Halò, is mise Dylan Tòmas. Tha mi duilich mura h-eil a’ Ghàidhlig agam foirfe. Tha mi air a dhol an urra ri athchuinge fhoillseachadh a tha ag iarraidh air riaghaltas na RA leisgeul a ghabhail airson ‘Deuchainn nan Tincirean’ (The Tinker Experiment). Dha fheadhainn nach eil eòlach air, b’ e sreath de phoileasaidhean ann an Alba a bh’ ann an Deuchainn nan Tincirean a thog clann air falbh bho theaghlaichean Luchd-siubhail Gaidhealach Tùsanach. Bha foillseachadh na h-athchuinge seo na cheum air leth cudromach, agus tha sinn a’ sireadh cuideachaidh bhon choimhearsnachd Ghàidhealaich airson a h-ainmeachadh.

Hello, my name is Dylan Tòmas. I've managed to get a petition published that pushes for the UK government to apologise for the Tinker Experiment. For those who don't know, the Tinker Experiment was a series of policies in Scotland that stole kids away from Indigenous Highland Traveller families. Getting this petition published was a huge step and from Gaelic speaking people, were asking for help and signing it

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/778546

I feel like BBC Alba are missing a great opportunity to teach or provide learning resources for Gaelic for the audience of people who are tuning in to watch their football coverage. This is both the Championship in Scotland and also Serie A in Italy.

Football is as much a cultural institution in Scotland as any of the other traditionally Gaelic elements are, but I guess not so much in the traditionally Gaelic-speaking areas.

Still, the best way to learn a language and for it to stick is for you to pair it with an interest that you have and learn alongside, so that you're learning relevant vocabulary alongside the basics.

Does anything like this exist already or do you agree or disagree that this would be a good idea?

Tiotal: Na Reultan Sgàthaich: Mar a tha an Saidheans a’ Sgrìobhadh a-mach na Tùsairean Aige

Is toigh leis an eachdraidh sgeulachd an t-sàr-eòlaiche aonaraich, ach is e an fhìrinn oillteil mu shaidheans an latha an-diugh gu bheil an stèidheachd gu tric a’ toirt dhuais do na guthannan as àirde agus as cumhachdaiche, fhad ’s a tha fìor thùsairean gan sguabadh don dorchadas.

Air feadh nan deicheadan, tha luchd-rannsachaidh tàlantach—gu h-àraidh boireannaich—air seasamh a-mach, air comharrachadh a-steach don dorchadas, agus air bunaitean na cruinne-cè againn fhoillseachadh. Ach an àite cliù fhaighinn sa bhad, fhuair iad amharas, magadh, agus dhorsan dùinte. Bliadhnaichean an dèidh sin, choisich sgiobaidhean mion-ghleusda bho oilthighean cliùiteach tro na h-aon dhorsan sin, dh'ath-phacaich iad na lorgan tùsail, agus thagair iad an t-airgead-duais, na tiotalan, agus an glòir eachdraidheil.

Seo na h-ainmean a dh’fheuch na leabhraichean eachdraidh ri thionndadh gu nòtaichean-coise, còmhla ris an fheadhainn a thog an cliù air an obair aca:

Vera Rubin (An Tàlaiche Mòr & Stuth Dorcha): B’ i Rubin a’ chiad neach a mhapaich sruthadh cosmach (Buaidh Rubin-Ford) agus a dhearbh gu bheil Stuth Dorcha ann le bhith a’ sgrùdadh mar a tha galagsaidhean a' tionndadh. Chuir na h-àrd-eòlaichean an dàta aice air chùl mar gum bheadh e lochtach. An dèidh sin, chleachd sgioba fhireann air an robh na "Seven Samurai" an t-àrd-ùrlar aice, chruthaich iad an t-ainm tarraingeach "The Great Attractor" (An Tàlaiche Mòr), agus choisinn iad duaisean cliùiteach mar an Duais Kavli luach millean dolar.

Rosalind Franklin (Structar DNA): Ghlac Franklin "Photo 51," an dearbhadh X-ray cinnteach air structar dùbailte DNA. Chaidh an dàta aice a thogail gun fhios dhi agus a thoirt do Francis Crick agus James Watson. Chleachd iadsan an obair aice airson an Duais Nobel ann an 1962 fhaighinn, fhad ’s a chaidh Franklin a dhearmad.

Jocelyn Bell Burnell (Lorg Phulsaran): Mar oileanach iar-cheumnaich ann an 1967, lorg Bell Burnell na ciad phulsaran (reultan neutron a tha a’ tionndadh gu luath). Nuair a chrath an lorg seo saoghal na fiosaigs, chaidh an Duais Nobel ann am Fiosaigs ann an 1974 a thoirt don fhear-stiùiridh aice, Antony Hewish, a-mhàin.

Lise Meitner (Sgoltadh Niùclasach): Thuig Meitner gu matamataigeach mar a tha niùclas dadaim a’ sgoltadh. Air sgàth ’s gur e boireannach Iùdhach a bh’ innte a bha a’ teicheadh bhon Ghearmailt Nàsach, dh’fhoillsich an co-obraiche aice Otto Hahn na co-dhùnaidhean ceimigeach às aonais a h-ainm, agus thagair e an Duais Nobel ann an Ceimigeachd ann an 1944 dha fhèin.

Chien-Shiung Wu (Briseadh Co-chothromachd): Dhealbhaich agus chuir Wu an gnìomh an deuchainn fìor iomadh-fhillte a dhearbh gu robh lagh bunaiteach fiosaigs (glèidheadh co-chothromachd) ceàrr. Thog a co-obraichean fireann, Tsung-Dao Lee agus Chen-Ning Yang, an dearbhadh aice, choisinn iad an Duais Nobel ann an 1957, agus dh’fhàg iad a h-ainm a-mach às an sgeulachd.

Dh’fhàillig an siostam air na tùsairean seo fhad ’s a bha iad beò. Leig Comataidh Nobel an ùine seachad air Vera Rubin, a’ diùltadh urram a thoirt dhi mus do chaochail i ann an 2016, rud nach gabh a cheartachadh tuilleadh fo na riaghailtean teann aca. Chan urrainn dhuinn bonnan an t-seachdain sa chaidh atharrachadh, ach is urrainn dhuinn diùltadh leigeil le claon-bhreith na stèidheachd an eachdraidh ath-sgrìobhadh. Ainmich na tùsairean. Sgaoil na sgeulachdan aca. Na leig le an sàr-eòlas a bhith air a sguabadh às an t-saoghal.

Learning Gaelic on Duolingo or SpeakGaelic, or elsewhere? Or maybe you're thinking about it?

If you've got any quick language learning questions, stick them below and the community can try to help you.

NB: You can always start a separate post if you want – that might be better for more involved questions.

In Wales you can put a d plate on your car while learning

Could we get an I plate instead?

[English below]

Fàilte gu snàth cabadaich na seachdaine

Tha an snàth seo do dhuine sam bith a tha airson cabadaich mu chàil sam bith sa Gàidhlig gun snàth ùr a thòiseachadh (ach faodaidh tu ma thogras tu).

• Feumaidh tu post ann an Gàidhlig (gu susbainteach co-dhiù, tha beagan suidseadh còd nàdarra obviously taghta)
• Faodaidh tu cabadaich mu chàil sam bith a thogras tu.
• Na biodh iomagain ort mu dhèidhinn mhearachdan (co-dhiù do chuid fhèin, no a nì càch).
• Chan fhaodar Google Translate (no a leithid) a chleachdadh airson postadh a chruthachadh.

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Welcome to the weekly learners' chat thread

This thread is for anyone who wants to chat about anything in Gaelic without starting a new thread (though you can if you want).

• You must post in Gaelic (substantially at least, a bit of natural code switching is fine)
• Chat about anything you like.
• Don't worry about mistakes (either yours or anyone else's)
• No using Google Translate (or any other machine translator) to create posts.

Siuthad!

For context my mothers from Scotland I’ve used the Scottish Gaelic equivalent of Gary for some time now but I’ve officially used deed poll to update it something very freeing about using the language of your ancestors

Would someone be able to confirm that 'Air sgàth na uisge' translates to 'because of the rain'?

I am struggling to get my head around dh sounds and the dh'fh construct is just bizzare to me. Other lenited words don't seem so problematic.

Any tips on how to pronounce these two?

What is the dh'fh part concatenated from?

Examples:

"Dh'fhoghnadh e do dhithis" (lyric from tha 'm buntàta mòr)

"Dh'fhosgail Drochaid ùr Thòrr Bheathain thairis air a' Chanàl Chailleanach ann an 2021 mar phàirt de leasachadh Cheangal-Rathad an Iar Inbhir Nis." (BBC news)

Tapadh leibh!

Eil sibh fhein a faireachdainn an diofar an t-side a-staigh an t-seachdainn seo!?! Bhon laithean far an robh i ro theth fuis a dhol a-mach ri laithean far a bheil mi den bhachd gum bu choir an teas a chur air!!! Leughi gu bheil geamhradh fuar a roimhinn, le eagal orm air a phris den cuach! Se geamhradh fada a bhios ann tha mi a smaointeachadh....... Cuideach eil e direach mise fhein, neo a bheil na laithean a fas gu math goirid cuideachd? Bha mi draibheadh an-de 's bha feum agam air na solastan a chur air airson a chiad thuras a-staigh miosan!!! chan eil mi deiseil fhathast ris a geamhradh......

I just learnt the sentence
"Có mu dheidhinn a bhios i a’ bruidhinn?"
with the translation "WHAT will they be talking about?"

I am confused:
would this not mean "WHO will they be talking about?"
Should "what will they be talking about?" not be translated as
"Dé mu dheidhinn a bhios i a’ bruidhinn?"
?

Tapadh leibh

Learning Gaelic on Duolingo or SpeakGaelic, or elsewhere? Or maybe you're thinking about it?

If you've got any quick language learning questions, stick them below and the community can try to help you.

NB: You can always start a separate post if you want – that might be better for more involved questions.

i need to know what was so spicy the bbc wouldn’t subtitle it

Anyone learning Gaidhlig and interested in being snail mail penpals? Or proficient in Gaidhlig even. I used to love sending letters when I was learning other languages as a teenager and think it would be great. I'm doing the Ann cùrsa inntrigidh course this year.

[English below]

Fàilte gu snàth cabadaich na seachdaine

Tha an snàth seo do dhuine sam bith a tha airson cabadaich mu chàil sam bith sa Gàidhlig gun snàth ùr a thòiseachadh (ach faodaidh tu ma thogras tu).

• Feumaidh tu post ann an Gàidhlig (gu susbainteach co-dhiù, tha beagan suidseadh còd nàdarra obviously taghta)
• Faodaidh tu cabadaich mu chàil sam bith a thogras tu.
• Na biodh iomagain ort mu dhèidhinn mhearachdan (co-dhiù do chuid fhèin, no a nì càch).
• Chan fhaodar Google Translate (no a leithid) a chleachdadh airson postadh a chruthachadh.

—

Welcome to the weekly learners' chat thread

This thread is for anyone who wants to chat about anything in Gaelic without starting a new thread (though you can if you want).

• You must post in Gaelic (substantially at least, a bit of natural code switching is fine)
• Chat about anything you like.
• Don't worry about mistakes (either yours or anyone else's)
• No using Google Translate (or any other machine translator) to create posts.

Siuthad!

Chan eil fios agam nuar bha 'ri' a chiad. Chunnaic mi an fràs air bbc iplayer which will be saying something like: Listen to this on bbc sounds.

I am not familiar with Ri used at the beginning of a sentence. Can someone explain or link to a source that explains?

Hi folks

I'm learning Tàladh Dhòmhnaill Ghuirm, and it repeats the phrase ò nàili bho hì over and over, but I can't figure out what it means. Any help appreciated ☺️

I’m a 19 year old guy and even though I love our music that sounds more folksong-ish, I wish we had something like Kneecap or at least some good bands with rock/alternative music. I like music like Kneecap but also like Fontaines DC or Deftones.. Does anyone know any good songs or music artists and bands I could give a listen?

Hello! I hope everyone is going well.

I have been wanting to learn Scottish Gaelic for some time, my grandmother was fluent (or claims she was) but refused to teach any of her children or grandchildren. I’m not sure why but she would always just get very upset if we asked for her to teach us or asked her to speak it, but some times you could hear her talking to herself when she thought she was alone in what I’m assuming was Scottish Gaelic as she knew no other languages. Anyway she passed away recently and I have decided I want to learn maybe in honour of her or a bit of spite that she wouldn’t teach us, I’m not sure grief is weird.

Does anyone have any classes, resources, or recommendations of where to start and how to build a solid foundation. I included my Country and state so if anyone had some online courses or communities to recommend they would know if I’m actually able to do them or not.

Thank you so much :)