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Ok, this is a summry of several lessons all in one. Thanks to everyone that has helped me with the Scottish Gaelic lessons, I am not as good with Gàildhig as I am with Gaeilge. So please, correct my pronounciations if I slip back into the Irish method of saying things if I goof!
GREETINGS - POLITE EXPRESSIONS
English - Scots Gaelic - (Pronunciation)
Welcome - fàilte ( faaltshæ)
good morning - madainn mhath (matin vah)
good day - latha math ( laah mah)
good afternoon/evening - feashar math (fesker mah)
good night - oidhche mhath (oychæ vah)
bye for now- tiaraidh an dràsda (tsheearee an draasha)
goodbye - beannachd leibh (byannachk leyv)
excuse me - gabh mo leisgeul (gav mo leshkæl)
I am sorry - tha mi duilich (haa mee doolich)
thank you - tapadh leibh (tahpæ leyv)
many thanks - mòran taing (mohræn tigh ?ng)
you're welcome - ?s e ur beatha (shey oor behah)
HOW ARE YOU?
How are You? (formal & plural) - Ciamar a tha sibh? (keemar æ haa) sheev)
How are You? (informal) - Ciamar a tha thu? (keemar æ haa oo)
Fine, thank you - tha gu math, tapadh leibh (haa goo mah, tahpæ levy)
I am fine - tha mi gu math (haa mee goo mah)
Not bad - chan eil dona (chan yeyll donnæ)
I am not well - tha mi bochd (haa mee bochk)
I am tired - tha mi sgìth ? (haa mee skee)
We are on holiday- tha sinn air saor-laithean ? (haa sheeng ehr saohr -laah-yæn)
I am tourning Scotland- tha mi a' siùbhal air feadh Alba ? (haa mee æ shoo-æl ehr fyægh Alæpa)
We are traveling around - tha sinn a'dol mun cuairt ? (haa sheeng æ dol moon coorsht)
Do you live here? - a bheil sibh a' fuireach an seo ? (æ veyll sheev æ fooræch æn sho)
We are staying for a week - bidh sinn a' fureach airson seachdain ? (bee sheeng æ fooræch ehrsonn shach ? kin)
PEOPLE
the man - am fear ? (æm fer)
the woman - am boireannach ? (æm borr ænnæch)
the girl - a' chaileag ? (æ challæk)
the boy - an gille ? (æn geel-yæ)
the children - a' chlann ? (æ chlownn)
the son - am mac ? (æm machk)
the daughter - an nighean ? (æn nyee- æn)
this is - seo ... ? (sho...)
this is my mother ? seo mo mhàthair ? (sho mo vaa ?her)
my father - m' athair ? (maher)
my husband - mo dhuine ? (mo ghoonye)
your wife - do bhean ? (dohvenn)
my children - mo chlann ? (mocholownn)
your daughter - do nighean ? (dohnyee-æn)
my son - mo mhac ? (movachk)
my friend (male) - mo charaid ? (mochaa-ritsh)
my friend (female) - mo bhanacharaid ? (movannæ-charitsh)
my ancestors - mo shinnsir ? (mo heenshir)
my grandfather - mo sheanair ? (mo henner)
my grandmother - mo shaenmhair ? (mo hennæver)
my great-grandfather - mo shinn-sheanair ? (mo heen ?henner)
my great-grandmother - mo shinn-sheanmhair ? (mo heen- hennæver)
my ancestors came from here - thàinig mo shinnsir bhon àite seo ? haanik mo heenshir von aatshe sho)
my ancestors were cleared from this land - chaidh mo shinnsir fhuadach bhon dùthaich seo ? (cha-ee mo heen shir oo -ætæch von dooh-ich sho)
my grandfather was born in ....- rugadh mo sheanair ann an... ? rookægh mo henner ownn æn...).
my grandmother lived here.... - dh'fhuirich mo sheanmhair faisg air... ? (ghoorich mo hennæver faashk ehr)
do you know where that is? - a bheil fios agaibh càite a bheil sin ? (æ veyll feess ahkiv kaahtsh æ vell shin)
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Scottish Review, A sum up of several lessons
