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Duolingo phrases :)
Posted: Tue Dec 31, 2019 8:16 pm
by Larissa
Seall! Tha bonaid agus drathais orm
Look! I have a bonnet and underpants on
I am going to make it my life's goal to use this at some point in the future

Re: Duolingo phrases :)
Posted: Thu Jan 02, 2020 1:31 am
by faoileag
An dòchas gu bheil rudeigin eile ort cuideachd!
Hope you have something else on too!
Bliadhna Mhath Ùr dhut!

Re: Duolingo phrases :)
Posted: Fri Jan 24, 2020 7:44 pm
by poptart
Tha mi ag ithe snèap, tha mi cho toilichte!
I am eating a turnip, I am so happy.
Takes all sorts I s'pose.

Re: Duolingo phrases :)
Posted: Wed Feb 19, 2020 1:17 pm
by GunChleoc
Tha iad blasta gu leòr.
They're tasty enough.
Re: Duolingo phrases :)
Posted: Sat Feb 22, 2020 8:34 pm
by getracey
Seall, tha mo thòn reòite.
Look, my buttocks are frozen.
I can understand having frozen buttocks, especially 'ann an Alba' , but asking someone to look at them? Unless it's a doctor maybe.
Re: Duolingo phrases :)
Posted: Sun Feb 23, 2020 7:04 pm
by faoileag
Just trying to make learning fun, therefore memorable - not everyone's sense of humour, admittedly!

But you have now used it / written it / thought about it / told others about it, so you have thereby increased your chance of learning useful vocab, even if likely to be re-used in different contexts.
Re: Duolingo phrases :)
Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2020 9:34 pm
by getracey
Tha sibh ceart, faoileag
You are right, faoileag.
I wasn't meaning to disparage Duolino or anyone who has contributed to it, humour is a great tool to use. Trouble is whenever I see the phrase 'Mo thòn' I get Shane McGowan's voice stuck in my head for the next few hours or to use another duolingo phrase:
Eadar mo chluas agus mo chluas eile
Between my ear and my other ear
Re: Duolingo phrases :)
Posted: Wed Feb 26, 2020 9:02 pm
by GunChleoc
Uill, tha mi 'n dùil gu bheil rudeigin eadar do dhà chluas!
Well, I expect there's something between your ears

Re: Duolingo phrases :)
Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2020 2:00 pm
by getracey
Tha gu dearbh, Gun Chleoc!
'tha mi a' goid bonaid agus IRN BRU'
'I am stealing a bonnet and IRN BRU'
Sounds like someone has drunk too much IRN BRU (also known as mad juice) already.
Tha mi ag òl cus

Actually, how would I say too much of something?
Re: Duolingo phrases :)
Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2020 5:14 pm
by GunChleoc
cus + noun in the genitive, or cus + dhen + noun in the dative.
I ate too much cake - Dh'ith mi cus cèice
I ate too much of that cake - Dh'ith mi cus dhen chèic sin