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by MacAonghais
Tue Sep 27, 2016 7:03 am
Forum: Cuir nan aithne / Introductions
Topic: Hello
Replies: 5
Views: 12084

Hello

Halò faoileag,

Interesting that you say that you could follow from German. I also had German as a subject in a Scottish School, but I actually didn't learn anything of any use :? It wasn't until I moved from Scotland that I was forced to learn it.

I think my wife will get this book anyway, so I ...
by MacAonghais
Tue Sep 27, 2016 6:14 am
Forum: Gràmar, Fuaimean is Gnàths / Grammar, Sounds and Expressions
Topic: My hovercraft is full of eels
Replies: 6
Views: 8539

My hovercraft is full of eels

Níall Beag wrote:
MacAonghais wrote: LOL so this was my tr*nsl*t**n, and not the one I found :)

tapadh leibh :)
Note the H that GunCleoc added though.
Oh thanks for pointing that out. I missed that initially.
by MacAonghais
Mon Sep 26, 2016 10:03 pm
Forum: Gràmar, Fuaimean is Gnàths / Grammar, Sounds and Expressions
Topic: My hovercraft is full of eels
Replies: 6
Views: 8539

My hovercraft is full of eels

LOL so this was my tr*nsl*t**n, and not the one I found :)

tapadh leibh :)
by MacAonghais
Sun Sep 25, 2016 1:33 pm
Forum: Gràmar, Fuaimean is Gnàths / Grammar, Sounds and Expressions
Topic: My hovercraft is full of eels
Replies: 6
Views: 8539

My hovercraft is full of eels

The first phrase I learnt when learning to speak my first foreign language was "my hovercraft is full of eels".

Therefore, despite being able to say some things in Gaelic like, hello, thank you. I find it suiting that my first full Gaelic phrase also be "my hovercraft is full of eels".

I found ...
by MacAonghais
Sun Sep 25, 2016 1:02 pm
Forum: Cuir nan aithne / Introductions
Topic: Hello
Replies: 5
Views: 12084

Hello

Tapadh leibh GunChleoc.

Although I am fluent in German, English is my mother tongue, so I think learning Gaelic from a foreign language, which I've only been speaking for 10 years, will confuse me too much :D

However, my wife is a native German speaker, and also wants to learn Gaelic with me, so ...
by MacAonghais
Sun Sep 25, 2016 10:01 am
Forum: Cuir nan aithne / Introductions
Topic: Hello
Replies: 5
Views: 12084

Hello

Hi,

Thought I'd say hello.

I came looking for Gaelic course material for self study and noticed some useful links. I was also hoping to find a community which is also supportive of learners, and it appears I found it :)

I've been playing with the idea of learning Gaelic since I was an adult, but ...