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

treaclemine · Unread post by **treaclemine** » Sun Dec 13, 2009 10:16 am

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!

Unread post by **GunChleoc** » Sun Dec 13, 2009 11:45 am

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

treaclemine wrote:Please tell ... what is the secret of the apostrophe?

a' is the shortened form of ag before consonants. The apostrophe is there to show a letter/sound has been dropped

treaclemine wrote:
GunChleoc wrote:ris a' chat.
That means 'fussing the cat'? Tapadh leibh!

ri is a preposition that you use with talking: bruidhinn ri. bruidhinn ri + an cat = bruidhinn ris a' chat. (talking to the cat)

Thrissel · Unread post by **Thrissel** » Sun Dec 13, 2009 12:12 pm

treaclemine wrote:Tha! Tha mi a' smaoineachadh ud tha e Gàidhig aige! ))

Yes! Yes I think that he does speak Gaelic!

ud means "that" as a pronoun: an taigh ud - that house.

"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.)

treaclemine · Unread post by **treaclemine** » Sun Dec 13, 2009 1:38 pm

Thrissel wrote:ud means "that" as a pronoun: an taigh ud - that house.

Bha mi a smaoineachadh ... 'an taigh seo'!

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!

treaclemine · Unread post by **treaclemine** » Sun Dec 13, 2009 1:42 pm

GunChleoc wrote:Tha mi 'n dòchas gum bi thu nas fhèarr a dh'aithghearr :achlais:
I hope you will be better soon

Tapadh leibh,

GunChleoc wrote: Chan eil mo cheann gort, gu fortanach.
Luckily, my head doesn't hurt

Glè mhath!

GunChleoc wrote:
treaclemine wrote:Please tell ... what is the secret of the apostrophe?
a' is the shortened form of ag before consonants. The apostrophe is there to show a letter/sound has been dropped.

Tapadh leibh.

Bha mi a' bruidhinn ri a' chat.

Unread post by **GunChleoc** » Sun Dec 13, 2009 1:52 pm

ris a chat

Just to make your life harder, some preopsitions take a different form before the article.

treaclemine wrote:Tha mi a' smaoineachadh gu bheil tha Gàidhlig aige!

I think that he speaks Gaelic!

bheil is the same verb as tha, only a different form. So, you say:

Tha mi a' smaoineachadh gu bheil Gàidhlig aige!

treaclemine · Unread post by **treaclemine** » Sun Dec 13, 2009 2:00 pm

GunChleoc wrote:ris a chat ;)

Just to make your life harder, some preopsitions take a different form before the article.

Glè mhath! Bha mi a' bruidhinn ris a' chat?

Very good! I was talking to the cat? Tha mi a' smaoineachadh gu bheil Gàidhlig aige?

Thrissel · Unread post by **Thrissel** » Sun Dec 13, 2009 2:05 pm

treaclemine wrote:Bha mi a' smaoineachadh ... 'an taigh seo'!

I was thinking ... 'that house'!

Seo means "this". Good explanations of adverbs dealing with locations are here and here.

treaclemine · Unread post by **treaclemine** » Sun Dec 13, 2009 2:19 pm

Thrissel wrote:
treaclemine wrote:Bha mi a' smaoineachadh ... 'an taigh seo'!

I was thinking ... 'that house'!
Seo means "this". Good explanations of adverbs dealing with locations are here and here.

Neo 'an taigh sin'? Chan eil mi fìos agam ... tha mo cheann gorst!

Or 'that house'? I don't know ... my head hurts!

Thrissel · Unread post by **Thrissel** » Sun Dec 13, 2009 2:53 pm

Och, tha mi duilich - dhìochumhnich mi. Tha mi an dòchas gum faigh thu nas fheàrr a dh'aithghearr!

Oh I'm sorry, I forgot. Hope you'll get better soon!

Unread post by **GunChleoc** » Sun Dec 13, 2009 5:18 pm

treaclemine wrote:
GunChleoc wrote:ris a chat

Just to make your life harder, some preopsitions take a different form before the article.
Glè mhath! Bha mi a' bruidhinn ris a' chat?

Very good! I was talking to the cat? Tha mi a' smaoineachadh gu bheil Gàidhlig aige?

Sin e!

And watch out, gort without s.

Thrissel · Unread post by **Thrissel** » Sun Dec 13, 2009 5:30 pm

GunChleoc wrote:And watch out, gort without s.

Or is it goirt? Both Mark and Watson have goirt=painful, sore; gort = famine.

Unread post by **GunChleoc** » Sun Dec 13, 2009 11:06 pm

Duh! You're absolutely right

Caoimhin.MacGilliosa · Tue Dec 15, 2009 6:46 pm

tha mi cho leisg agus glè shgith an-dràsda, ach tha e direach Dìmairt.

Roll on, Direachd na Seachdaine

P.S. I'm a beginner, so feel free to mark my mistakes, if you want to, a lot of this is just me off the cuff, so I'm sure I'll have quite a few.

Unread post by **GunChleoc** » Tue Dec 15, 2009 8:10 pm

sgìth - sg- doesn't lenite

Deireadh-seachdaine

Am bi saor-laithean agad aig àm na Nollaige?

Will you have days off at Christmas?

Fòram na Gàidhlig

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

Chan eil mi a' faireachdainn gu math idir.

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

Chan eil mi a' faireachdainn gu math idir.

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