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Can anyone help with the following please. Its for my sons homework.

Bha cat air a fòn.

Bha ad air c\u.

Seo c\al.

Tha ad air a' l\ar

moran taing in advance.

what do you want done with them? put english on them?

if so;
Bha cat air a fòn.
there was a cat on her phone
although i suspect this is probably a mistake, and that they meant "bha cat air an fhòn", meaning "there was a cat on the phone"

Bha ad air cù.
there was a hat on a dog

Seo càl.
here is a cabbage

Tha ad air a' làr
there is a hat on the floor
(it should be "tha ad air an làr")




bizarre...

darkside wrote:Can anyone help with the following please. Its for my sons homework.

Bha cat air a fòn.

Bha ad air c\u.

Seo c\al.

Tha ad air a' l\ar

moran taing in advance.

Bha cat air a fòn
A cat was on the phone.
Bha àd air cù
A hat was on a dog
Seo càl
Here is/This is a cabbage
Tha àd air a'làr
A hat is on the floor

I am sure about 1, 2 and 4 but not so much 3. Mainly as it is the odd one out, or is that what it is meant to be?

neoni wrote: Bha cat air a fòn.
there was a cat on her phone
although i suspect this is probably a mistake, and that they meant "bha cat air an fhòn", meaning "there was a cat on the phone"

...

Though you do hear fòn unlenited (hence 'air a' fòn') - borrowed words aren't always used consistently, eg often don't change form for grammatical reasons.

But I suppose if it's homework, better safe than sorry!

yeah, there'd need to be a cromag àrd there then though



goc always prevails

darkside wrote: Bha cat air a fòn.
Bha ad air c\u.
Seo c\al.
Tha ad air a' l\ar

Darracksheedger,
The others have it right - subject to interpretation (i.e., did you write exactly what it was?). "air a' làr", as was mentioned, ain't right: should this be "air a làr" (on his, her or its floor) or "air an làr" (on the or their floor)? "air a fòn": was that as you said, or was it "air an fhòn" or "air fhòn" (on the phone, on his phone)? Also, "Seo càl" rather stands out as being different from the rest.

Dè mu dheidhinn Gàidhlig a dh'ionnsachadh thu fhèin?
What about learning Gaelic yourself?

Thanks for all your replies, my son get these for his homework from school, i know most of them wont make sense, but he has to draw a picture to go along with sentence.

I am learning to speak the gaelic myself as well, and hoping to go an a course shortly in the glasgow area.

I know most basic phrase etc but not to confident at it all,

i would say maybe i was intermediate beginner.

slainte

Halò Darkside seo beagan obair-dachaigh dhut

Here's a bit of homework for you,

Try the various sections on this webpage, spend a few minutes each day listening to the sound files and then try them out with your son

http://www.smo.uhi.ac.uk/gaidhlig/ionnsachadh/bgfp/

Moran taing

I shall give this a try.

Bha cùs cal anns a' bhùth help needed please.

Does this mean ?

There is a cabbage in the shop?

and Dh' fhàg mi leabhar air a' bhòrd

darkside wrote:Bha cùs cal anns a' bhùth help needed please.

Does this mean ?

There is a cabbage in the shop?

and Dh' fhàg mi leabhar air a' bhòrd

Bha cùs cal anns a'bhùth
The was enough cabbage in the shop. Thanks: I learnt a new word "cus"

Dh'fhàg mi leabhar air a'bhòrd
I left the book on the table. Dh'fhàgh is the simple past of "Leaving".

Moran taing Alasdair,

I knew leabhar was book but the rest was way over my head.

darkside wrote:Bha cùs cal anns a' bhùth help needed please.

Does this mean ?

There is a cabbage in the shop?

and Dh' fhàg mi leabhar air a' bhòrd

cus ( there is no accent) means "too much". There was too much cabbage in the shop.

Dh'fhàg mi leabhar air a' bhòrd = I left a book on the table.
Dh'fhàg mi an leabhar air a' bhord = I left the book on the table.

cus is usually used to mean "too much" - (facal feumail, alasdair!)

but i've never seen it with an accent (checked the dictionary, can't find cùs in it, only cus).

your son is getting this stuff from school??

neoni wrote:cus is usually used to mean "too much" - (facal feumail, alasdair!)

but i've never seen it with an accent (checked the dictionary, can't find cùs in it, only cus).

your son is getting this stuff from school??

yes this is his homework in p2