Tag: Gaelic
An Sgeulachd Agam
Is mise Seosaidh, Tha mi a Cill Bhreannain agus tha mi nam mhaighstir-sgoile. Tha mi a ‘fuireach ann am Pàislig. Thàinig mo theaghlach à Ìle.
Is mise fear-gèidh, bàrd, bruadaire, agus cluicheadair piàna.
Cur-seachadan agus ùidhean
- ´Stoil leam a bhith a ‘leughadh agus a’ sgrìobhadh
- Is toigh leam a bhith a’ coiseachd ann an coilltean
- A’ coimhead telebhisean
- A’ leughadh
- ag èisteachd ris an rèidio.
Agus a’ bruidhinn ri mo charaidean air-loidhne, ’S e tidsear a th’ annam, Air-loidhne.
Meadhanan Ceilteach
Cànan nan Gàidheal
Gaelic Lesson 14 – Tràth Caithte and More About Tenses
Tha mi a ‘sgrìobhadh leabhar.
(Tha sibh etc…..)
Tràth Caithte
Bha mi a ’sgrìobhadh leabhar.
(Bha sibh etc……..)
The above examples show the most common and easiest ways to create the present tense and past, using the continuous of the verb “to be” . To use the simple present (instead of the Continuous present) there is a construction, unusual in Gaelic, using the future tense.
Sgriobhadh mi or bidh mi a´sgriobhadh
The future tense used as the present simple is more common when we talk about things we do habitually and things which happen a lot or are generally true. Practice will make this clearer. Please try to use the continuous until you have more practice with this.
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H is added to create the simple past, here is a chart of imperatives. Notice the irregular form of “DH” with vowels” and “F”. It is also interesting to notice that nothing happens to “SG” and “R”
| Imperative | English Translation | Past Tense | English Translation |
|---|---|---|---|
| fàg! | leave! | dh’fhàg | left |
| ionnsaich! | learn! | dh’ionnsaich | learnt |
| pòg! | kiss! | phòg | kissed |
| obair! | work! | dh’obair | worked |
| sabaid! | fight! | shabaid | fought |
| sgrìobh! | write! | sgrìobh | wrote |
| ruith! | run! | ruith | run |
| seas! | sit! | sheas | sat |
| teasgaisg! | teach! | theagaisg | taught |
| tog! | lift! | thog | lifted |
dh´ionnsaich e
Dè dh‘ionnsaich thu anns an obair sin?
It is formed by exactly the same rules as the continuous present tense.
Questions etc and how to ask them will be shown later
Gaelic Lesson 13: Tha Seosaidh ann.
Is mise Seosaidh, Tha mi a Cill Bhreannain agus tha mi nam mhaighstir-sgoile. Tha mi a ‘fuireach ann am Pàislig. Thàinig mo theaghlach à Ìle.
Is mise fear-gèidh, bàrd, bruadaire, agus cluicheadair piàna.
Cur-seachadan agus ùidhean
- ´Stoil leam a bhith a ‘leughadh agus a’ sgrìobhadh
- Is toigh leam a bhith a’ coiseachd ann an coilltean
- A’ coimhead telebhisean
- A’ leughadh
- ag èisteachd ris an rèidio.
Agus a’ bruidhinn ri mo charaidean air-loidhne, ’S e tidsear a th’ annam, Air-loidhne.
Meadhanan Ceilteach
Cànan nan Gàidheal
Scottish Gaelic Lesson 11 – Practice
In the previous 10 lessons, I have given you the basics of Gaelic Grammar, mainly in English, to set the scene for using the present tense.
We have more than enough information to make Gaelic sentences therefore, this blog will now contine in Gaelic, to force you to practice new vocabulary and grammar.
When we move to more complex grammar topics, I will likely switch to English to explain them.
So, I recommend that you get yourself a good dictionary and start using programs like memrise where you will find free vocabulary flashcards and games.
Scottish Gaelic Lesson 9 – Present Continuous
The continuous present tense is written with ag before the word, abbreviated to a’ to make it easier when we are speaking. It is used more often than in English.
An-diugh, tha mi a ’sgrìobhadh sgeulachdan, (tràth làthaireach). Is mise fear-gèidh, Tha mi a ’fuireach le mo bhràmair agus An-diugh, tha Glaschu glè bhrèagha. an-diugh tha fèis Ghàidhlig ann an Glaschu, le ceòl agus cofaidh
Scottish Gaelic Lesson 1 – Basic Sentence Structure
Tha an la fuàr (pronounced fooar)
You can see here a literal translation “Is the day cold”
Tha – is
an – the
la – day
fuàr – cold
This is a great sentence to explain the word order of Gaelic. Verb first, subject and then the other bit .
Tha mi fuàr – I am cold
A good exercise for today would be to sit down with a Gaelic dictionary and try to make new sentences with the verb “to be”. As your knowledge gets better we can revisit those later. Try to write some descritions of yourself or of people you know.
Tha mi Caraid (Caritsh) I am a friend. You will notice that there is no “a” in the Gaelic but I put this into the English translation. The “a” as an article before a noun does not exist in Gaelic. It nly exists when we use “the” like the example “Tha an la fuàr”. We can see “an”. We will talk more about that later.
Tha e saighdear (sy-tshir) he is (a) soldier.
These are simple sentences and we will make them more complex as we continue but right now, I want to keep it simple for a while until you understand the basics and get some vocabulary.
