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10th October 09, 07:08 AM
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Ceart...
Meek, tha sin ceart, sgoinneil.....
Aye, its not easy, remember, in the sentence, the verb comes first, then the noun then adjectives.
Tha sin ceart. (ha shin kersht) Literally - is-that-right. Remember the verb comes first but putting it into engish, it translates as 'that is right'.
Don't panic lol it will start coming together, start at the beginning with pronunciations and sentence structure, don't try to be too ambitious and it will start to make sense.
Try to translate these.
Tha mi duilich. Tha e sgith. Tha iad blath. Tha sinn fluich. Tha teant agam. Tha feileadh agat. Tha seacaid aige. Tha cu agam. Tha mo c(h)u dubh. Tha seacht sgiannan d(h)ubh aga.
A tip, watch the lention ie an 'h' is added after the first letter of some words, i have bracketted them above so as hopefully not to confuse you.
My first name for instance in Gaelic is Tomas, in English this is spelt Thomas. This really isn't correct, as when you put the 'H' in, the 'T' becomes silent, so Thomas should be said as 'Homas. (Hoe-mash) If I say my name I say Is mise Tomas ( I am Tomas) However, if you address a man who has a Gaelic name, you lenit it - add the 'H' after the first letter, so then you would say - Halo a' 'Homas. The 'A' is the equivalent of the olde English 'O' so you are literally saying Hallo O Tomas.
Anyway, Tha mi duillich - your head will be reeling by now, I will leave you to digest this and go and get ready to go to work,
Feasgar mhath.... Tom.....
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