Fòram na Gàidhlig

My Gaelic is nowise good enough to attempt to write all of this anns a' Ghàidhlig, but I will take a stab at it.. Tá mo Gaeilainn na hÉireann nios fearr ar fád na mo Gaeilge na hAlban! Tha mi 'g iarraidh nam faclair na h-oran "An Coire Riabhach" o na sgannan "Seachd - The Inaccessible...

Seo!

(I have a feeling I just wrote something wrong: I'm used to writing Irish, not Gaidhlig! Ta bron orm!/Tha mi duilich!)

This is my attempt to sing the puirt-a-beul song "Domhniall Dubh an Domhnallach"

Tapadh leibh,

Riain

Seonaidh wrote:Chan eil fios agam idir - dè mu dheidhinn iarraidh dha Jhulie fhèin?

Chan eil mi a' tuigsinn. Beagan Gaidhlig na hÉireann agam, nach Gaidhlig na h-Alba.

(I just tried to say, "I don't understand, I have only a little Irish Gaelic, not Scottish Gaelic")

...excuse the Beurla, please. What does this line, in Julie Fowlis' song "Oganaich Uir a Rinn M'Fhagail" mean? 'S nach fhaigh mi baisteadh an Uibhist - "I will not get a baptism in Uibhst" (Seist) Gu ruig mi fear a' chùil bhuidhe - "Until I reach the yellow haired man" ...

...well, where to start. I'm a student of Irish Gaelic (Gaelige na h-Éireann) and pretty much all of my exposure to Gaidhlig has been through song, notably Julie Fowlis and to a lesser extent, the Rankin Family. Listening to Julie's music, though, I see a lot of cognates that I recognize from Irish,...