Halò a h-uile duine agus fàilte chridheil chun a' bhùird Eventide Hi all & welcome to the board Eventide
Tha mi a' smaoineachadh gun d' rinn thu glè mhath cuideachd! I think you did very good too!
Ciamar a sibh a charaidean? Tha mi gur ionndrainn agus tha mi ag ionndrainn a' bhòrd cuideachd How are you friends? I'm missing you and i'm missing the board too
Ach tha mi uabhasach trang an-dràsda gu mi-fhortanach But i'm very busy at the moment unfortunately
Tha mi 'n dòchas gum bi mi air ais air a' bhòrd a dh' aithghearr I hope to be back on the board soon
Ach gus an uair sin, tha mi 'n dòchas gu bheil sibh uile slàn fallain But until that time i hope you're all fit & healthy
Hello eventide! Are you still having problems with saying goodbye and how to say yes and no?
Here are some common ways to say goodbye:
Tioraidh = Cheerio Slàn leat = Health to you Beannachd leat - Blessings to you Chi mi a-rithist thu = See you later
Yes and no is a little more difficult. There is no one word for yes or no. To answer a question, you simply repeat the verb that was used in the question that was asked you for yes, or negate it for no. For example:
An do leugh thu an leabhar? Did you read the book? (Leugh is the verb and is the Gaelic word for "read")
To answer, you would say:
If the answer is yes: Leugh = Did read
If the answer is no: Cha do leugh = Did not read
Make sense?
Here is another example?
A bheil thu sgìth? Are you tired? (A bheil is the verb and is the Gaelic for Are/Am/Is)
If the answer is yes, you would say: Tha = Am
If no: Chan eil = Am not
Let me know if you need more than this.
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Slàn agus beannachd, Allen R. Alderman
'S i Alba tìr mo chridhe. 'S i Gàidhlig cànan m' anama. Scotland is the land of my heart. Gaelic is the language of my soul.
Co-latha breith sona dhut <--- wish me Happy Birthday
Latha math an-dràsda!
Good day/bye(for now)
***note: my learning source is from a book--for now. The most frustrating thing is NOT having all the words to express what I'm thinking... but I will keep trying and please feel free to inpart any comment, I welcome it! My plan is to visit Scotland in 5 years and while I know it is unecessary to learn this language, I recognize Scotland has a proud heritage, which I admire.
Agus ciamar a tha thu fhéin? And how are you yourself?
Uill, tha i air a bhith fuar air an oidhche, ach blàth ri solas an latha. Well, it has been cold at night, but warm during the day light.
Tha, tha mi ag ionnsachadh na Gàidhlig fhathast. Yes, I am sitll learning the Gaelic.
But the going has been pretty slow. I havne't workd on my lessons for a while, but I have been working on translating the Litir do Luchd-ionnsachadh daily. I am up to letter 117. And since there are 320 or more now, looks like I've got a long way to go! I need to get back to doing some lessons though, because I'm starting to forget some basic stuff I used to know. The litirs have been pretty good for my vocabulary, though!
Uill, feumaidh mi falbh a-nis! Well I must go now!
Chi mi a-rithist thu! See you later!
This post has been edited by WizardofOwls on 30-Sep-2005, 04:03 AM
Hi everyone... I wasn't sure where to put this but I need some translation if someone can help me I would really appreciate it.. sorry for butting in..I am looking for three words
I was just getting ready to respond to the pm you sent me, but since you asked here, I'll jsut respond here so everyone can see what I came up with and comment on it.