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Sgrìobh a h-uile rud gu dà-chànanach / Write everything bilingually
Sgrìobh a h-uile rud gu dà-chànanach / Write everything bilingually
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Chan eil mi a' faireachdainn gu math idir.
Tha mo cheann gorst, agus tha mo dhrùim gorst cuideachd.
My head is sore, and my back is sore too.
Tha mo sròn gorst. 'S dòcha gu bheil seòrsa fliú orm?
My nose is sore. Maybe I have got some kind of 'flu?
Dè a' Ghàidhlig air, 'sinuses'? Tapadh leibh.
How is 'sinuses' said in Gaelic? Thank you!
My head is sore, and my back is sore too.
Tha mo sròn gorst. 'S dòcha gu bheil seòrsa fliú orm?
My nose is sore. Maybe I have got some kind of 'flu?
Dè a' Ghàidhlig air, 'sinuses'? Tapadh leibh.
How is 'sinuses' said in Gaelic? Thank you!
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Tha mi 'n dòchas gum bi thu nas fhèarr a dh'aithghearr
I hope you will be better soon
Chan eil mo cheann gort, gu fortanach.
Luckily, my head doesn't hurt
I hope you will be better soon
Chan eil mo cheann gort, gu fortanach.
Luckily, my head doesn't hurt
a' is the shortened form of ag before consonants. The apostrophe is there to show a letter/sound has been droppedtreaclemine wrote:Please tell ... what is the secret of the apostrophe?
ri is a preposition that you use with talking: bruidhinn ri. bruidhinn ri + an cat = bruidhinn ris a' chat. (talking to the cat)treaclemine wrote:That means 'fussing the cat'? Tapadh leibh!GunChleoc wrote:ris a' chat.
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ud means "that" as a pronoun: an taigh ud - that house.treaclemine wrote:Tha! Tha mi a' smaoineachadh ud tha e Gàidhig aige! ))
Yes! Yes I think that he does speak Gaelic!
"That" as a conjunction is, depending on the following verb, gu, gum, gun or gur: Tha mi a' smaoineachadh gu bheil Gàidhlig aige!
(After gu &c you use the form which is used in question, so it's gu bheil, similarly to a bheil?, rather than gu tha.)
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Bha mi a smaoineachadh ... 'an taigh seo'!Thrissel wrote:ud means "that" as a pronoun: an taigh ud - that house.
I was thinking ... 'that house'!
Tha mi a' smaoineachadh gu bheil tha Gàidhlig aige!
I think that he speaks Gaelic!
Tha mi a smaoineachadh gu bheil tha e a' tuigsinn Gàaidhlig, a tha ann co-dhiú.
I think that he understands Gaelic, anyhow.
Tapadh leibh!
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Tapadh leibh,GunChleoc wrote:Tha mi 'n dòchas gum bi thu nas fhèarr a dh'aithghearr :achlais:
I hope you will be better soon
Glè mhath!GunChleoc wrote: Chan eil mo cheann gort, gu fortanach.
Luckily, my head doesn't hurt
Tapadh leibh.GunChleoc wrote:a' is the shortened form of ag before consonants. The apostrophe is there to show a letter/sound has been dropped.treaclemine wrote:Please tell ... what is the secret of the apostrophe?
Bha mi a' bruidhinn ri a' chat.
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ris a chat
Just to make your life harder, some preopsitions take a different form before the article.
Tha mi a' smaoineachadh gu bheil Gàidhlig aige!
Just to make your life harder, some preopsitions take a different form before the article.
bheil is the same verb as tha, only a different form. So, you say:treaclemine wrote:Tha mi a' smaoineachadh gu bheil tha Gàidhlig aige!
I think that he speaks Gaelic!
Tha mi a' smaoineachadh gu bheil Gàidhlig aige!
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Sin e!treaclemine wrote:Glè mhath! Bha mi a' bruidhinn ris a' chat?GunChleoc wrote:ris a chat
Just to make your life harder, some preopsitions take a different form before the article.
Very good! I was talking to the cat? Tha mi a' smaoineachadh gu bheil Gàidhlig aige?
And watch out, gort without s.
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sgìth - sg- doesn't lenite
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Am bi saor-laithean agad aig àm na Nollaige?
Will you have days off at Christmas?
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Am bi saor-laithean agad aig àm na Nollaige?
Will you have days off at Christmas?
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