Gàidhlig group on 'Facebook'!

ScotiaBalach · Unread post by **ScotiaBalach** » Sun Jan 11, 2009 3:38 am

Ok, I thought it would be nice to have a Gàidhlig learning group on facebook so I made the 'Gàidhlig Learners Association':
http://www.facebook.com/video/?add&oid= ... 831&ref=mf

Anyone who wants to be a group moderator, please e-mail the group at:
gaidhlig.learners.association@gmail.com

Hope you like it!!

Unread post by **GunChleoc** » Sun Jan 11, 2009 1:11 pm

I'm not a facebook user myself, but since you're overe there you might find the following group interesting as well, a Bhalaich:

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2216292068

ScotiaBalach · Unread post by **ScotiaBalach** » Sun Jan 11, 2009 6:36 pm

Nice... I've joined it! Thanks for posting!

Sun Jan 11, 2009 7:27 pm

hi soctia balaich

your link takes me to a video page and not a gaelic learners association?

cheers!

ooops hang on - no it doesnt anymore - sorry bout that - got there in the end!

ScotiaBalach · Unread post by **ScotiaBalach** » Sun Jan 11, 2009 7:39 pm

Hey, if you join, I can make you an admin!

ScotiaBalach · Unread post by **ScotiaBalach** » Mon Jan 12, 2009 6:18 pm

Ok, has anyone joined the group??

~Sìle~ · Unread post by **~Sìle~** » Mon Jan 12, 2009 9:52 pm

Nice idea, but I don't do facebook.

ScotiaBalach · Mon Jan 12, 2009 11:16 pm

NicÒgan wrote:Nice idea, but I don't do facebook.

That's fine. Seriously the only reason I do it is to connect with friends in Botswana and to keep in touch with the goings-on in places like Scotland.

Unread post by **Gràisg** » Tue Jan 13, 2009 5:38 pm

gur math a thèid leat

good luck

*Alasdair* · Unread post by ***Alasdair*** » Tue Jan 13, 2009 11:25 pm

ScotiaBalach wrote:Ok, I thought it would be nice to have a Gàidhlig learning group on facebook so I made the 'Gàidhlig Learners Association':
http://www.facebook.com/video/?add&oid= ... 831&ref=mf

Anyone who wants to be a group moderator, please e-mail the group at:
gaidhlig.learners.association@gmail.com

Hope you like it!!

Hey, tha mi na phairt a-nis.

A bheil eolach agad air Joanne MacD? Tha ise aig an t-Sabhail comhla riumsa. 'S e duine snog a th'innte.

ScotiaBalach · Wed Jan 14, 2009 12:46 am

*Alasdair* wrote:
ScotiaBalach wrote:Ok, I thought it would be nice to have a Gàidhlig learning group on facebook so I made the 'Gàidhlig Learners Association':
http://www.facebook.com/video/?add&oid= ... 831&ref=mf

Anyone who wants to be a group moderator, please e-mail the group at:
gaidhlig.learners.association@gmail.com

Hope you like it!!
Hey, tha mi na phairt a-nis.

A bheil eolach agad air Joanne MacD? Tha ise aig an t-Sabhail comhla riumsa. 'S e duine snog a th'innte.

Sorry, but due to my limited knowledge of the Gaelic language I couldn't understand what you said, do you mind repeating it in English please?

Unread post by **Níall Beag** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 10:11 am

*Alasdair* wrote:A bheil eolach agad air Joanne MacD?

You're confusing two things here.

"eolach" is an adjective knowledgeable/knowledgeful, so A bheil thu eòlach air....
whereas
"eòlas" is the noun "knowledge", so A bheil eolas agad air....

(SB -- it means "do you know", more or less. There's a few complications around it, but that's the gist.)

ScotiaBalach · Unread post by **ScotiaBalach** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 4:44 pm

*Alasdair* wrote:A bheil eolach agad air Joanne MacD?

'S e aithne, tha mi an. Carson? Dè mu dheidhinn i?
(I'm supposing I said:)
Yes, I do. Why? What about her?

(Wouldn't 'an aithne dhut...' be a good way of saying 'Do you know...'?)

(And feel free to correct me, that's how I learn)

Unread post by **Níall Beag** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 5:06 pm

ScotiaBalach wrote:
*Alasdair* wrote:A bheil eolach agad air Joanne MacD?
'S e aithne, tha mi an.
Yes, I do.

There is no "yes". There is no "I do". There is only something in between: "do".

So if the question was "An aithne dhuit...?", the answer would be simply "'S aithne." (No "e".)

As the question was "A bheil thu eòlach air...?" or "A bheil eòlas agad air...?"

The answer would be simply "Tha."

(Wouldn't 'an aithne dhut...' be a good way of saying 'Do you know...'?)

That's what I thought up until a year ago. I am now completely and utterly confused by the whole thing.

ScotiaBalach · Unread post by **ScotiaBalach** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 8:36 pm

Níall Beag wrote:
ScotiaBalach wrote:
*Alasdair* wrote:A bheil eolach agad air Joanne MacD?
'S e aithne, tha mi an.
Yes, I do.
There is no "yes". There is no "I do". There is only something in between: "do".

So if the question was "An aithne dhuit...?", the answer would be simply "'S aithne." (No "e".)

As the question was "A bheil thu eòlach air...?" or "A bheil eòlas agad air...?"

The answer would be simply "Tha."

Oh, ok, thanks!

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