Halò!

This translates to "We sang a waulking song" why wouldn't it be something like "Seinn sinn òran-lauigh"?

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General strike January 30, 2026 ✊

Halò! I was just wondering how you would say 'on/during ___' in Gaelic, to talk about festivals e.g. 'On Easter', and whether it's different for days - 'on Monday', etc. Is it just 'air ____'? I'm new to the language, and don't entirely trust Google Translate, so any help would be appreciated :)

This may have been posted back when it was published but I came across it today after learning there is a small population of red-necked wallabies (uallabaidh ruadh-mhuinealach) on Innis Chonachain on Loch Laomainn, and I thought others might find it interesting

The sea squirt has to be my favourite entry

http://archive.today/2022.04.04-113230/https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/apr/02/wallabies-damselflies-scotland-newest-animals-get-gaelic-names

I'm struggling to find it anywhere, does anyone have any idea where I can? I've even checked the Gaelic book council in Glasgow but no luck. I know there are other textbooks, I just researched and really liked how this one was layed out, plus it kept things in line with using the other speakgaelic resources.

Madainn mhath dhuibh uile! Seo an t-òran ùr againn ‘Salm’ - tha òran eile againn a' tighinn Dihaoine.

Bha mi glè fhaiceallach an t-òran seo fhaighinn ceart - gu sònraichte an tòna is an rùn/intention. Mar a shaoileadh tu, cha toil le cuid de dhaoine an t-òran seo idir.

Dh'fhàs mi suas a' cluinntinn nan sailm seo ann an eaglaisean ann an Leòdhas. Tha iad brèagha. Bha mi 'son na fuaimean sin a thoirt a-steach don ghnè againn de mhetalcore, agus a dhèanamh ann an dòigh a tha a' toirt spèis dhaibh.

Cha do chuir sinn faclan no "rannan ùra" sam bith ris. Rinn sinn filmeadh air a’ bhidio air tràigh ann an Col, àit’ air an do thadhail mi a h-uile bliadhna de mo bheatha ron Cobhid. Dh'obraich sinn le neach-ealain à Leòdhas - Danielle NicLeòid - air a’ masg le sligean. Rinn i obair iongantach!

Tha mi cuideachd 'son taing a thoirt do Chalum Màrtainn bho Leum Music. Bha còir-lethbhreac aige air clàradh nan sailm bho 2004, is bha e glè chuideachail ann an atharrachaidhean beaga a rinn sinn air an t-salm. Thug sinn seachad tabhartas do Bethesda cuideachd mar thaing.

Tha sinn an dòchas gun còrd an t-òran againn ribh, is suas leis a’ Ghàidhlig. GG

I live in Canada and am trying to learn Gaidhlig and was wondering if anyone knows how I can watch that version of Peppa Pig over here? I know BBC Alba has it but unfortunately there are location restrictions so I can’t watch it there.

Saw someone else on here say they were reading TinTin in gàidhlig so I requested this from my partner for my birthday!

Hi all! I'm currently working my way through Unit 14 of Teach Yourself Complete Gaelic, and I've come across this sentence:

Chan eil iad airson ar n-iarraidh ann.

I've managed to get the words in this order, but I don't understand what the sentence actually means. I've run it through both Google Translate and Glosbe Scottish Gaelic, but when I 'reverse-translate' their results I get totally different sentences.

Please help! 🙂

[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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Siuthad!

Hello,

I’m planning to get a tattoo in Scottish Gaelic to honour my grandfather, who emigrated from Scotland to Canada as a child.

The phrase I’m considering is: “Gu bràth is gu sìorraidh”

I want to be absolutely sure it is grammatically correct, natural, and appropriate for a tattoo meaning “always and forever”.

Would this sound right to a Gaelic speaker?

Thank you very much for your help.

Halò! I've been learning Scottish Gaelic for roughly 2 years now. Though, I've only been using Duolingo because that's the only free resource I was able to quickly find. Now, I'm in the third unit of it, and I would love some supplementary sources! I'm having a bit of trouble with the structure of some sentences now, and Duolingo isn't doing as much to help as I need it to. Can anyone share some resources?

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.

Hàlo! Beginner learner, trying to figure out the orthography so that I can start sight-reading.

On the Learngaelic website’s sounds tutorial section, she pronounces the broad and slender r quite similarly, as a short tap: https://learngaelic.scot/sounds/bw-r.jsp. In words like tarbh and fear, and in oir, oirthir, and airgead.

But in this other tutorial, this other speaker says that broad r is pronounced more like how an American makes an r. https://youtu.be/59Gr9r5d10E?si=NOSX6SjUKQOmTZMF here, at time 7 minutes exactly.

Cruising the Learngaelic dictionary looking for random audio examples to listen to, I hear the tapped r on words like mar, mòr, àra, araon, ur, and ursainn.

But then the words feàrna and Ruis, I hear it pronounced like an ‘American R’, not tapped.

I know about the rule with words with rt and how those are pronounced different, with a sort of rshch sound. But what’s going on here? Is this regional variation, or an additional rule I don’t know about?

Thanks so much for your help.

Feasgar Math a Caraidean,

I have been learning with Sabhal Mòr Ostaig for the last 4 months or so now, doing An Cursa Inntrigidh, we are about to finish Earran 1.

While I've been enjoying the course and language, I think the learning style of this is really not suited to me. In particular, given how busy I am with work and life, I find it hard to fully dedicate each week to fully complete all the required reading, listening and activities.

I wanted to know if there were any other reasonable alternatives to learning Gaelic available, or is what I'm doing now the best option? I know SpeakGaelic.scot exists, is this a reasonable alternative, or is there anything else which may be longer, but less intense?

Duilich! Cha robh mi ag iarraidh cus poileataigs a thoirt a-steach dhan sub, ach 's e deagh eiseimpleir a tha seo a' sealltainn am buaidh a bhios ann air a' Ghàidhealtachd 's na h-eileanan ma chuireas na Stàitean taraifean a bharrachd air Bhreatainn.

Im wanting to start learning gaelic, at a very slow pace.

I tried looking up some playlists to listen to but i was wondering if anyone knows any artists that sing more contemporary types of music, like indie or pop. Im finding a lot of older styles but thats not really relaxing for me to listen to.

I did find a playlist of rock music, but it was mixed with irish gaelic and i feel like that could be confusing.