How to speak Gaelic - Lesson 3: Useful phrases
I thought we'd carry on from where we left off last time. Do you remember?
Question: Ciamar a tha sibh? (How are you?)
Answer: Tha mi gu math, tapadh leibh. (I'm fine, thank you.)
You can hear the exact pronounciation here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/alba/foghlam/beag_air_bheag/section01/lesson1_1.shtml
Well, we've been rather formal with our Gaelic above. We'd probably normally use the "familiar" version:
Question: Ciamar a tha thu? (How are you?)
Answer: Tha mi gu math, tapadh leat. (I'm fine, thank you.)
You can hear how these sound here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/alba/foghlam/beag_air_bheag/section01/lesson1_2.shtml
Let's stick with the "beag air bheag" (a nice interactive resource for Gaelic learners provided by the BBC) and learn a couple more really useful phrases:
Halò a (Hello)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/alba/foghlam/beag_air_bheag/section01/lesson1_3.shtml
Tapadh leat (Thank you)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/alba/foghlam/beag_air_bheag/section01/lesson1_4.shtml
Mar sin leat (Goodbye)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/alba/foghlam/beag_air_bheag/section01/lesson1_5.shtml
Dè an t-ainm a th’ oirbh? (What's you name) and Is mise... (My name is...)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/alba/foghlam/beag_air_bheag/section02/lesson2_1.shtml
I think that's enough for now. Keep practising and I promise we'll do something dynamic Gaelic next time.
Mar sin leat!
Previous lessons:
Lesson 1: The Gaelic alphabet
Lesson 2: All the sounds