action. You don't do it again and again. That's why it's unlikely to be used in the future tense when you mean the present. Your examples are fine - they ARE repeated actions. Habits, rather than ongoing states. A bheil thu a' fuireach an seo? covers now and in ge...
- Mon Mar 09, 2020 3:25 pm
- Forum: Naidheachd na Gàidhlig / Gaelic News
- Topic: Seòlta Gaelic / Newswatch on Gab
- Replies: 16
- Views: 172270
Re: Seòlta Gaelic / Newswatch on Gab
Mòran taing airson seo a dhèanamh agus an ceangal a cho-roinneadh an seo.
Bidh e feumail le cinnt.
Bidh e feumail le cinnt.
- Mon Mar 09, 2020 3:22 pm
- Forum: Cuir nan aithne / Introductions
- Topic: Halò a h-uile daoine bho Seòlta
- Replies: 2
- Views: 16116
Re: Halò a h-uile daoine bho Seòlta
Fàilte chridheil ort, a Sheòlta! Math cluinntinn mun phròiseact agad - beachd gu math inntinneach is feumail a bh' agad. A' dèanamh fiughair ri conaltradh a bharrachd an seo. :-) A warm welcome to you, Seòlta. Good to hear about your project - that's an interesting and useful idea you had. Looking f...
- Sat Feb 29, 2020 6:26 pm
- Forum: Gràmar, Fuaimean is Gnàths / Grammar, Sounds and Expressions
- Topic: Help with a Sentence for a Poem I'm Writing
- Replies: 16
- Views: 41403
Re: Help with a Sentence for a Poem I'm Writing
fuilich, a' fuileachadh is more what a doctor would do - draw blood, take blood from someone, i.e. used transitively.
If you don't like dòrtadh, what about sìl, a' sìleadh? Oooze, trickle, flow.
If you don't like dòrtadh, what about sìl, a' sìleadh? Oooze, trickle, flow.
- Sun Feb 23, 2020 7:04 pm
- Forum: Dà-chànanach / Bilingual
- Topic: Duolingo phrases :)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 26923
Re: Duolingo phrases :)
Just trying to make learning fun, therefore memorable - not everyone's sense of humour, admittedly! ;-) But you have now used it / written it / thought about it / told others about it, so you have thereby increased your chance of learning useful vocab, even if likely to be re-used in different conte...
- Sun Feb 23, 2020 7:00 pm
- Forum: Gràmar, Fuaimean is Gnàths / Grammar, Sounds and Expressions
- Topic: Words or names?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 16480
Re: Words or names?
Klondyke, a river in the Yukon, was symbolic of the Canadian gold rush. A century later the word Klondyker came to be used for Russian and East European fish-factory ships that regularly visited the Scottish west coast fishing harbours, chasing the to them big money to be made from mass processing, ...
- Fri Feb 07, 2020 11:31 pm
- Forum: Gràmar, Fuaimean is Gnàths / Grammar, Sounds and Expressions
- Topic: True or false sa Ghàidhlig
- Replies: 4
- Views: 17982
Re: True or false sa Ghàidhlig
Chunnaic mi àiteigin suirbhidh sa Ghàidhlig le Ceart / Ceàrr.
- Wed Feb 05, 2020 12:17 am
- Forum: Cuir nan aithne / Introductions
- Topic: Fàilte dhan fhòram / Welcome to the forum
- Replies: 355
- Views: 2403840
Re: Fàilte dhan fhòram / Welcome to the forum
Tha mi duilich, chan fhaca mi seo roimhe. :naire: Sorry, only just spotted this! Fàite chridheil ort, agus mòran taing airson a' phuist agad! 'S math a rinn thu! :flur: A warm welcome to you, and many thanks for your post. Well done! Tha Gàidhlig gu leòr agad agus 's urrainn dhut pàirt a ghabail le ...
- Tue Feb 04, 2020 11:56 pm
- Forum: Gràmar, Fuaimean is Gnàths / Grammar, Sounds and Expressions
- Topic: matamataig---àireamheachd
- Replies: 15
- Views: 39525
Re: matamataig---àireamheachd
Like primary school maths in English: 10 take away 4 makes/equals 6. ( You have 10, now take away 4, that makes 6). As a non-arithmetical person, I find most ways of expressing sums illogical or slippery, so I'm all for simple commands. 10 minus 4 is 6 is to me not true; it gives 6 / produces 6 etc,...
- Fri Jan 17, 2020 5:12 pm
- Forum: Gràmar, Fuaimean is Gnàths / Grammar, Sounds and Expressions
- Topic: Help with a Sentence for a Poem I'm Writing
- Replies: 16
- Views: 41403
Re: Help with a Sentence for a Poem I'm Writing
Literally it means "still not seeing". This is very idiomatic Gaelic usage: Tha iad fhathast gun tighinn = they haven't come yet. Meadhan-latha agus esan gun èirigh fhathast! - he isn't up yet. So as a structure it's fine, but it depends what you mean. If you mean "without the power o...
- Thu Jan 09, 2020 11:32 pm
- Forum: Gràmar, Fuaimean is Gnàths / Grammar, Sounds and Expressions
- Topic: An Tuiseal Ginideach---feminine genitive forms being lost?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 25464
Re: An Tuiseal Ginideach---feminine genitive forms being lost?
You mentioned number of syllables. There is something in this. Single-syllable nouns are more likely to keep the -e, in speech and in writing, probably because the two-syllable strong-weak/high-low "melody" is a very comfortable one in Gaelic, and seems to round off a phrase less abruptly ...
- Thu Jan 09, 2020 6:30 pm
- Forum: Cuir nan aithne / Introductions
- Topic: Hello all!
- Replies: 8
- Views: 24321
Re: Hello all!
Fàilte, Elliot!
Toilichte duine à Canada fhaicinn an seo! Ciamar a tha an t-sìde?
Welcome, Elliot!
Happy to see someone from Canada here! How's the weather?
Are you doing any courses?
Toilichte duine à Canada fhaicinn an seo! Ciamar a tha an t-sìde?
Welcome, Elliot!
Happy to see someone from Canada here! How's the weather?
Are you doing any courses?
- Wed Jan 08, 2020 11:38 pm
- Forum: Dà-chànanach / Bilingual
- Topic: Ciamar a tha an t-sìde / How's the weather?
- Replies: 1130
- Views: 461056
Re: Ciamar a tha an t-sìde / How's the weather?
Bha e uabhasach stoirmeil an seo air a' Ghàidhealtachd an-dè, ach blàth, trì-deug no ceithir-deug Celsius.
Tha e nas fheàrr an-diugh, ach gu math fuar, ceithir C.
It was terribly stormy here in the Highlands yesterday, but warm, 13 or 14 C.
It's better today, but pretty cold, 4 C.
Tha e nas fheàrr an-diugh, ach gu math fuar, ceithir C.
It was terribly stormy here in the Highlands yesterday, but warm, 13 or 14 C.
It's better today, but pretty cold, 4 C.
- Wed Jan 08, 2020 11:27 pm
- Forum: Gràmar, Fuaimean is Gnàths / Grammar, Sounds and Expressions
- Topic: sù/sutha vs sòfa
- Replies: 4
- Views: 18258
Re: sù/sutha vs sòfa
You can certainly use fòn, a' fònadh as a verb, but there is an alternative form that is often used (and my own preferred one), cuir fòn gu. That to me sounds more idiomatic, on the analogy of cuir litir / post-d / fios gu. It also keeps the word fòn unchanged, so no confusion about meaning through ...