Great video Jason, very useful. From the beginning I was already thinking of the many places I have read "gu bheil" in your lessons and the readings. Tha mi toiliche, gu bheil mi a' chuala agus a' coimhead do bhideo.
Yeah! This video made "gu bheil" so much clearer and helpful. A little off topic but I could use clarification. I've noticed when talking of weather you use "i" ex: "tha i fuar an-diugh", I've also seen "e". Does it matter? Tha mi toilichte gu bheil mi toilichte an-diugh! Mòran taing 😀
Sgoinneil! If memory serves, using E for weather is part of the Lewis dialect. Other dialects favor the *i* instead. I don't know if it's much of a big deal, to be honest, but, you'll see and hear *i* very often. 🙂
I would have a question: why do you have to write "ag radh" for "saying"? I thought that "ag" had being used before a verb beginning with a vowel, which is not the case for the verb "radh"! (I am not sure whether my sentence is grammaticaly correct or not, my english is a little rusty!) 😆 Thanks anyway!
basically it used to be ‘ag’ everywhere (coming from ‘aig’) but most of the verbs starting with consonants lost the g sound (like ‘want to’ turning into ‘wanna’, it simplifies) making ‘a’. ‘ag radh’ flows together more than ‘ag fuireach’ so in some places the g stayed in front of the r. you can also see this in the dialectal verb ‘ag reic’ (to sell), and in some places ‘ag ràdh’ has been reanalysed as ‘a gràdh’. tldr: it’s a rare exception to a sound change hope this helps!
I'm looking at other aspects of this as a conjunction, and I thought, that'll be the same as " I think that......" it seems that this translates as " cha chreid mi nach" and that the gu bheil isn't appropriate here...
Hi Adele. 🙂 In this lesson, we're not using that double negative kind of phrase. Here, we're keeping it simple: 'thinking' + 'that', which is *a' smaoineachadh gu bheil.* If we used *a' creidsinn* in this way, we would still use *gu bheil*: Tha mi a' creidsinn gu bheil...
I m French who learn Gaelic from English teacher explanations. ❤
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thank you Jason love your videos and I learn from you this is great thank you so much.
Thank you so much. This is a great explanation!!!
Sgoinneil! Tapadh leat, Jason. Your videos are so helpful 😊
My pleasure! Thank you for watching! 🙂
Great video Jason, very useful. From the beginning I was already thinking of the many places I have read "gu bheil" in your lessons and the readings. Tha mi toiliche, gu bheil mi a' chuala agus a' coimhead do bhideo.
Sgoinneil! Great to hear, a charaid. 😀
Thanks for all the great lessons Jason
It's my pleasure, a charaid. 🙂 Thank you for watching. Many more videos to come this year.
Just recently bought Deidre and the King, hoping to be able to read it in good time. Slàinte!
This is epic! Thank you so much, and the pictures help so much 👍
Glad you enjoyed it! 🙂The pictures add a lot of life to lessons, I think.
Brilliant! Thank you
Tha an bhideo seo nas fheàrr na am bhideo eile, nam bhochd. 👏🏻. Tapadh leibh!
Tapadh leat, a Ghoiridh! Tha mi toilichte gu bheil e nas fheàrr.🙂
Jason, am I just imagining it, or could I also have come across ' tha fios agam' for' I know'?
So helpful! Thank you
My pleasure! Thanks for watching. 🙂
Awesome vid again young Deusan 🙂
Tapadh leat! 🙂
Tapadh Leat Jason, had heard this a ton on big gaels don't cry and seen it in some social media and couldn't unearth its meaning this is neato :)
Ah, excellent to hear it's clearer now. 🙂
Yeah! This video made "gu bheil" so much clearer and helpful. A little off topic but I could use clarification. I've noticed when talking of weather you use "i" ex: "tha i fuar an-diugh", I've also seen "e". Does it matter? Tha mi toilichte gu bheil mi toilichte an-diugh! Mòran taing 😀
Sgoinneil! If memory serves, using E for weather is part of the Lewis dialect. Other dialects favor the *i* instead. I don't know if it's much of a big deal, to be honest, but, you'll see and hear *i* very often. 🙂
@@GaelicwithJason 🙂
Hello how would i pronounce "Deas Gu Cath"
So helpful! Mòran taing!
Sgoinneil! Tha mi toilichte *gu bheil* e feumail. 🙂
I would have a question:
why do you have to write "ag radh" for "saying"?
I thought that "ag" had being used before a verb beginning with a vowel, which is not the case for the verb "radh"!
(I am not sure whether my sentence is grammaticaly correct or not, my english is a little rusty!)
😆
Thanks anyway!
basically it used to be ‘ag’ everywhere (coming from ‘aig’) but most of the verbs starting with consonants lost the g sound (like ‘want to’ turning into ‘wanna’, it simplifies) making ‘a’. ‘ag radh’ flows together more than ‘ag fuireach’ so in some places the g stayed in front of the r. you can also see this in the dialectal verb ‘ag reic’ (to sell), and in some places ‘ag ràdh’ has been reanalysed as ‘a gràdh’.
tldr: it’s a rare exception to a sound change
hope this helps!
Tapadh leat, @necromeme! 👍🏻
@@GaelicwithJason ‘s e do bheatha!
Is it perhaps more 'proper' to use 'is gu bheil'? As in 'Tha mi a' smaoineachadh 's gu bheil e math'
With certain idioms, we would add in that extra 'is' but in most cases, we wouldn't need it. As far as I'm aware, at least. 🙂
Tapadh leat Deasan, tha an leasan seo cho feumail.
I'm looking at other aspects of this as a conjunction, and I thought, that'll be the same as " I think that......" it seems that this translates as " cha chreid mi nach" and that the gu bheil isn't appropriate here...
Hi Adele. 🙂 In this lesson, we're not using that double negative kind of phrase. Here, we're keeping it simple: 'thinking' + 'that', which is *a' smaoineachadh gu bheil.* If we used *a' creidsinn* in this way, we would still use *gu bheil*: Tha mi a' creidsinn gu bheil...
@@GaelicwithJason sounds like a good phrase to have then " tha mi a chreidsinn gu bheil" diolch yn fawr iawn...
gu bheil uisge beatha gle bha...sin mar a tha e
Tha mi smaoineachadh gu bheil i fluich an-diugh.
Glè mhath! 😀 Maybe not about the rain but definitely about how you used 'gu bheil' perfectly there.
Moran tang a’ thidseir ach an robh sibh took up all the space leis an knight that says NAIDH dealbh 😂
Ni! 😁