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Re: Ciamar a tha an t-sìde / How's the weather?
Posted: Tue May 03, 2011 3:52 pm
by GunChleoc
Tha a' ghrian a' deàrrsadh an-seo fad làithean a-nis!
The sun has been shining here for days now
Re: Ciamar a tha an t-sìde / How's the weather?
Posted: Thu May 05, 2011 11:42 pm
by Magali
Nach buidhe dhut! Tha uisge ann an-seo mar as àbhaist!
Lucky you! It's raining here as usual!
Re: Ciamar a tha an t-sìde / How's the weather?
Posted: Fri May 06, 2011 11:48 am
by GunChleoc
Bha beagan uisge againn cuideachd an-dè.
We also had a bit of rain yesterday
Re: Ciamar a tha an t-sìde / How's the weather?
Posted: Fri May 06, 2011 8:03 pm
by Magali
Tha e nas fheàrr an diugh. Tha latha breagha ann agus tha a grian a'dèarrsadh.
It's better today, it's a beautiful day an the sun is shining
Re: Ciamar a tha an t-sìde / How's the weather?
Posted: Sat May 07, 2011 8:49 am
by poor_mouse
"tha a' ghrian a' dearrsadh", tha mi a' smaoineachadh...
Tha mi toilichte a' cluinntinn gu bheil i nas fheàrr anns an àite agad an diugh!
Ach tha i dorcha agus fliuch an-seo fhathast.
I'm glad to hear that the weather is better today in your place!
But it's dark and wet here yet.
Re: Ciamar a tha an t-sìde / How's the weather?
Posted: Thu May 12, 2011 7:04 pm
by GunChleoc
Tha i ceòthach an seo.
it is misty here
deàrrsach - watch the accent
Tha mi toilichte cluinntinn / a bhith a' cluinntinn
Re: Ciamar a tha an t-sìde / How's the weather?
Posted: Fri May 13, 2011 12:12 pm
by poor_mouse
Ach tha "dearrsadh"
anns a' Fhaclair Beag 
GunChleoc wrote:Tha mi toilichte cluinntinn / a bhith a' cluinntinn
Mòran taing!
Bha an abairt agam dìreach eadar dà rud ceart agus cha robh i ceart gu dearbh
My phrase was just between two correct things and it wasn't correct of course.
Re: Ciamar a tha an t-sìde / How's the weather?
Posted: Fri May 13, 2011 1:00 pm
by GunChleoc
Am Faclair Beag omits these, because vowels are long before rr+consonant anyway.
Just make sure the accent isn't on the e, because then the pronunciation would be an or [ia] or something like that instead of an [a], like in brèagha, dèanamh.
Re: Ciamar a tha an t-sìde / How's the weather?
Posted: Fri May 13, 2011 2:31 pm
by poor_mouse
GunChleoc wrote:Am Faclair Beag omits these, because vowels are long before rr+consonant anyway.
Just make sure the accent isn't on the e, because then the pronunciation would be an or [ia] or something like that instead of an [a], like in brèagha, dèanamh.
Ceart gu leòr, tapadh leat! 
Re: Ciamar a tha an t-sìde / How's the weather?
Posted: Sat May 14, 2011 12:05 pm
by AlasdairBochd
Macfarlane's and my old printed Dwelly's gives dèarrsadh and McBain gives deàrrsadh and so does Colin Mark. Online Dwelly's says dearrsadh. I have also been taught that the double rr would make the srac redundant anyway as the a would be long by default. Is Macfarlane wrong or has the word changed in pronunciation over the years as is the case with some other words .
Dèarrsadh would make both vowels long, wouldn't it ?
Dè ur beachd ?
Re: Ciamar a tha an t-sìde / How's the weather?
Posted: Sat May 14, 2011 5:52 pm
by An Gobaire
Anns an dol seachad, there is a similar sounding word, without a stràc, dearrsach, which is from Uist and is still in use with the meaning "heavy rain".
And so, you get the idiom: Ghabh e dearrsach - which means, he "drank a lot (of alcoholic beverages!)".
Re: Ciamar a tha an t-sìde / How's the weather?
Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2011 9:01 am
by CelticSpice
Tha an seo an t-sìde theth agus thioram. Cuideachd, tha i an seo a-nochd.
An do chan sin mi ceart?
Did I even say that right?
Re: Ciamar a tha an t-sìde / How's the weather?
Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2011 12:43 pm
by GunChleoc
Bha i teth agus tioram an-dè ach tha an tuisge ann an-diugh.
It was hot and dry yesterday but it is raining today
It is easier for us if you include a tr*nsl*t**n, so we know what you wanted to say.
You did very well
, here's some grammar points for you:
- sìde theth, but tha an t-sìde teth. You need to do grammar things with "hot" when you say something like "hot weather", but not when you say some thing like "the weather is hot" - it then just stays as it is.
Tha an t-sìde teth is tioram an seo.
- place and time go to the end of a sentence, so I moved an seo.
And another bit of word order:
An do chan mi seo gu ceart. ceart = correct, gu ceart = correctly.
Re: Ciamar a tha an t-sìde / How's the weather?
Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2011 6:57 pm
by CelticSpice
GunChleoc wrote:Bha i teth agus tioram an-dè ach tha an tuisge ann an-diugh.
It was hot and dry yesterday but it is raining today
It is easier for us if you include a tr*nsl*t**n, so we know what you wanted to say.
You did very well
, here's some grammar points for you:
- sìde theth, but tha an t-sìde teth. You need to do grammar things with "hot" when you say something like "hot weather", but not when you say some thing like "the weather is hot" - it then just stays as it is.
Tha an t-sìde teth is tioram an seo.
- place and time go to the end of a sentence, so I moved an seo.
And another bit of word order:
An do chan mi seo gu ceart. ceart = correct, gu ceart = correctly.
Tha mi duilich.
Tapadh leat, a-rithist.
I'm sorry.
Thank you, again.
I'll do my best to remember the grammar and word order.
Re: Ciamar a tha an t-sìde / How's the weather?
Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2011 8:51 pm
by GunChleoc
Na bi duilich!
Don't be sorry!
It is impossible to learn a language without making mistakes
