Oidhche Shamhna / Hallowe'en

JoP · Unread post by **JoP** » Fri Oct 31, 2008 3:22 pm

De a tha a’ dèanamh sibh air Oidhche Shamhna a nis? Nuair a bha mi òg chuireamaid sinn an leth-a-staigh de nèip air falbhimrich, an dèidh sin ghèarramaid sinn aghaidh innte, agus chuireamaid sinn coinneal a-staigh gus buad a dhèan. Chaid an nèip a chuir ann an cuach le uisge is siùcar. Brach iad a dhèan nèip-fion. Bha e a’ blas fuathmhor

What do you do for hallowe’en now. When I was young we used to hollow out a turnip, cut a face in it and put a candle inside to make a lantern. The bits of turnip were put in a bowl with water and sugar. They fermented to make turnip wine. It tasted horrible.

Is it best to use -amaid for the past habitual or just to end -adh? I struggle toknow if I have used the tenses correctly.

Unread post by **Níall Beag** » Fri Oct 31, 2008 4:35 pm

JoP wrote:chuireamaid sinn

Is it best to use -amaid for the past habitual or just to end -adh? I struggle toknow if I have used the tenses correctly.

"Chuireamaid" implies "sinn" -- you don't write sinn.
You can't say "chuireadh sinn" either -- it has to be "chuireamaid".

neoni · Unread post by **neoni** » Fri Oct 31, 2008 7:20 pm

lots of people use "chuireadh sinn" and in some areas that is standard

yellow-ceitidh · Fri Oct 31, 2008 9:02 pm

Chan eil mi a' dèan càil a-nochd ... tha i ro fhuar!
I'm not doing anything tonight ... it's too cold!

yellow-ceitidh · Fri Oct 31, 2008 9:03 pm

Chan eil mi a' dèan càil a-nochd ... tha i ro fhuar!
I'm not doing anything tonight ... it's too cold!

Seonaidh · Unread post by **Seonaidh** » Fri Oct 31, 2008 10:36 pm

Nuair a bha mi òg cha do rinn sinn càil sam bith air oidhche shamhna - agus cha dèan mi càil sam bith a-nis. Cha robh "oidhche shamhna" pàirt den chultair againn. Là nan uile naoimhe, aidh, bha sin nas fheàrr leinn. 'S dòcha gur e "Sgruids" an t-ainm a th' annam...

Unread post by **Gràisg** » Fri Oct 31, 2008 10:46 pm

Tha e dìreach cho borb 's a tha e buailteach a bhith aig am sam bith ann a sheo

RDavidP · Unread post by **RDavidP** » Sat Nov 01, 2008 2:20 am

I hope you don't mind this Seonaidh and Gràisg, but I am just starting to learn Gaelic and wanted to know what you both said. Is this correct?

Seonaidh:
When I was younger, we did not have the desire for any Halloween, and I do not have the desire now. Halloween was not part of our culture.

For the last two sentences, I could not quite tr*nsl*t* cleanly, but I think the basic idea is "All Saint's Day was better. Perhaps the 'Sgruids' came up with the name.", and I understand what Sgruid means.

Gràisg:
He is just so fierce that he is liable to be at any in here. (I probably did not get this one right.)

So did I do alright, or did I completely mess up? Maybe later I will post what I did, but I am now tired from flipping through a Gaelic-English dictionary. I was able to guess for the most part which words were leniated and went right to the root word.

Unread post by **Gràisg** » Sat Nov 01, 2008 9:35 am

Madainn mhath a Dhaibhidh

Tha e dìreach cho borb 's a tha e buailteach a bhith aig am sam bith ann a sheo

It's as uncivilised here as it's likely to be at any time

No difference at all for a Friday in Nairn

Unread post by **GunChleoc** » Sat Nov 01, 2008 10:34 am

Cha d' rinn mi dad is mi ro sgìth an-dèidh seachdain dripeil
I didn't do anything because I was too tired after a busy week

RDavidP · Unread post by **RDavidP** » Sat Nov 01, 2008 2:53 pm

Gràisg wrote:Madainn mhath a Dhaibhidh

Tha e dìreach cho borb 's a tha e buailteach a bhith aig am sam bith ann a sheo

It's as uncivilised here as it's likely to be at any time
No difference at all for a Friday in Nairn

Wow, I failed that one.

neoni · Unread post by **neoni** » Sat Nov 01, 2008 3:04 pm

nae worries - i didn't understand either

Unread post by **Níall Beag** » Sat Nov 01, 2008 4:10 pm

Seadh, agus bu choir dhuinn sgriobhadh anns na dà chànan ann a' sheo!

Yeah, and we are supposed to write in both languages here.

Seonaidh · Unread post by **Seonaidh** » Sun Nov 02, 2008 12:19 am

Seonaidh wrote:Nuair a bha mi òg cha do rinn sinn càil sam bith air oidhche shamhna - agus cha dèan mi càil sam bith a-nis. Cha robh "oidhche shamhna" pàirt den chultair againn. Là nan uile naoimhe, aidh, bha sin nas fheàrr leinn. 'S dòcha gur e "Sgruids" an t-ainm a th' annam...

Aie Ddewi, chi wedi datrys y rhan cynta'n iawn. Là nan uile... 's e "All Saints' Day" a th' ann, "bha sin nas gheàrr leinn" "roedd hynny'n well gennyn" no "that was better wiv us". "Sgruids"? - 's e "Scrooge"...
Sori about the dà-chànanach bit - we get carried away at times...I take it to mean we can write in the one or the other.

Neas Olc · Unread post by **Neas Olc** » Sun Nov 02, 2008 2:45 am

Chaidh mi do phàrtaidh còmhla ri mu thuaiream coigead doaine eile a-raoir. Chunnaic mi doaine inteannach air an t-sràd an-deidh, aig uair 'sa mhatainn- cò dhiugh cha robh iadsan leth cho annasach 's a bha na doaine a bh'agam aig a'phàrtaidh!

'S e spòrs mhath a bh'ann ach bha mi sgith madainn an-diugh.

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