Re: [gaidhlig-gu-leor] Gni\omhairean a-rithist

[Janice Chan]

A Leslie chòir,

Math thu - fhèin! (good for you!), 

Ach, feuch seo:
(but try this).


>A bheil thu a' dùnadh na bùth?
>Did you close the shop?

This is in the present tense, and says:"Are you closing the shop?"
The genitive form of 'bùth' is 'bùtha', so I would write,

A' bheil thu a' dùnadh na bùtha?

"Did you close the shop?" is:
An do dùin thu a' bhùth?

But this is going beyond what Ted asked. 

>Chan eil mi ag fònadh air do mhathair.  

Chan eil mi a' fònadh gu do mhàthair.

>Dh' ionnsaich mi am facal ùr an duigh.
>I learned a new word today.

This says - "I learned the new word today" - leave out 'am' for 'a new word'.

>Snàmh mi ann an dè.  
>I swam in it yesterday

This says - "I swam there yesterday"

>Bha i ro fhuar.
Since you are referring to the loch, which is masculine, you might want
to change this to "Bha e ro fhuar"

le dùrachd

Seònag
-- 
"Tìr gun chànan, tìr gun anam."
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