Fòram na Gàidhlig

On fhuair sinn fasan le'r sàr chleachdadh,
Dùisgeadh beachd ar sinnsir,
Le rùn gun cheilg 's na h-uile fear,
'S gun mheirgh' air leirg nan Lunnuinneach,
Le sunnt a's gleus, a's barrachd spèis
Toirt àite* fein do'n Rìgh,
Mo bhàs gun èis mar b'fhearr leam fein sin,
No ge d' èibht' an t-shith!

* This song, as title indicates, was composed on the repeal of President Forbes's unclothing act, and an anecdote is related of its first rehearsal, which we deem not unworthy of a place here. Our author, like all other poets of his day and country, was a staunch Jacobite, while his father was equally firm in his adherence to the family of Hanover. William had composed the song during one of his excursions through the country, where he probably heard of the era...re of the obnoxious act from the Statute Book, and sung it for the first time to a happy group of rusties who were in the habit of congregating nightly at his father's ingle to hear his new compositions. When he came to the last stanza, in which he indirectly lampoons his Majesty, "Ah!" said his father, involuntarily laying his hand on a cudgel, "ye clown, you know where and when you sing that." "Really, father," replied the poet, "I would sing it in the House of Commons if you were not there!"

BBC Naidheachdan wrote:Tha a' bhuidheann ag aideachadh nach eil deuchainnean gan dèanamh

No ge d' èibht' an t-shith!

poor_mouse wrote:Cunnaic mi rudan mar sin roimhe:

BBC Naidheachdan wrote:Tha a' bhuidheann ag aideachadh nach eil deuchainnean gan dèanamh

A bheil sin a' ciallachad dìreach nach eil a' bhuidheann deuchainnean gan dèanamh no nach eil deuchainnean gan dèanamh fhèin?
Tha sin coltach ris a' ghuth fhulangach, ach car neònach dhomhsa.

Thrissel wrote:I guess. Anyway, to what extent can you match English grammar terminology with Gaelic grammar structures?