Cò mise?
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Notice the words ort and oirbh and thusa and sibhse. These both mean you. Oirbh and sibhse is the formal way to address someone if you don't know them. It is also the plural form of you if you are addressing a group. Ort and thusa is the familiar form of you and is used between children and people who know each other.Loading...
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You can see that there are lots of ways to ask such a simple question! You choose the one you prefer but it is important to know that the ending can be different, depending on who you are speaking to.Loading...
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Again, you can see this is another example of an informal question, dè an aois a tha thu? And of course if you are asking someone you don't know dè an aois a tha sibh?Loading...
Tha mi is used when saying your age this means I am. In Gaelic we simply say I am followed by a certain number of years. just like we do in English.Loading...
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Dates in Gaelic are easy because we just use and write the number as it is. Twenty third in English would just be Twenty Three in Gaelic - 23rd = 23Tha mi a' fuireach...
I live...
There are three ways to say in in Gaelic - ann an, ann am or anns;
- ann an is used for most place names in Scotland.
- ann am is used for place names beginning with b,m,p or f.
- anns is used for place names that begin with a small word, such as an, na etc.
- ann an is used for most place names in Scotland.
- ann am is used for place names beginning with b,m,p or f.
- anns is used for place names that begin with a small word, such as an, na etc.
Na Hearadh
Peairt
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Is toil leam/Cha toil leam..
I like/I don't like...
To say you like something in Gaelic, you use the phrase Is toil leam.... - Is toil leam piotsa = I like pizza.
To say you don't like something in Gaelic, you use the phrase Cha toil leam.... - Cha toil leam piotsa = I don't like pizza.
To ask somebody if they like something in Gaelic, you use the question An toil leat....? - An toil lea piotsa? = Do you like pizza?
To say you don't like something in Gaelic, you use the phrase Cha toil leam.... - Cha toil leam piotsa = I don't like pizza.
To ask somebody if they like something in Gaelic, you use the question An toil leat....? - An toil lea piotsa? = Do you like pizza?
To say you prefer something, you use the phrase Is fhèarr leam.... - Is fhèarr leam piotsa = I prefer pizza.
To provide extension when talking about hobbies. you can say which sports you play or do.
To say that you do a sport, you use Bidh mi ...... followed by the action, eg bidh mi a ruith = I run, bidh mi a' snàmh = I swim. If you play a particular sport, you use Bidh mi a' cluich.....followed by the sport, eg bidh mi a' cluich ball-coise = I play football, bidh mi a' cluich teanas = I play tennis.
Na Cur-Seachadan
Hobbies
Let's begin with physical description.
Mo bhodhaig
To describe ourselves and others we need to combine the appropriate pronoun, verb,noun and adjective. Let's try and simplify this linguistic jigsaw.
Notice in Gaelic, when talking about parts of the body, you say they are on me, not at me. In English you say, I have, which in Gaelic is usually Tha ..... agam (at me), but for body parts you need to use Tha ..... orm (on me)
Tha .... air/oirre
Remember in Gaelic that the noun generally comes before the adjective- Tha falt donn orm - I have brown hair. Tha sùilean gorm orm - I have blue eyes..
falt:
donn - brown
bàn - blonde
ruadh - red
fada- long
goirid- short
dìreach- straight
dualach- curly
donn - brown
bàn - blonde
ruadh - red
fada- long
goirid- short
dìreach- straight
dualach- curly
sùilean:
gorm - blue
donn - brown
uaine - green
glas - grey
gorm - blue
donn - brown
uaine - green
glas - grey
Adjectives have to agree with the noun in Gaelic. Eyes and hair are plural so the adjectives which describe them are too. Tha sùilean mòra orm = I have big eyes. Big is normally mòr unless it is describing a plural, when it becomes mòra.
mo bhodhaig
And some more...
Let's now talk about height.
Tha mi....
Tha e/i
Tha e/i
beag - small
glè bheag - very small
caran beag - quite small
meadhanach àrd - average height
caran àrd - quite tall
glè àrd- very tall
àrd - tall
glè bheag - very small
caran beag - quite small
meadhanach àrd - average height
caran àrd - quite tall
glè àrd- very tall
àrd - tall