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Polga
Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2009 11:04 pm
by Polga
Hi there,
My name's Emeline, I'm a 20 yeared-old french student. I study finnish at university and languages are my passion. I'd like to learn some Gaelic. I don't speak gaelic at ALL, I'm just very curious
Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2009 11:34 pm
by neoni
no, ne on melko samankaltaisia mut suomi on parempaa
tervetulua kuitenkin
Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2009 6:46 am
by Polga
Hah ! Kiitoksia :]
Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2009 9:02 am
by GunChleoc
Halò agus fàilte ort - hello and welcome
Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2009 9:03 am
by Gràisg
Madainn mhath Polga,
Fàilte chridheil ort dhan Fhoram, a warm welcome to the foram.
Gàidhlig - 'S e cànan alainn a th' ann - It's a beautiful langue
Here's something someone I know wrote about Gaelic in French
La pomme la plus haute
Certains croient déjà
Qu'on la parlait dans le jardin
Le premier jardin
Le Paradis
Et que les fleurs la parlent encore
Cette pomme la plus haute
Ce langage d'une nation
Une nation en renaissance
Cette langue parlée seulement
Sur les lèvres d'un pour cent
Mais à côté d'une montagne
Et de tous les bijoux du monde
Ses mots scintillent plus brillants
Chacun, comme une lumière
À travers la belle Écosse
Elle s'accroche par un fil
Son destin est peut-être décidé
Mais aujourd'hui, je peux encore partager
Ses trésors vivants
Écoute sa magie
Viendras-tu sur la piste de danse?
Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2009 8:24 pm
by ~Sìle~
Halò agus fàilte Emeline.
I've only just started to learn mi fhin, so you'll be in good company.
Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2009 10:55 pm
by Seonaidh
A Shìle - here's a wee hand for you, then:-
myself - mi fhìn
(repeat a few times and you should have it learned)
Et bienvenue Emmeline - je ne parle pas Suomi!
Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2009 2:28 pm
by Polga
Thanks everyone
I'll try to learn something ... but the prononciation is .. very hard O_O
Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2009 9:26 pm
by GunChleoc
Just take it one sound at a time and you'll get there
Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2009 10:11 pm
by Seonaidh
...or as they used to sing last time I was in Llanbedr, "Un dydd ar y tro, Iesu melys"... (don't try that at home - it's Welsh).
Anyway, Polga-Dot Emmeline, what is so hard about the pronunciation? Mind you, having watched that wonderful French series we sometimes have repeated here "Allo Allo", French people seem to find English every bit as hard to pronounce as English people do French. Mais peut e^tre c,a n'est pas la me^me avec la Gaelique (qu'est-ce que c'est le franc,ais pour "Gàidhlig"?). Just remember that something like "còmhla" would probably be best written in French orthography as "conle".
Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2009 6:48 pm
by Polga
The prononciation itself has nothing very special (quite hard, but it's ok), but the writting is soooo far from the prononciation ...
"Gàidhlig" is "gaélique" in french
Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2009 7:34 pm
by neoni
no, se ei oo nii hyvä kun vaikk suomeksi, mut se ei ole huono. esimerksiksi kun ymmärtään että "dh" ei ole "d" ja "h" siitä tulee helpompi. mulla on jo säännöt, mut kun sä oot oppinut ne, lukeminen on oikein helppoa (mä luvaan!)
mutta sano, jos mä saan kysyä, miks opiskelet suomea? onks sun perhe suomesta, vai? mä olisinhän oikein onnellinen jos voisin opiskella sitä minun yliopistolla.
Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2009 11:24 pm
by Polga
Ei, ei. Mun perhe on ranskalainen. Mä rakastan pohjoismaata ja erityisesti suomea... mutta kukaan ei ole suomalaista perheessäni ^^
Halusin oppia latviaa, mutta nyt pidän enemmän suomesta =)
Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 9:20 pm
by neoni
haha minä halusin oppia norjaa/ruotsia, mut nyt minäkin pidän enemmän suomesta.
Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 11:22 pm
by Polga
hehe ! :p
Et ole suomalainen ?