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

[GunChleoc]

Tha coltas glè cheart air

Gaelic doesn't make the difference between "it sounds good" and "it looks good".

Students around here often say "Tha e a soundaigeadh math"


until with one l

Tha sibh a' dèanamh glè mhath!

[poor_mouse]

Mòran taing!

[CelticSpice]

Tapadh leat!

I thought the additional l was a typo, Poor Mouse. Sorry about that.

[Caoimhin.MacGilliosa]

Tha mi ag èisteachd ris an reìdio agus bidh mi a' dùisg tràth sa' mhàdainn airson maidse rugbaidh a-màireach eader Alba 's Sasann.
Chan eil fios agam gum bidh Alba a' bunnaich ach tha dòchas agam.

I'm listening to the ready and tomorrow I'll wake up early for the rugby match between Scotland and England.
I don't iknow if Scotland will win but I hope so.

[that_guy_]

Bha mi a’ coimhead air prògram aig Stephen Fry a’ nochd air BBC 2. ‘S e lìn mu dheidhinn cànan is cànain a th’ann nam prògraman seo. Bha iad a’bruidhinn mu dheidhinn cànan bàs a-nochd agus ‘S e pìos snog a bh’ ann mu dheidhinn Gaelige na Eirinn, ach neonitheachd mu dheidhinn na gàidhlig. Cha robh mi gan thuigsinn ag radh rud sam bith sa Gaelige ge-ta!

I was watching Stephen Fry's program on BBC2 tonight. These programmes are a series about language and languages. They were talking about language death tonight and there was a nice piece about Irish, but nothing about Gàidhlig. I wasn't understanding them saying anything in Irish though.

[tj4234]

@ Caoimhin.MacGilliosa. We were robbed of victory! The ref missed a few things as well of course. Including a high tackle.

tha mi a' dol don leabaidh oir thèid mi oilthidh sa mhadhainn a-maireach.

[poor_mouse]

bidh mi a' dùisg

bidh mi a' dùsgadh no dùisgidh mi? Chan eil mi cinnteach...

[GunChleoc]

Make sure you don't mix up the verb with the corresponding verbal noun:

buannaich - buannachd
dùisg - dùsgadh

Bidh mi a' dùsgadh = I will be waking up

Dùisgidh mi = I will wake up, or: I wake up (regularly)


a-nochd le -

a series (of programs) = sreath (de phrògraman)

bha iad a' bruidhinn mu dheidhinn bàs cànain

Gaeilge na h-Eirinn: h- before vowels

ach cha robh sgeul air a' Ghàidhlig, ach cha robh sìon mun a' Ghàidhlig ann, ach cha tuirt iad dad mun a' Ghàidhlig, ach cha tug iad iomradh air a' Ghàidhlig. Take your pick

Cha robh mi gan tuigsinn nuair a bha iad a' bruidhinn sa Ghaeilge

thèid mi dhan/don oilthigh



A-nis, tha mi an dòchas nach do chuir mi mearachdan sam bith ùra a-steach
Now I hope I haven't added any new mistakes

[Caoimhin.MacGilliosa]

Tapadh leibh, a h-uile daoine.

[CelticSpice]

Tha mi a' sgrùdadh Gàidhlig agus ag òl Irn-Bru.

I am studying Gaelic and drinking Irn-Bru.

[Caoimhin.MacGilliosa]

Tha taigh saor agam, agus bidh mi a' sealltain film anns a' sheòmair-suidhe. 's dòcha gum bi mi a' ruith mad anns an taigh cuideachd.

I have a free houe, and I'm going to watch a film. Maybe I'll also run wild too in the house also

[GunChleoc]

sealltainn
anns an t-seòmar-suidhe

Dè am film a bh' ann?
Which film was it?

[CelticSpice]

Tha mi den bheachd gu bheil dìth a ionnsachadh Gàidhlig orm feabhasach.

I am thinking (am of the opinion) that I need to learn Gaelic better.

I (think I) know how to say "I need," but how would an infinitve follow the phrase? Would it be the way I put it?

[Caoimhin.MacGilliosa]

Choimhead mi 'Usual Suspects', cha do choimhead mise an film seo. Bha an film glè mhath agus èibhinn gu lèir.

I watched the Usual Suspects. I have not seen the film. It was very good and quite funny.

[faoileag]

Celtic Spice:

Tricky topic, 'need' and 'must' etc!

'dìth' = lack, deficit, something missing, rather than need in the sense of obligation/requirement, which is usually expressed with one of the 'feum' constructions (verb or noun).

a dhìth orm = lacking to me
I need / lack money > tha airgead a dhìth orm / tha dìth airgid orm (sin a dhèanamh/gus sin a dhèanamh / airson sin a dhèanamh).
I lack Gaelic > tha Gàidhlig a dhìth orm / tha dìth Gàidhlig orm.

Feumaidh mi Gàidhlig ionnsachadh = I must / I need to learn G.
Feumaidh Gàidhlig nas fheàrr a bhith agam (gus sin a dhèanamh)- I must /need to have better G. (in order to do that)
OR Tha feum agam air Gàidhlig nas fheàrr (gus sin a dhèanamh) - I have need of better G. (in order to do that)



A Chaoimhin:

Coimhead usually takes 'air' after it (c.f. 'looking at')
> Choimhead mi air ....cha do choimhead mi air an fhilm roimhe (before).

gu math èibhinn - quite / fairly / pretty funny.
gu lèir = 'quite' only in the sense of 'completely'
am film gu lèir - the complete film, the whole film.