any gaelic speakers? translation help needed

[TariqE]

Can anyone translate 'tha gaol agam ort' for me? I'm not sure if there are any accents or any punctuation that should be in there.

Oh and an accurate pronunciation would be nice too.......

[roorky]

sorry i dont but i would really like to learn it as it would be a shame to see it die out. Scotland seems so far behind Ireland and Wales on this matter.

[Quagmire]

Originally Posted by jimmyhibs

it means "i love you" and ruff phonics are "ha gool acam orsht"

are you fluent?

i am, but i thought kahoonas (from .net) was the only other speaker on the boards!

phonics for gaol are a bit scetchy there - it's more of an (ao) sound, somewhere between the two letters

[Quagmire]

Originally Posted by roorky

sorry i dont but i would really like to learn it as it would be a shame to see it die out. Scotland seems so far behind Ireland and Wales on this matter.

there's actually a school in skye that is considering closing their english department, as all the parents are putting their kids into the gaelic units, so going on that, things are on the up!

[Forzahibs]

Originally Posted by jimmyhibs

sorry jimmys in london its his wife, i have a little gaelic but the our 3 kids all go to gaelic medium school. the oldest 2 are fluent

Don't be sorry , the further the better really

[Forzahibs]

Originally Posted by jimmyhibs

Please don't start posting sensibly , you'll ruin his reputation
When is he home ?

[beefy]

Originally Posted by Quagmire

there's actually a school in skye that is considering closing their english department, as all the parents are putting their kids into the gaelic units, so going on that, things are on the up!

I dont know why,but the statement"all the parents are putting their kids into gaelic units"has made me giggle like feck.
Sorry but its funny..

[Quagmire]

Originally Posted by beefy

I dont know why,but the statement"all the parents are putting their kids into gaelic units"has made me giggle like feck.
Sorry but its funny..

mo chreach!

[TariqE]

Cheers dudes. I dig languages but gaelic is a bit off my radar......

[beefy]

Originally Posted by Quagmire

mo chreach!

Tapadh leibh Quagmire.
I Dont .Google is great.

[SkyeHibs]

Originally Posted by Quagmire

there's actually a school in skye that is considering closing their english department, as all the parents are putting their kids into the gaelic units, so going on that, things are on the up!

I think the school you are talking about is in Sleat. A number of parents have been pushing for the school to become Gaelic only but it does not look as if the education authority are going to back it. There is a school in the Uists that is going down that road however.

You are right that the numbers learning are looking encouraging but I would have to say from my experience it is declining in terms of everyday use in my part of Skye (Glendale.) There are so many incomers who make no attempt to learn the language and those that do speak the language therefore tend to speak English in the company of non speakers so as not to cause offence.

There has been quite a change over the last few decades. My wife tells me her grandmother had very little English with folk of her generation more or less living their lifes speaking Gaelic.

[Colr]

Anywhere I can get some useful gaelic phrases?

[SkyeHibs]

Originally Posted by Colr

Anywhere I can get some useful gaelic phrases?

I have a wonderful book of Gaelic sayings and proverbs. Sadly I am in Lanark just now and the book is in Skye. I will PM you when I am back up with the name and author.

[HibeeEmma]

didnt kno u were fluent Quagggy!

[Quagmire]

Originally Posted by hibeeem

didnt kno u were fluent Quagggy!

tha gu dearbh!

[roorky]

Colr ive had a wee look into this before and found loads of sites that have audio as well to help you pronounce the words and phrases correctly..... clicky

[Colr]

Originally Posted by roorky

Colr ive had a wee look into this before and found loads of sites that have audio as well to help you pronounce the words and phrases correctly..... clicky

Excellent - can say my name and my wee boy's in Gaelic!!!

What a teuchter!!

[Colr]

Originally Posted by jimmyhibs

didn't think you'd be interested in gaelic col.
http://www.hibeesbounce.com/forum/showthread.php?t=9004

My post expressed concern about the goverment spending tax payers money to encourage people to speak Gaelic - I have nothing against the language or those who wish to speak it but I do have an objection to governments pissing my money up the wall.

[Colr]

Originally Posted by jimmyhibs

so if they could just e-mail us all with us and our offspring's name to make us look 'cool' because we then know our name in gaelic it would save millions. better still, urdu, hispanic, pakistani.. in fact if they just made a cd where we could type in our name and have it translated into any language it would be even better. i like your thinking. what's your take on separate schools for catholics, muslims and sikhs?

I don't think they should be funded by the state - as I've said before. (I say that with particular reference to England)

What's your point? I wasn't aware Gaelic was a religion.

[Colr]

Originally Posted by jimmyhibs

my point is col, you seem to think that gaelic is a 'dead' language yet think it's cool you now know your name in gaelic. a bit double standards imo. you think that the government shouldn't fund 'your' money into gaelic education. well i don't think it's right 'our' government fund catholic schools or muslim schools with 'our' money. i also don't think that 'our' government should be spending 'our' money on nuclear weapons and turning the country 'i' live in into a nuclear scrapyard. but you won't hear me saying it'd be cool to throw 'my' rosary beads at the 1st nuclear missile launched from 'my' country.

I don't think its a dead language. I don't know why you say that. Its up to folk what language they want to speak and what culture they relate to. Seems like your inventing an arguement for yourself here.

Don't know what the "cool" bit is about either. I said it was an excellent site. Languages are interesting and fun - wish I'd spent more time learning more as a kid.

I agree with you on the funding of religious based education but it seems a bit off topic.