Is this how you would say ...

[misslily]

"Welcome Home ..." would it be:

Fàilte dho dachaigh

or is it:

Fàilte gu dachaigh

or is it:

Fàilte chun dachaigh

... I'm not sure, but I even think that "home" should be spelled "dhachaidh" ... but I'm getting so confused.

[neoni]

i'd just say "fàilte air ais" (welcome back)

but if you really wanted a literal tr*nsl*t**n, i'd say "fàilte dhachaigh" - dachaigh works in strange ways.

for future reference, do/dha/a/gu all mean the exact same

[misslily]

Neoni, thank you very much ... I appreciate your assistance.

[neoni]

that's okay i appreciate your allowing me to reach 500 posts

HERE IT GOES

[misslily]

Woo-Hoo!! Congratulations ... I guess this puts me at 4!! Only 460 more to go! <LOL>

[Seonaidh]

A bheil thu cinnteach nach iarr thu leasan matamataigs?
Art thou sure thou doesn't want a maths lesson?

[Níall Beag]

A bheil thu cinnteach nach iarr thu leasan matamataigs?
Art thou sure thou doesn't want a maths lesson?

If thou wilt use "art though", then though should use not the auxiliary "do".
Art thou sure thou wantest not a Middle English lesson?

[GunChleoc]

aon leasan matamataigs
dà leasan matamataigs
trì leasanan matamataigs
...

[misslily]

But it was at 4 right after I posted it - honest!
Although, like many women, I usually have more to say! No telling where that number will be, soon enough!

[GunChleoc]

Run for your lives

[Seonaidh]

If thou wilt use "art though", then though should use not the auxiliary "do".
Art thou sure thou wantest not a Middle English lesson?

Ach cha robh mi a' sgrìobhadh sa Bheurla Mheadhan! 'S dòcha gun robh an "art" beagan ceàrr - sin BMh gu dearbh. Nuair a chleachdas daoine "thou" sna làithean seo, 's dòcha gum faigh sinn "Arta sure tha's no wantin a maths lesson?" Ach, uill, arta - are thou | art thou - chan eil fios agam.

[misslily]

Wow ...

I only have a slight clue what you folks are debating, but it sure is fun to watch from the sidelines ... I know that seeing the words and how they're spelled has absolutely NO bearing on how they're pronounced, so it's quite fascinating for me to attempt to sound out those words you used - regardless of their meaning. I know I'm saying most of it quite wrong, and at my silly attempts, we collapse in a pile of giggling ...

I wonder how I'm ever going to learn this strange yet elegant language? I have a couple of Languages of the World CDs, with Scottish Gaelic in the collection, and so I've picked up just a little tiny minute speck of recognition. Also, my grandfather was fluent - as are many of my cousins down in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia in Canada. And I have a lot of Gaelic vocal music - none of which I can even come close to mimicking, for the words go by way too fast.

But I'm going to keep on trying ... I love a challenge!

[neoni]

the spelling in gaelic makes a lot more sense than in english

[misslily]

Yes, I bet I'll discover that ... once I learn what all the phonetic sounds are. That still startles me a bit, but I'm beginning to already get used to it.

It'll certainly be mind expanding, even if I don't become a first-class conversationalist. At least I'll connect with my heritage a little bit.

[GunChleoc]

The spelling does look strange at first, but once you figure it out it will make sense.

You can get detailed explanation at the Akerbeltz site, and for taking the sounds slowly you could give the BBC's Beag air Bheag a try. Check out the links on the homepage in the Goireasan/Resources section, they will take you there.