[Gotta figure out where those accents live on my keyboard]
'S mise Becca. [No idea what Rebecca would be, though I guess it would be in the Bible]
Tha mi a' fuireach ann an North Carolina.
How do you say "on a farm"?
OK - that's all I can come up with after just reading the first couple of pages. The repetition is great, though. I'll be back after I've read all 32 pages of this topic. (;
I think you can get them when you switch your keyboard to Irish. I don't know which key it will be though, since I'm working with different keyboard layouts. Windows will allow you to switch between keyboard layouts once you activate them in the control panel (use left alt key + tab to switch between layouts or assign it a shortcut).
Halò a Bhecca!
Cha d' fhuair mi d' ainm aig an làrach Akerbeltz agus chan eil Bìoball Gàidhlig agamsa. I didn't find your name at the Akerbeltz site and I don't have a Gaelic Bible.
Tha thu a' fuireach ann an Carolina-a-Tuath, ann an tuathanas. You are living in NC, on a farm (I think you say "In a farm" in Gaelic, you also live "in" an Island)
Tha mise a' fuireach anns a' Ghearmailt ann an baile mòr, ach tha mi à baile beag. Cò às a tha thusa? A bheil thu à Carolina? I am living in Germany, in a big city, but I'm from a smalltown. Where are you from? Are you from Carolina?
The stressed pronouns are used not only for emphasis, but also when you switch between referents, e.g. the first time I switch to mentioning myself I use mise, then I continue using mi. Then I start to talk about you, so I first use thusa, then thu. I used the -sa in agamsa in the first sentence for emphasis.
I just spent two hours typing two sentences in reply and then accidentally closed the window!
Let's see if I can re-do it from memory:
'A bha mi ann an San Francisco. Chan e 'a baille baeg! [Honest, I'll hunt up how to switch over my keyboard after I've gotten a bit of rest!] Tha mi a' fuireach ann an tuathanas [er, "now"?].
This is very helpful. Seeing the interactions and the explanations in-line helps me see the patterns and build expectations, which is what I need. Memorizing rules only gets me so far when the letters and symbols turn somersaults! Anyway -
Dè tha thu a' dèanamh an-diugh?
I cheated on that one - got it from a phrase book, as you can tell from the correct characters (at least I hope they are correct). I did know that an-diugh is "today", however, all by my lonesome . . . One of my favorite Capercaillie songs has it in it.
Tha mi uabhasach duilich seo a chluinntinn, 's dòcha b' fhèarr leat Word no prògram mar sin a chleachdadh nuair a bhios thu a' sgrìobhadh. I'm terribly sorry to hear that, maybe it would be better for you to use Word or a program like that while writing.
Too much grammar here, I'm not going to explain that and I hope I've got it right
For where you're from, you use the preposition à:
Tha thu à San Francisco. Chan e baile beag a th' ann. Tha thu a' fuireach ann an tuathanas an-dràsda. (or an-dràsta in the current spelling)
With nouns, you always have to use the 'S e/Chan e ... a th' ann construction. And you don't use the article, because you want to say a city, not the city.
An e baile brèagha a th' ann an San Francisco? No bheil e grannda?
Dè tha mi a' dèanamh? 'S e feasgar a th' ann an-seo mu thràth, agus tha mi airson bidhe a' gabhail. Chaidh mi dhan Ikea an-diugh agus cheannaich mi frèam.
What am I doing? It's evening over here already, and I plan to eat something. I went to Ikea today and I bought a frame.
I wonder what "leit" is. I really need a paper dictionary. It's something in Latin I remember . . .
Later today I'll come back and do my homework. I promised hubby I'd save this for after my chores are done. He has an online game that he gets sucked into, similarly, and so we made a pact last night not to get distracted!
I am still alive, but have been very busy! Tha mi duilich.
Ciamar a tha thu?
Tha mi-fhìn gu math trang an-dràsda. Tha caraid a' gluasad agus tha mi ga cuideachadh. Tha tuil bhogsaichean agus staidhre gun chrìoch ann. I'm pretty busy myself right now. A friend is moving and I'm helping her. A flood of boxes and stairs without end.
QUOTE (CelticRose @ 20-Oct-2007, 03:41 AM)
Recently I have been trying to get back into the Gaelic, but it has been so long I have literally had to start over!
Question, I have "slan agus beannachd" as health and blessing. Is that correct?
Tha mi 'n dochas gu bheil.
Saoilidh mi gu bheil sin ceart. I think that's correct
QUOTE (CelticRose @ 20-Oct-2007, 03:41 AM)
Oidche mhath dhuibh agus chi mi a-rithist thu.
My Gaelic is very bad now, no?
Chan eil, tha a' Ghàidhlig agad ceart gu leòr! No, your Gaelic is fine
At the request of CelticRose, this thread will be a place for beginners to try out their Gaelic or to learn a little Gaelic! I am not going to go into any heavy discussions on grammar or anything like that here. The intention of this thread is just to get you speaking some Gaelic.
I thought we could start out be introducing ourselves!
The way to introduce yourself in Gaelic is to say Is mise... followed by your name. This is pronounced "Iss mish-uh." Typically, in conversation, this is reduced to jsut 'S mise which is pronounced "smish-uh."
My name, Allen, in Gaelic is spelled Ailean (pronounced "Ah-lun".) So to say "I am Allen," I would say: 'S mise Ailean.
Now if I wanted to say where I live I would say "Tha mi a' fuireach ann an..." followed by the place where I live. This is pronounced "Haa mee uh foo-roch awn un.."
So I would say: Tha mi a' fuireach ann an Wytheville, Virginia!
Now if the place you live in begins with a b, f, m, or p you would say ann am instead of ann an. For instance, if I lived in Baltimore, I would say Tha mi a' fuireach ann am Baltimore.
Okay! Anybody care to give it a try?
Feasgar math, Ciamar a tha sibh Ailean
Is mise Fraoch (Heather)
Tha mu a fuireach ann an Godley,Tx.
I am an advanced beginner in reading & beginner in conversation. That deer in headlights look if you start jabbering gaelic at me at a festival. I have learned a lot playing gaelic pictionary with my friends in our study group.
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Mar sin leibh an drasda;
Heather
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