in this video we're going to take another look at some of the similarities
and differences between irish and scottish gáidhlig
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so i thought it might be good first of all to start off with a
list of words that are pretty much the same in terms
of spelling and pronunciation in both irish and scottish gáidhlig so here's that list
so ach means but
and as you can see that's the same in both languages
agus means and as in in addition to and is is also another
way of saying and in both languages, agus and is
le means with
in irish bláth is a flower bláth and that's more or less
the same in scottish gáidhlig apart from the
direction of the fada as you can see here in terms of its
appearance i mean in scottish gáidhlig it's blàth
whereas in irish it's more bláth as i mentioned in the previous video in
scottish gáidhlig the fada points to the top left whereas in
irish it points to the top right moving on anois that's the irish for
now and it's the same in scottish gáidhlig, anois
ceol means music ceol and it's
pretty much the same in both languages apart from scottish gáidhlig which has a
fada on the o ceól for music
ag obair then is working ag obair and that looks and sounds more or less
the same in both languages ag obair working
so now that we've looked at some standalone words let's look at some
phrases now that will incorporate some common and quite useful verbs in
both irish and scottish gáidhlig so our first one here i'm going to start
with the scottish gáidhlig pronunciation and i'll follow that up with the irish
language pronunciation
bha e ag iarraidh seóclaid = he was wanting chocolate or he wanted chocolate
and in irish bhí sé ag iarraidh seacláid
our next phrase then
chaidh e gu sasainn = he went to england
in irish chuaigh sé go sasanna
our next phrase then, fhuair e bogsa de sheòclaid
he got a box of chocolates, fhuair e bogsa de sheòclaid
in irish fuair sé bosca seacláidí
moving on then our next phrase
gu h-obann thuit e - suddenly he fell
and in irish, go tobann thit sé
our next phrase then thoir an aire ort fhèin
take care of yourself thoir an aire ort fhèin
and in irish tabhair aire duit féin
if we look at our next phrase
here coming up i think it's quite fitting and quite
appropriate that it's more or less the same in terms of
spelling and pronunciation in both languages
and to me that's quite fitting because although we have differences
realistically we're all part of the same family anyway
coinnigh an bladhaire beo = keep the flame alive
in irish coinnigh an bladhaire beo
so it could also mean keep the candle burning
or keep the flame going it means things like that so
quite an appropriate phrase i think
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