Teach Myself Scottish Gaelic

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Faclan an Latha

Pòg - Pòg mi! Kiss me! 

a pògadh - kissing

Tost - Cuir nad thost! Silence you!

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'S e gàidhlig cho doirbh a th'ann

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Cheannaich mi 'Now that's what I call Xmas' an-diugh :3

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Dinnear Na Nollaig!

Dh'ith mi dinnear na Nollaig a-raoir le caraidean nan Oilthigh. Tha mi a' smaoineachadh gun dh'òlaigh mi dà bhotal fìon cuideachd LOL. 'S toil leam fìon ;)

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A short film called “Skwerl”. They use a gibberish language that has a mixture of both English words and sounds; so now us English speakers can get a sense of what our language sounds like to foreigners. I’ve always wondered this, since I travel to a lot of different countries where English isn’t widely spoken. It’s actually kind of pretty.

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Masculine Articles; Did you hear? Did you say?

Masculine Articles

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am (p b m f initial word)

an t- (vowel initial word)

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An tuirt thu mi gu bheil e fliuch an-drasta?

Chuala mi gu bheil thu trang.

An cuala tu gu bheil mi ag obair a-nochd?

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Tha mi a' faireachdean sgìth 

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'S e Oileanach a th'annam ann an Oilthigh Obair Dheathain.

Oileanach - student

Oilthigh - University 

Aberdeen - Obair Dheathain

th'annam/tha annam - in me (at)

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Sociolinguistics and Discourse Analysis

What is Sociolinguistics? Language, Variety and Change. 3 Simple words!

Language, what we use to communicate verbally. Our society is built with this fantastic method of communication!

Variety, you speak English? British English or American or...? England English..Yorkshire English..... Leeds Yorkshire English. "I don't have an accent" eh yes you do!

Change, you spoke with an English accent when you were 5 but now you have an American one and you are now 17. How are you/How art thou/Hū gǣþ hit þē. 

How does language affect society and the individual? How can we tell someone's age, gender, style, social  class and place of origin from their accent. How does language change in society and the individual, through a life time or through generations. These are some of the questions that sociolinguistics answer.

Discourse Analysis

Language beyond the sentence. Spoken discourse and Written discourse. Looking at how language and context are inseparable. How language is made up of patterns which is how we remember everything we say.

How we remember our lexicon, how we understand each other and produce utterances. How personal relations and context change the language we use. How vocabulary strings together, word associations.

This is what discourse analysis deals with, and many more.

This is what I'm studying at Aberdeen University

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o mo naire!

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Dè tha thu a dèanamh? What are you doing?

Tha mi ag òl - I'm drinking

Tha mi ag ithe - I'm eating

Tha mi ag obair - I'm working

Tha mi a' cluich - I'm playing

Convo

- A bheil thu trang an-diugh? - You busy today?

Tha, tha mi ag obair :( - Yeh, i'm working :(

- Obh obh, chan eil mi ag obair, tha mi ag òl! :D - Aw shame, i'm not working, i'm drinking! :D

:O :O

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Ciamar a tha thu? How are you?

Tha mi gu dòigheil! I'm fine!

Tha mi toilichte! I'm happy!

Tha mi gu math! I'm good!

Tha mi dòchas gu bheil sibh toilichte an-diugh :)

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Càit a bheil thu a' fuireach? Where do you live?

Vocab

càit - where a' fuireach - live às/à - from ann - in

Phrases

Tha mi às an Alba - I'm from Scotland Tha mi a' fuireach ann an Obair Dheathain - I live in Aberdeen Cò as a tha sibh/thu? - Where are you from? Càit a bheil thu a' fuireach? - Where are do you live? 

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A bheil thu sgìth?

Ciamar a tha thu? - How are you?

Adjectives

sgìth - tired

trang - busy

toilichte - happy

beag - small

mòr - big

bochd - poorly

donna - bad

math - good

Construction

Statement: Tha mi/mise ... - I am ...

Negative Statement: Chan eil mi ... - I'm not ...

Question: A bheil thu ... ? - Are you ...?

Interrogative Question: Nach eil thu ... ? - Aren't you ... ?

Example Conversation

A- Halò, ciamar a tha thu? Hello how are you? 

B- Chan eil dona ach tha mi sgìth. Ciamar a tha thu fhèin? A bheil thu trang? Not bad, but i'm tired. How are you? Are you busy? 

A- Tha mise gu math. Chan eil, chan eil mi trang. I'm good. No i'm not busy.

 B- Ceart gu leor, latha math an-drasta! Ok, bye for now! 

A- Mar sin leat! Bye! 

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Dè an-tainm a th'ort? What's your name?

Vocab

Halò - Hello Mise - I  Esan - He/it Ise - She/it  Seo - this is Dè - what

Is- 'to be/am/is/are'

Fàilte - welcome an-tainm - name

Phrases

Dè an-tainm a th'ort? - What's your name?

Is mise Ben - I'm Ben

(Is e Ben a th'orm - My name is Ben)

Is ise Mòrag - She's Morag

Is esan Pàdraig - He's Patrick

Seo Mòrag - This is Morag

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'Is' is the copula, it links 2 nouns/pronouns together and it means 'to be'. It can be shortened to 'S. E.g. S' mise Ben. This in normal speech.

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Fàilte! Welcome!

Welcome all! If you have come here to learn gaelic then you have chosen the right blog! 

I am currently a beginner with nearly no knowledge, but I plan to be at a fairly decent level of language in 3 years! I will post all my vocab on this site as well as any grammar points and pronunciations.

Shortly I will be uploading video lessons of my progress as well. 

Tapadh Leibh! (Thank you all)

Latha math an-dràsta!