Fòram na Gàidhlig

Tha cànanan gu leòr ann an Eilbheis mar tha, ach 's toigh leam a' faicainn gu bheil tè èile ann a-nis. Fàilte chridheil ort.

There's plenty of languages in Switzerland already, but I'm pleased to see there's another one now. Welcome.

Cha chuala mi an gnàths-chainnt roimhe seo. Mòran taing.

I haven't heard this expression before. Thanks.

Obh! Obh! Tha tuilltean ann a-nis. Ged nach eil e ach caran fliuch an seo ann an Wollongong, the e fior dhuillich ann an Queensland. Thuit 540mm de dh'uisge an-dè ann am Bunderberg ann an Queensland. Oh no! Floods now. Although it's only a bit wet here in Wollongong, it's very bad in Queensland. 540...

Oich! Bha 45°C againn an-dè :grian: . Cha robh sin cho comhfhurtal idir. Thàinig gaoth deasach san fheasgar ("the Southerly Buster" mar a chuireas sinn oirre) agus bha an t-sìde fada nas fhionnaire an deidh sin. Tha dùil againn gum bhidh 25° ann an-diugh agus bidh mi a' dol do na beanntan....

'S ann an Inbhir Air fhèin a rugadh 's thogadh m'athair 's tha mi eòlach air. Càite bheil thu?

My father was born and raised in Ayr itself and I know it well. Where are you?

Mòran taing a Luchag, Ged a tha teinten mòra air feadh na dùthcha agus taighean air am milleadh, chan eil duine idir air am beatha a chall. Chan eil iad faisg orm ach chan eil feadhainn dhiubh ach ceud cilometer air mo dheas. Thanks Poor Mouse, Although there are major fires all over the country and...

Seo ceangal airson Eachdraidh a' Phrionnsa air archive.org
Here's a link to this text. http://archive.org/details/eachdraidhaphrio00mack
It's always worth looking at this site for old texts. I downloaded an original 1767 Gaelic Bible from here.
Very interesting to see the language at that time.

Somewhere to start might be the book The Lyon in Mourning, a collection of contemporary accounts and documents. Here's a link http://archive.org/details/thelyoninmourning00forbuoft Almost everything I've read on the subject is either quite biased, usually in favor of the Jacobites, and/or very emoti...

Tha an t-sìde ro fhurasda dhuinn ann a seo, a luchag :D . Nuair a bhios am fuachd ann, tha e rudeigin mar 15°C. Nuair a bhios teasach mar 5°C ann, uill bidh sinn a' bàsachadh sna sràidean. The weather is too easy on us here :D . When it is cool it's something like 12°C. When it's 5°, we'll be dying ...

Bha tòrr uisge 's fuachd ann an Latha na Nollaige am bliadhna ann an Sydney. Chan eil seo mi-aithnichte ach chan eil e àbhaisteach idir. 'S àbhaist dhuinn a bhi 38°C neo rud mar sin. There was a lot of rain and it was cool on Christmas Day this year in Sydney. It's not unknown but is unusual. We usu...

Perhaps the following
1) perhaps Seumas Alasdair was a storyteller and "there wasn't a week when the people weren't away with him to (a' falbh ris gu) the other corners of the world

2) a' dol timcheall gun sgur - rotating (revolving) ceaselessly

A native speaking friend of mine from Benbecula also uses clup or clep (perhaps humorously) for a haircut.

Lon dubh seinn [?] (‘san) oidche, Smaoinichidh mi gum bu chòir dha a bhith "Lon dubh seinn tron (through the) oidhch' " (I think that it should be) The e being dropped from oidhche at the end of a sentence is very common, m.e. fad na h-oidhch' (all night). Tha dòigh na h-òrain seo ceart c...

Tha cuimhne agam air nuair a bha mi cho òg. I remember when I was so young.
Co latha breith sona dhut a luchag. Happy birthday, poor mouse.

Tha dealbh àlainn air m' inntinn a-nis. Mòran taing a Mhàiri agus a Luchag.