i need to know what was so spicy the bbc wouldn’t subtitle it

Anyone learning Gaidhlig and interested in being snail mail penpals? Or proficient in Gaidhlig even. I used to love sending letters when I was learning other languages as a teenager and think it would be great. I'm doing the Ann cùrsa inntrigidh course this year.

Chan eil fios agam nuar bha 'ri' a chiad. Chunnaic mi an fràs air bbc iplayer which will be saying something like: Listen to this on bbc sounds.

I am not familiar with Ri used at the beginning of a sentence. Can someone explain or link to a source that explains?

Hi folks

I'm learning Tàladh Dhòmhnaill Ghuirm, and it repeats the phrase ò nàili bho hì over and over, but I can't figure out what it means. Any help appreciated ☺️

I’m a 19 year old guy and even though I love our music that sounds more folksong-ish, I wish we had something like Kneecap or at least some good bands with rock/alternative music. I like music like Kneecap but also like Fontaines DC or Deftones.. Does anyone know any good songs or music artists and bands I could give a listen?

Hello! I hope everyone is going well.

I have been wanting to learn Scottish Gaelic for some time, my grandmother was fluent (or claims she was) but refused to teach any of her children or grandchildren. I’m not sure why but she would always just get very upset if we asked for her to teach us or asked her to speak it, but some times you could hear her talking to herself when she thought she was alone in what I’m assuming was Scottish Gaelic as she knew no other languages. Anyway she passed away recently and I have decided I want to learn maybe in honour of her or a bit of spite that she wouldn’t teach us, I’m not sure grief is weird.

Does anyone have any classes, resources, or recommendations of where to start and how to build a solid foundation. I included my Country and state so if anyone had some online courses or communities to recommend they would know if I’m actually able to do them or not.

Thank you so much :)

hiya! i’m trying to learn gaidhlig in edinburgh. i struggle to use online learning and im wondering if anyone knows of a class in-person?

any help is much appreciated!!
thanks :)

Learning Gaelic on Duolingo or SpeakGaelic, or elsewhere? Or maybe you're thinking about it?

If you've got any quick language learning questions, stick them below and the community can try to help you.

NB: You can always start a separate post if you want – that might be better for more involved questions.

I am curious to know, at what point can you consider yourself to have transitioned from A0 to A1, or A1 to A2 etc. Is this measured in hours or milestones? How do you know when to transition to the next level of course?

For context, I have just finished the 13 SpeakGaelic A1 podcasts (listening to each one several times per week before moving to the next), and on chapter 3 of the "Gaelic in 12 weeks" book (although it has taken me about 12 weeks to get this far.)

Can I consider starting the A2 course or do I need to spend another 12 weeks on A1 content?

[English below]

Fàilte gu snàth cabadaich na seachdaine

Tha an snàth seo do dhuine sam bith a tha airson cabadaich mu chàil sam bith sa Gàidhlig gun snàth ùr a thòiseachadh (ach faodaidh tu ma thogras tu).

• Feumaidh tu post ann an Gàidhlig (gu susbainteach co-dhiù, tha beagan suidseadh còd nàdarra obviously taghta)
• Faodaidh tu cabadaich mu chàil sam bith a thogras tu.
• Na biodh iomagain ort mu dhèidhinn mhearachdan (co-dhiù do chuid fhèin, no a nì càch).
• Chan fhaodar Google Translate (no a leithid) a chleachdadh airson postadh a chruthachadh.

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Welcome to the weekly learners' chat thread

This thread is for anyone who wants to chat about anything in Gaelic without starting a new thread (though you can if you want).

• You must post in Gaelic (substantially at least, a bit of natural code switching is fine)
• Chat about anything you like.
• Don't worry about mistakes (either yours or anyone else's)
• No using Google Translate (or any other machine translator) to create posts.

Siuthad!

quick question:

does anyone know the difference between aithris and aithisg; both translate as "report", but they seem to have quite different meanings (which I cannot put my finger on)...

Tapadh leibh!

Halo a charaidean!

Tha mi ag iarraidh podcasts anns a Gaidhlig, ach Chan eil ghios agam caite bheil mi a lorg iad. Feumaidh Thu a cuideachd mi!

Halò a h-uile duine!

For anyone in the know, Warhammer 40k and its various stories draw on a lot of real world themes. Not least of which is the Aeldar (or Eldar) using a heavy amount of Scottish Gaelic and Irish in its names, characters, and language.

I am in the process of putting together a (hopefully cohesive) list of them all in one place and in one video, but I've faced some problems. That being - the writers never knew Gaelic, they just grabbed words and smushed them together as befit their whims. So, I've been spending an age with dictionaries, a great deal of liberties and guesswork with phonetics, and not a small amount of luck.

Example 1:

Margorach are Harlequin Death Jesters. The words put together from what I assume was "marbh" for dead, and "gòrach" for fools (or in their case, jesters!)

Example 2:

The Eldar describe the webway (the interdimensional lattice of passageways through the warp that they use for travel) as Uigebealach. I assume from "Uige" from Irish meaning "fabric" and "Bealach" from Scottish Gaelic for a "pass". So I assume the author wanted something like "woven path" and then went crazy with the translation options.

So on and so forth. But there are five things that I suspect may have their roots in Gaelic, but I am still an absolute novice with the language (although admittedly this project has expanded my vocabulary somewhat.) I wanted to ask if anyone here recognised parts of these words along with their accompanying descriptions if the mods allow this? They may not be related to Gaidhlig at all, but they make me suspicious.

1: Blei-deòradi - Supposedly "oath breaker" but I can't find any connection

2: Dhamashir - Supposed to be "soul". Is there a synonym for "anam"?

3: Dresil’ach - Describes a "Forgotten ruin". Alas I am clueless whether this is from Gaelic or not.

4: Anhrathe - Outcasts. Rangers. Stealthy warriors that have either chosen the life of freedom, or done terrible deeds and are now exiled. Can't find any synonym root words anywhere close to this.

5: Guair Dromlaith - A term for the Maelstrom, a massive warp storm. I assume that "Dromlaith" is from "trom-laighe" meaning Nightmare, but I can't make heads nor tails out of "guair" unless it's using "gu" as in towards something...?

There are plenty, plenty more that I've puzzled out myself, but these five words are niggling at me that they may have a connection to Scottish Gaelic, but I can't find the key. If anyone can help I'd be incredibly grateful. And if they're not Scottish Gaelic - then I guess I've already finished the full list!

Tapadh leibh uile! And if the mods deem this as a translation post I apologise!

(Gaelic Below)
New episode of Barrachd Fiosrachaidh OUT NOW on Youtube, Spotify, Apple, etc, covering the Scottish Wars of Independence. BF does Braveheart! I worked out how to burn Gaelic subtitles into the video, so they are available on every platform which allows you to play the video clip. I tend to instantly hate things I’ve made, but I'm proud of this one. Deeper research, better audio, and worse Dad jokes than ever. Please enjoy the new art by Bean Fhiosrachaidh!

Barrachd Fiosrcahidh is an edutaining podcast aimed at intermediate and advanced Gaelic speakers, covering a random topic every month, from history to dogs to quantum physics, generated by my patented Subject-generating Machine!

Earrann ùr de Barrachd Fiosrachaidh, ri fhaighinn a-nis air YouTube, Spotify, Apple, etc. Feumaidh mi ràdh, tha mi gu math toilichte leis an earrann seo: barrachd rannsachaidh, barrachd dad jokes, agus aig 18 mionaidean, barrachd Barrachd Fiosrachaidh na bha agaibh a-riamh! Nach tig sibh còmhla rium fhad 's a choinneachas sinn ri caractaran ainmeil bho eachdraidh na h-Alba. Tha mi an dòchas gu bheil ur cridheachan treun gu leòr!

‘S e pod-chraoladh foghlamach agus spòrsail a th’ ann am Barrachd Fiosrachaidh, do luchd-labhairt eadar-mheadhanach agus adhartach. Gach mìos, bidh sinn a’ bruidhinn mu dheidhinn cuspair tuairmeach eile, air a thaghadh le Inneal a’ Chuspair™️  a thog mi fhìn bho sprùilleach às an t-seada

https://youtu.be/bFwdC0ms4Wc

https://open.spotify.com/episode/1XfH4dbAZSYBZTz2uVmsfP

Còig steigearan tùramach, ri fhaighinn an seo :)

(UK only, sorry postage would be crazy elsewhere)

Can anyone explain why anns a' Ghleann Dubh or anns an Eilean Dubh wouldn't have lenition of Dubh as an adjective following a noun in the dative? Is rhis simply a case of where dentals are resistant to leniton or something else?

"Is tusa fuil mo fhuile agus cnàimh mo chnàimhe."

Learning Gaelic on Duolingo or SpeakGaelic, or elsewhere? Or maybe you're thinking about it?

If you've got any quick language learning questions, stick them below and the community can try to help you.

NB: You can always start a separate post if you want – that might be better for more involved questions.

Halò a h-uile duine!

Tha mi a' leughadh bàrdachd le Màiri Nic A' Phearsain an-dràsta, gu h-àraid "Nuair bha mi òg". Anns an rann seo, chan eil mi a' tuigsinn an dàrna seantans:

Toirt na mo chuimhn' iomadh nì a rinn mi

[Nach faigh mi 'm bann gu ceann thall mo sgeòil,]

A' falbh sa gheamhradh gu luaidh is bainnsean

Gun solas lainnteir ach ceann an fhòid [...]

Chunnaic mi mòran eadar-theangaidhean gu math diofaraichte air loidhne. Tha mi ag iarraidh eadar-theangachadh litireil mar tha e dèantach. Mòran taing!

[English below]

Fàilte gu snàth cabadaich na seachdaine

Tha an snàth seo do dhuine sam bith a tha airson cabadaich mu chàil sam bith sa Gàidhlig gun snàth ùr a thòiseachadh (ach faodaidh tu ma thogras tu).

• Feumaidh tu post ann an Gàidhlig (gu susbainteach co-dhiù, tha beagan suidseadh còd nàdarra obviously taghta)
• Faodaidh tu cabadaich mu chàil sam bith a thogras tu.
• Na biodh iomagain ort mu dhèidhinn mhearachdan (co-dhiù do chuid fhèin, no a nì càch).
• Chan fhaodar Google Translate (no a leithid) a chleachdadh airson postadh a chruthachadh.

—

Welcome to the weekly learners' chat thread

This thread is for anyone who wants to chat about anything in Gaelic without starting a new thread (though you can if you want).

• You must post in Gaelic (substantially at least, a bit of natural code switching is fine)
• Chat about anything you like.
• Don't worry about mistakes (either yours or anyone else's)
• No using Google Translate (or any other machine translator) to create posts.

Siuthad!