Sin or Sinn?
Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2011 9:33 pm
Gàidhlig
Beurla
Hallo a h-uile duine
Please forgive me if I use English – it’s just that it’ll be quicker. I haven’t worked out how to do the accents yet and this is my first entry on this excellent forum.
I’ve been learning Gaidhlig since I fell over last year and put my ankle into plaster for three months! It’s been something I’ve wanted to do for ages (learn Gaelic, that is, I don’t recommend the other at all) and it’s been great fun. I’ve been using Robertson and Taylor’s “Teach Yourself” course and it’s been splendid. But I’ve nobody to practice on down here in Cumbria and every so often I think of a problem to which I can’t find an answer.
So, could anybody help me with the following query? The other night it occurred to me that sin (that) and sinn (we) sound very much the same. So, how would you know whether somebody was saying, for example, “that’s better”, tha sin nas fhearr as opposed to “we are better”, which I would take it is tha sinn nas fhearr? Do you just need a very good ear?
Latha math an-drasda
Beurla
Hallo a h-uile duine
Please forgive me if I use English – it’s just that it’ll be quicker. I haven’t worked out how to do the accents yet and this is my first entry on this excellent forum.
I’ve been learning Gaidhlig since I fell over last year and put my ankle into plaster for three months! It’s been something I’ve wanted to do for ages (learn Gaelic, that is, I don’t recommend the other at all) and it’s been great fun. I’ve been using Robertson and Taylor’s “Teach Yourself” course and it’s been splendid. But I’ve nobody to practice on down here in Cumbria and every so often I think of a problem to which I can’t find an answer.
So, could anybody help me with the following query? The other night it occurred to me that sin (that) and sinn (we) sound very much the same. So, how would you know whether somebody was saying, for example, “that’s better”, tha sin nas fhearr as opposed to “we are better”, which I would take it is tha sinn nas fhearr? Do you just need a very good ear?
Latha math an-drasda
