Oisean a' Ghr脿mair: Sreath 3: 3
1. ‘I was an X, You were an X,’ etc
Faicibh Prògram 2, Notaichean Gràmair: Puing 2, Dòigh 2.
(Cuideachd BEAG AIR BHEAG 1, Prògram 7, Notaichean Gràmar: Puing 2.)
Bha mi na mo ghille beag an uair sin. ‘I was a wee boy then.’ (‘in my wee boy’)
Bha thusa na do nighean bheag. ‘You were a wee girl.’ (‘in your wee girl’)
Bha esan na charaid dhuinn. ‘He was a friend of ours.’ (‘in his friend’) (le sèimheachadh)
Bha ise na caraid dhuinn. ‘She was a friend of ours.’ (‘in her friend’) (gun sèimheachadh)
Bha sinne nar caraidean mòra. ‘We were great friends.’ (‘in our friends’)
Bha sibhse nur cuideachadh mòr. ‘You were a great help.’ (‘in your help’)
Bha iad nan luchd-brathaidh. ‘They were spies.’ (‘in their spies’)
Eilidh Nic an Tàilleir:
“Bha sinn riamh nar pals mhòr.” ‘We were always great pals’ (‘in our great pals’)
No: ’S e pals mhòr a bha annainn riamh.
Eisimpleirean le fuaimreag (‘vowel’), m.e.: athair, aingeal
Tha mi nam athair a-nise. ‘I’m a dad now.’
Tha thu nad athair. ‘You’re a dad.’
Tha esan na athair. ‘He’s a dad.’
Tha i na h-aingeal. ‘She’s an angel.’
Tha sinn uile nar n-athraichean a-nise. ‘We’re all dads now.’
Tha sibhse nur n-athraichean. ‘You ‘re all fathers.’
Tha iad nan athraichean. ‘They’re fathers.’
Eilidh Nic an Tàilleir:
“Tha iad a’ tighinn an-diugh iad fhèin, pòsta is iad nan athraichean is nam màthraichean feadhainn aca.”
‘They themselves come [home], married and fathers and mothers, some of them.’
2. A’ CUR AINM AIR RUD/DUINE (Calling, naming)
(Faicibh Prògram 2, Notaichean Gràmair: Puing 1.)
Eilidh Nic an Tàilleir:
“’S e Taigh an Dùin a chanadh iad ris.” ‘They called it Taigh an Dùin (Fort House).’
No: ’S e Taigh an Dùin a bha aca air.
’S e Taigh an Dùin a bha aig daoine air an taigh sin.
Mìcheal Bochanan:
an cloc as motha air an t-saoghal ‘the biggest clock in the world’
an cloc as ainmeile air thalamh ‘the most famous clock on earth’
an sealladh as tarraingiche ann an Lunnainn ‘the most attractive sight in London’
Faicibh Notaichean Prògram 4.
