Ceistean: TYG

[akerbeltz]

Yesno. The prepositions do and de both cause the reduplicated dh' but in this instance it is the shortened form of de, not do.

The problem is that that distinction is conceptual more than phonetic. In virtually all spoken dialects of Gaelic both do and de are /d?/, which is then reduced to /?/, leaving you with a dh' in both cases. You have to tell from context if it's supposed to be the partitice de or the directional do. Here, it's clearly de as the sense is partitive.

[AlasdairBochd]

Tapadh leatsa, tha sin nas soilliere.

Thanks. That's clearer.

[poor_mouse]

Oh! Dè am fad... >> ...a dh' fhaide: is it genetive case or not? And why "-e" in the end?

Lorg mi sin anns an Fhaclair Bheag:

fad /fad/
fir.
length

faide /fad??/
boir. iol. -ean
length

Is it "faide" or "fad" in "a dh' fhaide"?

Tapadh leibh, akerbeltz, I understand now this thing about "agus/is".

[akerbeltz]

Both, you can say 5 cm a dh'fhad or 5 cm a dh'fhaid(e). It just depends on the dialect/your preference. I prefer faid(e) as it keeps it separate from the adjective fad.

[Seonaidh]

...fhad 's urrainn dhut... (as far as you can)

[poor_mouse]

Tapadh leibh airson ur cuideachadh!

[poor_mouse]

geal
bua. coi. gile
white

Chan eil fhios agam: when is "gile" used? In gen. femin.? Or in gen. musc. also? Or it'll be "ghil" instead, as "ghuirm"?
D­è mu dheidhinn na h-eaglaise guirme / gile? (A bheil sin ceart?)
Tha bùth mu choinneamh an taigh ghuirm / ghil (???)

Cuidichibh, ma 's e ur toil e!

[poor_mouse]

Tha mi a' smaoineachadh gun do lorg mi dè tha "coi." ("coim.") a' ciallachadh -- what does it mean:

beag /beg/
boir. coim. lugha

coim.=coimeasach -- comparative; boir.=boireann -- feminine.

So, is it "lugha" not only comparative form (nas lugha, as lugha), but also feminine ("luchag lugha" instead of "luchag bheag")?
Or maybe it is in use ony in genitive case of feminine ("dè mu dheidhinn an luchag lugha" instead of "bhig")?

[Níall Beag]

I'm 100% sure that this is a typo, and should say "bua" (=buadhair =adjective) rather than "boir". All the other adjectives are marked "bua" anyway....

[poor_mouse]

So, "lugha" and "gile" is only comparative forms for "beag" and "geal" -- ceart gu leòr agus tapadh leibh!

Seo an sgeul beag ma tha:

Seo luchag.
Tha an luchag seo beag.
A bheil an luchag bheag geal, glas no liath?
’S e luchag ghlas a tha innte.
Tha an t-eagal an-dràsda air an luchaig ghlais, bhig.
’S e an cat uabhasach, dubh, glè mhòr a tha a' stad dìreach mu choinneamh na luchaige glaise, bige.
Tha an cat mòr a’ faicinn na luchaige bige.
Tha an luchag bheag a’ faicinn a’ chait mhòir.
Tha an luchag bhochd nas lugha a-nis 's a bha i riamh!
Agus an uairsin ruith an luchag bheag air falbh gu sgiobalta!
Math fhèin!
’S e luchag luath a tha inntese, tha i nas luaithe na an cat seo.

A bheil sin ceart?

[akerbeltz]

I'm 100% sure that this is a typo, and should say "bua" (=buadhair =adjective) rather than "boir". All the other adjectives are marked "bua" anyway....

Yikes, it was. Thanks!

[poor_mouse]

Agus de mu dheidhinn an sgèil bhig agam? A bheil sin ceart?

[akerbeltz]

Duilich, bha mi thall thairis 's bha trioblaid agam leis an logadh a-steach. Nist, just a few small things:

Tha an t-eagal an-dràsda air an luchaig ghlais, bhig.

Tha an t-eagal air an luchaig bhig ghlais an-dràsta.

1) Expressions of time traditionally are placed as far back in the phrase as possible.
2) Gaelic has Adjective Ordering is different from English. In Gaelic the preference is Size > Quality > Colour
3) No comma between lists of adjectives are needed

’S e an cat uabhasach, dubh, glè mhòr a tha a' stad dìreach mu choinneamh na luchaige glaise, bige.

’S e an cat glè mhòr uabhasach dubh a tha a' stad dìreach mu choinneamh na luchaige glaise bige.

1) Adjective ordering as above

A general note on register. That's spotless grammar and would be appropriate for an essay or a speech. But if you talk like that in a pub in Uist, people will think you're trying to be too clever, so I'd just advise you to be aware too of the somewhat simplified system used in spoken Gaelic where you'd get: na luchaige ghlas bheag

But for the purposes of practising the conservative genitives, rinn thu glè mhath!

[faoileag]

Seadh, 's math a rinn thu, gu dearbh.

Agus taing do dh'Ak mar as àbhaist - 'adjective order' - nì mi seo a rèir na fuaime, ach tha e math seòrsa riaghailt fhaighinn.

Size does matter, evidently!

[poor_mouse]

Mòran taing!

Tha fhios agam mu "na luchaige ghlas bheag" forms too...
The 'adjective order' is very useful thing! -- 'S e an riaghailt glè fheumail a tha innte!

Seo an sgeul agam a-rithist:

Seo luchag.
Tha an luchag seo beag.
A bheil an luchag bheag geal, glas no liath?
’S e luchag ghlas a tha innte.
Tha an t-eagal air an luchaig bhig ghlais an-dràsta.
’S e an cat glè mhòr uabhasach dubh a tha a' stad dìreach mu choinneamh na luchaige bige glaise (no: bhig ghlais).
Tha an cat mòr a’ faicinn na luchaige bige (no: bhig).
Tha an luchag bheag a’ faicinn a’ chait mhòir.
Tha an luchag bhochd nas lugha a-nis 's a bha i riamh!
Agus an uairsin ruith an luchag bheag air falbh gu sgiobalta!
Math fhèin!
’S e luchag luath a tha inntese, tha i nas luaithe na an cat seo.