Failte!
Failte ris a h-uile duine!
S e Seumas an t-ainm a th’orm. Rugadh agus thogadh mi anns na Gaidhealtachd agus tha mo theaghlach (agus mo bhean) bho Eilean Leodhais. Tha torr Gaidhlig agam ach tha mi gu math lapach. Air mo bhlog, bidh mi a sgriobhadh stuth anns a Ghaidhlig bho am gu am. Ma tha Gaidhlig agadsa, fag comments ma tha thu ag iarraidh.
Chan eil Gaidhlig gu leor agam ach tha mi a cuir do bhlog anns mo feedichean a nis … Nach eil wordpress nas fhearr na blogger now that you’ve got here?!
Moran taing ’son do chuideachadh! Fhuair mi do phost-dealain ach bha mi gu math trang an t-seachdainn a chaidh, so cha robh tide agam cuir freagairt thugad fhathast.
Tha wordpress a coimhead torr nas fhearr, tha thu ceart! Tha a h-uile cail direach a coimhead nas glan is sgiobalta. Feumaidh mi deanamh rud beag obair eile air mo bhlog ur, agus an uair sin gluasaidh mi officially dhan larach-lin ur agam! Bidh mo thide air blogger seachad!
Chunnaic mi do bhlog, tha uidh agad ann an cananan cuideachd - gle inntinneach! Leughaidh mi an stuth agad a rithist.
Seadh a’ bhalaich!
Bha mi a’ lorg stuth mu dheidhinn Mark Driscoll ann an Dun Eidinn agus lorg mi am blog agad! Gu mi-fhortanach cha d’fhuair mi air a dhol chun cho-labhairt ged a bha mi ann an Dun Eidinn air an deireadh sheachdainn ud. Chaidh feadhainn dha na caraidean agam ann agus thuirt iad gu robh e direach miorbhailleach! Grrrrr!!! Co-dhiu, tha mi toilichte gun d’fhuair thu ann agus gun d’fhuair thu beannachadh ann.
Thoir cuairt a-null chun bhlog agam fhein. Sadaidh mi thu air am blogroll agam cuideachd.
Cheerie an drasda!
Iain
Hi Iain,
Tapadh leat ’son do mhessage. Bha Mark math dha rireibh - s urrainn dhut a shearmon fhaighinn air an eadar-lion (air an laraich-lin aig Destiny Church).
Chunnaic mi am blog agad, gle inntinnteach! Chuala mi thu a bruidhinn air Reidio nan Gaidheil an t-seachdainn sa chaidh, mu dheidhinn Ceol is Creideamh. Tha mi’n dochas gu bheil na programman a dol gu math.
Tioraidh matha
Hello again,
tha ceist agam airson a h-uile daoine a tha fileanta anns a Ghaidhlig, ie obviously not including me! I understand there’s a word deamhain (’devil’?) and a linguist friend is wondering how native speakers of Gaelic pronounce it. Can you help? The best thing i think would be if you could have possibly thought to yourself how you’d say it aloud before you reach the end of this sentence in case i bias your spontaneous judgment with what the specific question is
Ok ready? Basically the query seems to involve whether the spelling sequence -mh- is pronounced as a consonant in this word or if it’s silent. Any help will be most gratefully received!
It would also be interesting to know if people pronounce it differently depending on where they come from - and also what the vowel in the first syllable sounds like (eg like the vowel in English ‘bed’ or like English ‘dog’, or whatever).
(PS sorry this isn’t the best place to put this but the top post on your front page right now is French - didn’t seem to fit - if you want to move it i can’t complain!)
Moran taing! Bidh mo charaid uamhasach taingeil!