New Starter / How do I say

[kilconquhar]

As a new starter & monoglot I'm keen to understand word order

How would I say

Reason to Believe
Not in a religious context but as in I have reason to believe someone will act as I think they would (Rod Stewart song - Reason to Believe)

There are More questions than Answers

or as a new starter

Every answer I get creates more questions

Moran Taing

[GunChleoc]

You picked some pretty tough constructions already

Reason to Believe

Adhbhar creideis a thoirt dhà
Reason belief(genitive) giving to-him


There are More questions than Answers

Tha barrachd ceistean na tha freagairtean ann
is more(barrachd is a noun) questions(genitive) than is answers in


Every answer I get creates more questions

Bheir gach freagairt tuilleadh ceistean dhomh
will-give every answer more questions(genitive) to-me

Now I hope I haven't made any mistakes

As you can see, Gaelic uses a lot of nouns. When you have a chain of nouns (a noun ohrase), the last one is in the genitive. The verb always comes first, and there are quite anumber of expressions that end with a preposition. Note that prepositions inflect for person: dhomh = do+mi, dhà = do+e.

[neoni]

barrachd/tuilleadh cheistean, tà

[GunChleoc]

tl

[chris-1961]

Halò. How would I say " I sometimes work too hard ". Also, how would I say that "I live with my fiancée and my three step children ".

Hope everyone is well on here and look foward to the day that I can put posts on here in Gàidhlig without making mistakes if I can help it.

Mar sin leat an-drasta agus tapadh leat.[/b]

[faoileag]

Halò, a Chris,

Seo molaidh dhut bhuamsa:

Bidh mi ag obair cus an còmhnaidh (Sin an fhirinn dhomhsa cuideachd! )

Tha mi a' fuireach còmhla ri mo leannan agus mo thrìuir chlann-cèile.

Dè ur beachd, a h-ulie duine?

[Níall Beag]

Bidh mi ag obair cus an còmhnaidh

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He said sometimes, not always!

[Seonaidh]

" I sometimes work too hard ". "I live with my fiancée and my three step children ".

Aidh, "an-còmhnaidh" is "always". Not being a navite Gaelic speaker, I cannot vouch for the "feel" of the following, but 's dòcha:-

Bidh mi ag obair ro chruaidh uaireanan

I'm not sure about "cus": it usually means "too much", but it might be OK instead of the rather literal thing I put.

Tha mi a' fuireach còmhla ris a' phòsgheallta agam agus an trì clann aicese

No doubt it'll all get corrected....

[chris-1961]

Halò a Níall. Ciamar a tha thu an-diugh?

Hop you don't mind me asking but would you like to meet up sometime in Edinburgh as I only live in Penicuik which isn't too far away.

Mar sin leat an-drasta.

[faoileag]

Bidh mi ag obair cus an còmhnaidh

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He said sometimes, not always!

You're right - must have been thinking of myself when I wrote that!

uaireannan, Chris - tha mi duilich!

[Stìophan]

I would say:

Uaireannan bidh mi ag obair cus.

Tha mise a' fuireach ann an Dùn Èideann a-nis cuideachd

[chris-1961]

Halò a h'uile a duine. Ciamar a tha thu an-diugh?

Hello everyone. How are you today? Can someone please tell me how do I say the name of my fiancee name in Gàidhlig? Her name is Linda.

Mar sin leat an-dràsta agus mòran taing.

[GunChleoc]

Seo liosta dhut ach chan eil an t-aimn sin innte

Here's a list for you but that name isn't on it

http://www.akerbeltz.org/beagangaidhlig ... inmean.htm

BTW When you are talking to more than one person it's Ciamar a tha sibh an-diugh?

[chris-1961]

Seo liosta dhut ach chan eil an t-aimn sin innte

Here's a list for you but that name isn't on it

http://www.akerbeltz.org/beagangaidhlig ... inmean.htm

BTW When you are talking to more than one person it's Ciamar a tha sibh an-diugh?

Halò GunChleoc. Ciamar a tha thu an-diugh?

Hello GunChleoc. How are you today?

Many thanks for the list link. Pity my fiancees' name is not on there. Thanks again for your help.

BTW. I have started using TYG and also have another dictionary to help me during my learning of my original native tongue ( Gàidhlig ).

Mar sin leat an-dràsta agus tapadh leat.

[Seonaidh]

BTW. I have started using TYG and also have another dictionary to help me during my learning of my original native tongue ( Gàidhlig ).

You mean to say, you were brought up speaking Gaelic and then forgot it? 'S e bochd sin, tha mi a' creidsinn.