Conversational Gaelic, For Beginners

Tapadh leat! I probably have enough info to process now! I have one more question and then I'll try to leave you alone for awhile!! (Try being the operative word there!!)

Can you tell me a good English-Gaelic Dictionary? Or maybe two or three?! Something I can have at quick reference here at home when I'm not online?
I would be forever grateful!!

Hallo a ghràidh!
Hello dear!

I've already got a thread for that!

Here's a link for ya!

http://www.celticradio.net/php/forums/inde...?showtopic=4406

Hope that helps!

Yes, that was very informative and helpful! Now I just have to decide which I think would be best for my learning, and my budget!!

Did it actually take you the full 7 years to be able to understand song lyrics? And how often did you work on the language during those 7 years? (just trying to gauge my progress and set future goals!!)



Tapadh leat, Ailean! You have been a big help these last few days!!

Hallo a Fhaileas a ghràidh!
Hello Faileas dear!

Tapadh leat airson do chuideachaidh!
Thanks for your help!

Ceist bheag, ma tha.
A small question, however.

In the above, I was attemtping to give a pronunciation for "chuideachaidh". Notice that it is slenderized. That should affect that final vowel sound, shouldn't it?

And as far as the ch sounds goes, the one that I said sounded like ch in church, you rendered as "dj" in your pronunciation guide. Aren't they nearly the same sound? Your's is just vocalized a little more than mine.

If ye insist on it ye can prounounce that final sound in choodjeachag, but it is hardly heard and very, very soft. That dh and gh sound is really devellish ... The best description i ever heard is "It is the sound that a baby makes all the time - so it is a sound that is natural to mankind, we just have forgotten about it."

And concerning that "ch" - sound .... church sounds to me different than choodjachadh ..... Maybe it is just my ears or the way that i learnt to pronounce it?

church vocalized would be tshertsh to me or something like it (i know the ur sounds different but there is no equivalent letters to it ...). That middle sound in chuideachadh is much softer than that - more like die - french for god. of course when ye bog it down church is all about chuideachadh and die, nach eil ?

Yes, it certainly is all about help and God!! Does anyone possible have a link, or know where to find one, where I could hear a recording of that word said? Perhaps that would help me figure it out!

Tha mi duilich, a ghràidh!
I am sorry, dear!

I can't help you with that one! Anyone else have an answer for Sonee?

Holy cow! You all have been chatting away and I am so behind! I have to take notes before I can try to speak any further!

Hallo a h-uille duine!

Ciamar tha 'dol dhut?

Feasgar math, Ròs!!

Tha gu math, tapadh leat. Dè do chor?


Actually, I don't think you missed a whole lot!! I have copious amounts of notes at the moment!! Takes me awhile to respond because I have to figure out which page of notes to read!! Jump in any time! Give Allen a break from all my questions!!

Tioraidh an-drasda! (man, I hope I 'said' that right!!)

Well that is why it takes me so long to respond. I have to look over all my notes as I can never remember how to spell any of the words!

Chan eil dona. Tha mi sgith. Tapadh leat!

Oidhche mhath! Sonee

Hallo Ròs!

Tha mi duilich!! I hope you got some sleep!! That's why I logged off!! Too sgith to see straight anymore!!

Ciagmar tha 'dol dhut, an-diugh? Dè seòrsa sìde a th'agaibh? Tha i briagha agus grianach ann an Nebraska an-diugh!

Hope you have a good day, Ròs!!


Beannachd leibh!

Sgriobh thusa fad na tide , a Shonaidh :-)

You wrote all the time, Sony (?). Bha mise gu math leisg an seo (I was very lazy here). Tha mi' n dochas gum bi e ceart gu leor riut gun bheir mi laimh do Ailean (I hope it is all right with you, that i give a hand to Alan).

Sgriobh mi post - dealan gu te aig a bheil e comasach soundfiles a dheanamh (i wrote an e-mail to a woman that can do soundfiles). Tha mi 'n dochas gun dean i "chuideachadh" air do shon (I hope that she will do "chuideachadh" for you) agus bheir mi seoladh p.-d. aice dhut ma bhios cead agam (and i will give you her e-mail when i have her permission). Chan eil fhios agam de eile a dheanamh ... (I don't know what else to do ...)

Hello, a Rois, 's math d' fhaicinn an seo a-rithist (hello, rose, its good to see ye here again). Tha mise cho dona riut fhein , alas (i am so bad as yourself, hehe)

Air a 'char as lugha, le sgriobhadh an seo - at least, with posting here

Hallo Sonee and Faileas!

Ciamar a tha sibh an-diugh? Tha mi 'n dochas gu bheil sibh gu math.

How do you say "good to see you?"

Sonee, Chan eil mi a' tuigsinn below:

"Ciagmar tha 'dol dhut, an-diugh? Dè seòrsa sìde a th'agaibh? Tha i briagha agus grianach ann an Nebraska an-diughe! Chan eil mi a' tuigsinn "


all this talk of nouns, verbs, etc. is making my head spin! I feel like I am in first grade!

Mar sin leat!

Hallo Faileas!!

I learn things better by repetition, so the more I post here the better I will get (I hope!) Not to mention all the help I get from you and Allen!! So I don't mind at all!! The more help I can get the better! Tapadh leat, for the email about the sound file!! I have been looking around online off and on to no avail!!


Hallo Ròs!!

According to the notes I have (and I dont' remember what website it was from!!) I was trying to say:

'Ciagmar tha 'dol dhut, an-diugh=How are things going for you
Dè seòrsa sìde a th'agaibh=What kind of weather do you have
Tha i briagha agus grianach ann an Nebraska an-diugh=It is bright and sunny in Nebraska today. Apparently I didn't do it right!!

I know exactly what you mean Ròs!! I feel like breaking out my old school books to relearn how to diagram a sentence or something!! And, of course, there are exceptions to every rule and I tend to find them all!! Go figure!!

Thank God for Allen and Faileas!! That's all I have to say!!

Madainn mhath a h-uile duine!
Good morning everyone!

Ciamar a tha sibh an-diugh?
How are you all today?

Tha mi an dochas gu bheil sibh gu math!
I hope that you are all well!

Tha mise gu math!
I am well!

Tha mi'n dochas gum bi latha math agaibhse!
I hope that you will all have a nice day!

Cum oirbh leis a' Ghàidhlig!
Keep going with the Gaelic!

This post has been edited by WizardofOwls on 10-Apr-2005, 05:56 PM

Hallo Sonee!

Ach no! I think you wrote it right, I just didn't understand it! I am not as advanced as you. yes, thank God for Allen and Faileas!


Hallo a Allen and Faileas!

Tha mi gu math, tapadh leat Agus, ciamar a tha thu fhein?

Tapadh leat airson an leasan Gaidhlig sin, Allen.

Slan agus beannachd