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The Scottish thread
This thread is for anything Scottish....not just the language but our culture as well. Anything you want to know just ask
I'm also chucking in some Gaelic....now remember I'm just learning Gaelic as well
you first test .....answer me properly.
Ciamar a tha thu?
I'm also chucking in some Gaelic....now remember I'm just learning Gaelic as well
you first test .....answer me properly.
Ciamar a tha thu?
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almost there ..well done ....'Tha mi gu math, tapadh leibh' is the answer to ..'Ciamar a tha sibh?'Kares4Rush wrote:Tha gu math, tapadh leibh.
You say sibh when talking to a stranger or someone of authority
'Ciamar a tha thu?' (How are you?) ....when talking to a friend or someone of a similiar age or younger...
'Tha mi gu math, tapadh leat' (I am well, thank you).....is the right answer
that is another way of answering ....but it was meant to be answered in gaelic MyghinSir Myghin wrote:i am fine and you schue? lol
answering the question with a question.....'Ciamar a tha thu fh?in?'...How are you? (literally: How are you yourself?)
in my world that's the right way to reply to such a questionawip2062 wrote:The correct answer is to hand her a glass of Glyva and say slainte mhath!
I have no idea how you would phonetically pronounce that .....but it could be anything considering we pronounce Milngavie as MilguyDevil's Advocate wrote:Okay..... Just what is the correct pronounciation of "Chatelherault"?
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