Ga\idhlig agus Gaeilge
(Common greetings/sayings in Gaelic)GAELIC Language Bulletin Board
Rabhadh: teachtaireacht fhada!
GAELIC Language Bulletin Board
Rabhadh: teachtaireacht fhada!
T Dia duit (Lit. God to you)
Dia is Muire duit (Lit. God and Mary to you)
Go mbeannai/ Dia duit May God bless you.
Go mbeannai/ Dia is Muire duit May God and Mary bless you.
Bail o/ Dhia ort The blessing of God on you.
Bail o/ Dhia is Muire duit The blessing of God and Mary on you.
Go raibh maith agat Thanks (Lit. May there be good at you).
Go dtaga do ri/ocht May thy kingdom come.
Na/r laga Dia do la/mh May God not weaken your hand.
Gura sla/n an sce/alai/ May the bearer of the news be safe.
Gurab amhlaidh duit The same to you.
Ta/ fa/ilte romhat You are welcome.
Cad e/ (Goide/) mar ta/ tu/? How are you? (Ti/r Chonaill)
Ce/n chaoi 'bhfuil tu/? How are you (Connacht)
Conas ata/ tu? How are you? (Mumhan)
Ta/ me/ go maith I'm doing well.
An bhfuil aon rud u/r ag dul? What's new?
Aon sce/al 'ad? What's new? (Connacht)
Sla/n leat Good Bye (said to one going).
Sla/n agat Good Bye (said to one remaining).
Sla/inte chugat Good health to you.
Gabhaim pardu/n agat beg your pardon.
Gabh mo leithsce/al Pardon me (Lit. Accept my excuse).
Ma/s e/ do thoil e/ If you please.
Le do thoil Please
Saol fada chugat Long life to you.
For the following greetings: 'Gurab amhlaidh duit' is a common answer:
Oi/che mhaith duit Good night.
Codladh sa/mh duit A pleasant sleep.
Nollaig shona duit Happy Christmas.
Nollaig faoi she/an is faoi A prosperous and pleasant
mhaise duit Christmas.
Athbhliain faoi mhaise duit A prosperous New Year.
Terms of Endearment
a ghra/
a ru/n
a sto/r
a thaisce
a chroi/
a chuisle
my dear darling/love/treasure
muirni/n
leanna/n
ce/adsearc
sweetheart
a ghra/ mo chroi/
love of my heart!
Curses
Imeacht gan teacht ort
May you leave without returning.
Titim gan e/iri/ ort
May you fall without rising.
Fa/n fada ort
Long travels to you.
Go n-ithe an cat thu/ is go n-ithe an diabhal an cat
May the cat eat you, and may the cat be eaten by the devil.
Faclair
Here is a short list of vocabulary words to enable us to construct
some simple sentences.
sgÏth tired
fluich wet
teth hot
fuar cold
tinn sick
tioram dry
luath swift
dubh black
býn fair, white
mÛr big, great
beag small, little
agus and
ach but
c˜ m. dog
cat m. cat
teine m. fire
dorus m. door
taigh m. house
falt m. hair
Here are three comparisons in English/Ga\idhlig/Gaeilge:
English Ga\idhlig Gaeilge
------- --------- -------
I am Tha mi Ta/ me/
You are Tha thu Ta/ tu/
He (or it) is Tha e Ta/ se/
She (or it) is Tha i Ta/ si/
We are Tha sinn Ta/ muid
(or Ta/imid) (or Ta/ sinn)
You are Tha sibh Ta/ sibh
They are Tha iad Ta/ siad
I am not Chan eil mi Ni/l me/
Are you? A' bheil thu? An bhfuil tu/?
Aren't you? Nach eil thu? Nach bhfuil tu/?
I am (habitual) Bi mi Bi/m
You are (hab.) Bi thu Bi/onn se/
I will be Bi mi Beidh me/
I won't be Cha bhi mi Ni/ bheidh me/
Will you be? Am bi thu? An mbeidh tu/?
Won't you be? Nach bi thu? Nach mbeidh tu/?
I was Bha mi Bhi/ me/
I was not Cha robh mi Ni/ raibh me/
Were you? An robh thu? An raibh tu/?
Weren't you? Nach robh thu? Nach raibh tu/?
I would be Bhithinn Bheinn
You would be Bhiodh tu Bheadh tu/
I am drinking Tha mi ag ol Ta/ me/ ag o/l
I drink (hab.) Bi mi ag ol O/laim
I am going Tha mi ag dol Ta/ me/ ag dul
I go (hab.) Bi mi a' dol Te/im
You go (hab.) Bi thu a' dol Te/ann tu/
Impossible looking combinations of consonants at the
beginning of Irish Gaelic words ("eclipsis" - eg "mb", "gc",
"nd", "bhf", "bp", "dt") strike terror in Scottish Gaelic
speakers, but they are really very simple. They just mean that
the preceding word historically used to end in an 'n' or 'm',
which often survives in the Scottish Gaelic spelling, but in
Irish Gaelic only survives as a modified pronounciation of the
first letter of the following word. To get at the basic
dictionary headword, just strip off the initial consonant.
e.g.:
Latha nam paistean La/ na bpa/isti/ (look up "pa/iste") Tha fhios agam gum bi e ann Ta/ fhios agam gu mbeidh se/ ann Pairc nan caoraich Pa/irc na gcaorach (look up "caorach") nam biodh airgead agam da/ mbeadh airgead agamThe spelling revision in Irish Gaelic about 40 years ago did away with a lot of letters in the middle or at the ends of words which were no longer pronounced. They may or may not be still pronounced in Scottish Gaelic. e.g.
saoghal saol
ceartachadh ceartu/
If you can't find an Irish Gaelic word in a Scottish Gaelic
dictionary, try changing unvoiced consonants (c p t) to the
corresponding voiced consonant (g b d) (which may actually be
pronounced unvoiced in Scottish Gaelic too), and try changing
unstressed 'a' or 'o' to 'u', e.g.:
sgian scian
sgoil scoil
uisge uisce
agad agat
comunn comann
gu go
Symbols
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* : exists in other language
# : exists in other language, but with a different meaning
- : exists in other language, but not common, or not common
with same meaning
Gaidhlig Gaeilge
-------- -------
cuideachd ( freisin
(
( fosta
# idir * ar chor ar bith
eadar # idir
gun teagamh * gan amhras
/
breagha brea
\
gle mhath an-mhaith
/ /
latha air ais ) la o shin
)
bho chionn latha)
/
cha bhi ( ni bheidh
( / /
( ni bhionn
barrachd air breis agus
/
coltach ri cosuil le (* cosmhail)
bruidhinn * labhairt
gu tric * go minic
/
mar is trice de ghnath
ann an greiseag ) * ar ball
\ )
ann an uine goiread)
\
- sgith # tuirseach
/
# tuirseach * bronach
/
program (reideo) # clar (raidio)
\ / /
# clar ceirnin
* fear-teagaisg) muinteoir
)
* bean-teagaisg)
\ / /
bardachd filiocht
oilthigh ollscoil
clas rang
\ \ / / /
co-dhiu ( pe sceal e
( /
( cibe ar bith
cabhag deifir
difir ) difri/ocht
)
eadar-dhealachadh)
- eachdraigh stair
\
canan - teanga
\
ni mi an obair deanfaidh me/ an obair
ar falbh ( imithe
( /
( ar shiul
/
* cearr mi-cheart
* fuireach ( fanacht
(
( feitheamh
/
ri faighinn le fail
snoc seascair(?)
caidil codladh
/
coinneamh cruinniu
/
feumaidh tu caithfidh tu
/
boidheach * alainn
* a' tuigsinn ag tuiscint
\
an drasda faoi la/thair
* cu ( madra
(
( madadh
a' tighinn * ag teacht
/
fhathast ( fos
( /
( go foill
a' coimhead * ag fe/achaint
/
na's fhasa nios fusa
cudthromach ta/bhachtach
ag ionnsachadh ag foghlaim
/
chan eil nil
faisg air in aice le
/
neo air thaing nach ... (?) ar ndoigh ...
is toigh leum) is maith liom
)
is caomh leum)
/
faodaidh ) b'fheidir
)
ma fhaoite)
)
smaoit )
/
toilichte sasta
\ / / /
deonach rud a dheanamh sasta rud a dheanamh
/ /
daonnan * i gconai
\
neonach aisteach
taobh-duilleag leathanach
\ \
duine aig a bheil a' Gaidhlig duine a bhfuil Gaidhlig aige
mus an robh sula raibh
/
piuthar deirfiur
\ /
brathair dearthair
\ /
rud no dha cupla rud
/ /
feasgar trathnona
/ /
tha mi duilich ta bron orm
/
thachair rudeigin tharla rud eigin
/
thachair mi ris chas se orm
/ / /
de a tha a' tachairt? cad ata ar siul
\
air sailleabh de bharr
chionn's cionn is
* baile cathair
sabaid * troid
siorrachd contae
\ \
* duthaich ( tir
(
( tuath
\
maileid mala
rud sam bith rud ar bith
/ /
deuchainn scrudu
/ /
tha mi an seo bho chionn bliadhna ta me anseo le bliain
/ /
bho chionn goirid le deanai
\
( te (boirionn) ( te (duine)
( (
( fear (firionn) ( ceann (rud)
/
trang gnothach
\ \ /
- crioch (na duthcha) teorainn (na tire)
\
gu ire ar shli/
/
meadhon a' bhaile lar an bhaile
feadhain * daoine
mu ) faoi
\ )
mu dheidhinn)
ann an i, in
anns an sa
boireanach - bean
/
- bean * bean cheile
/
# Gaidhealtachd (na h-Alba) Garbhchrioch
na h-Eileanan an-Iar Inse Gall
dhachaigh abhaile
/
cha robh dad ann ) ni raibh dada ann)
) / )
cha robh call ann) ni raibh faic ann)
\ )
cha robh sian ann)
cus obrach an iomarca oibre
/
chan eil fhios ... ni fheadar ...
cuspair scoile a/bhar scoile
/
an toiseach ar dtus
stobhaim=stew cois tine=fireside cla'irseach=harp cla'irseoir=harpist bord=table cru'sca=jug cu'=hound ara'n=bread claiomh=sword feoil=meat taoiseach=chief gaiscioch=warriors seanchai=storyteller crann=tree tuatha'nach=peasant deatach=smoke carraig=rock talamh-ground ceann=head |
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