Dè tha thu a' dèanamh? / What are you doing?

[Magali]

Tha mi an dòchas gum tig cuideachd. 's e an aon rud ann diugh na bha an dé.

I hope so also. It's the same thing today than yesterday.

[poor_mouse]

My variants would be:

Tha mi an dòchas cuideachd gun tig _e_.

Tha e a h-aon rud an-diugh 's a bha e an-dè.

A bheil sin ceart?
Is it correct?

[Caoimhin.MacGilliosa]

Bha e gle mhàth ann an Dùn Eideann, tapadh leibh.

Tha mi ag obair anns a' gharradh a-màireach agus a' bhòtadh an dèidh.

[poor_mouse]

Am bi e bhòtadh a-màireach ann an Alba? Cha robh fhios agam mu dheidhinn.

Are there voting tomorrow in Scotland? I didn't know about it.

[Caoimhin.MacGilliosa]

Feagar math, Poor Mouse.

Bidh. Bi sinn a´bhòtadh an-là airson Pàrlamaid na h-Alba.
Bidh mi a' roghnaich PNA agus Uaine.

Hi, Poor Mouse.
There's an election for the Scottish Parliment today.
I'll be voting for the SNP and the Greens.

[poor_mouse]

Mòran taing!

Thank you very much!

[GunChleoc]

Agus bhuannaich na Nàisteantaich.
And the National Party won


An tig e? - Tha mi an dòchas gun tig. This works the same as: A bheil thu gu math? - Tha -> Tha mi an dòchas gu bheil.

Tha e an aon rud - meaning "the same" before a noun, you have an aon rather than a h-aon. Don't ask me why

[poor_mouse]

Tapadh leat! Chan fhaigh mi carson...

Thanks! I'll not ask why...

[faoileag]

I think because it's not counting, it's not a noun but an adjective here, and it doesn't really mean a number.
The nearest in English would be 'one and the same'.

a h-aon, a dhà, a trì etc - counting - noun function

aon de na sgoiltean - one of the schools (noun - or pronoun? - usage)

aon rud - one thing (adj.)

an aon rud - the same thing, one and the same thing (adj.)



Eisimpleirean / Examples:

Tha aon rud inntinneach ann, agus 's e.... - there's one interesting thing/fact/point, and it's....

Tha an aon rud agamsa - I have the same thing (

'S e rud inntinneach a th' ann ( gu...) - it's an interesting thing/fact ( that.... )

'S e an aon rud a th' ann - it's the same thing.


By the way, an t-aon = the ace in cards , i.e. regular masculine noun article form.


Nach eil na cànain inntinneach! - Aren't languages interesting!

[Magali]

Glé innteannach, tha gu dearbh! Tapadh leat.

Very interesting, indeed! Thank you

[poor_mouse]

Tha. 'S e mòran rudan inntinneach a tha ann mu dheidhinn nan cànan!
Mòran taing!

Yes. There are many interesting things about the languages!
Thank you very much!

[GunChleoc]

Tha thing that confused me is that it isn't an t-aon rud with a t-. That would make sense when you look at e.g. an t-seann chailleach, seann is also an adjective

[poor_mouse]

Chan eil mòran fhios agam mu dheidhinn nam buadhairean seo: seann, deagh, droch, fìor, sàr, -- ach tha mi a' smaoineachadh nach eil "aon" den bhuidheann aca co-dhiù
Cha bhi e ag obrachadh 's a bhios iad ma-thà.
Chan eil an rud seo cho sìmplidh a thuigsinn cia-ta.

I don't know much about these adjectives: seann etc. -- but I think that "aon" is not of their company in any case.
So, it does not work as they do.
This thing is not very simple to undersand though.

[Magali]

Feasgar math!

Bha mi ag obair gus meadhan-latha an diugh agus an dèidh, bha cùrsa na Gàidhlig agam. Agus nuair a bha e ùllamh, dh'ith mi lem dhuine aig taigh-bìdh. Bha sinn a dh'ithe "hamburger" ach b' e am fear as fhèarr.

Good afternoon!

Today, i was working until midday, and after i had a Gaelic course. And when it was finished, i ate with my husband in a restaurant, we were eating an hamburger but it was the best one.

[AlasdairBochd]

Tha mi air tilleadh an-dràsda as dèidh sia seachdainean ann an Alba. Bha tòrr Ghàidhlig ann agus bha an t-sìde grianach cuid as motha na h-ùine.

I have just returned from six weeks in Scotland. There was lots of Gàidhlig and it was sunny most of the time.