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'S Mise swisscheese

Posted: Thu Jun 27, 2013 11:33 pm
by swisscheese
Hello everyone,

I am an absolute beginner who wishes to learn Gaelic. I have started to study the language and I look forward to learning from you all.

Sincerely,

Swisscheese

Re: 'S Mise swisscheese

Posted: Thu Jun 27, 2013 11:39 pm
by MacCoinnich79
Fàilte dhuit Swisscheese [Welcome]

A' bheil Gàidhlig beagan ort idir? [Do you have a bit of Gaelic at all?]

Re: 'S Mise swisscheese

Posted: Thu Jun 27, 2013 11:46 pm
by swisscheese
I know a little bit :}, I started studying Gaelic 5 days ago.

Re: 'S Mise swisscheese

Posted: Thu Jun 27, 2013 11:54 pm
by MacCoinnich79
Tha sin math, glè mhath. [That's good, well done]

Cùm ort. [Keep at it]

If you want a bit of help with basic Gaelic then I would be happy to go over the easy stuff with you. If you want my email just send me a pm.

Slàinte

Re: 'S Mise swisscheese

Posted: Mon Jul 01, 2013 7:24 pm
by GunChleoc
Fàilte chridheil ort! :)

Do you have a little Gaelic at all? = A bheil beagan Gàidhlig agad idir?

I hope you'll like this place :)

Re: 'S Mise swisscheese

Posted: Tue Jul 02, 2013 1:00 pm
by MacCoinnich79
Duilich.

Taing GunChleoc.

Stupid mistake using ort instead of agad but can I ask why beagan is going before Gàidhlig and not after it?

Re: 'S Mise swisscheese

Posted: Tue Jul 02, 2013 3:17 pm
by Thrissel
MacCoinnich79 wrote:Can I ask why beagan is going before Gàidhlig and not after it?
You seem to be mistaking the noun "beagan" (a little, a bit) for the adjective "beag" (little, small).

beagan + (genitive) Gàidhlig
a bit of + Gaelic

Re: 'S Mise swisscheese

Posted: Tue Jul 02, 2013 3:30 pm
by MacCoinnich79
ah ok. Tha mi a' smaointinn gu bheil mi ga tuigsinn a-nis.

Tha beagan Gàidhlig agam.

Tha seòmar caidil beag agam.

Re: 'S Mise swisscheese

Posted: Wed Jul 03, 2013 10:49 am
by GunChleoc
Sin agad e :)