Grammar Points And Word Changes

Question 1

Am mapa (am maHpa) to air a’mhapa (edh u’vaHpa)

Answer 1

The map becomes “on the map”

After prepositions and after “the” words beginning with m,f,b,p,g, or c change their form (lenite?)

Question 2

To be #1

Answer 2

Bi, forms: tha, bheil, eil

These forms are used to talk about what something is like, where it is, or what it’s doing

Question 3

To be #2

Answer 3

Is (question form is “an”?)

This is used to talk about who or what someone or something is

Question 4

Tha vs is

Yes answer

Answer 4

Answering yes to a tha question is “tha,…”

Answering yes to an is question is “is mi, is sibh, etc, …” bc is is a verb that can’t stand on its own

Question 5

Negation

Answer 5

Is= cha

Bi (eil) = chan

Cha also precedes consonants, chan precedes vowels

Note: negating mi/mise = cha mhise (vishe) changes like feminine nouns

Question 6

Answering no to “an” questions

Answer 6

Is mise = cha mhi cha mhise (kha veeshu)

Question 7

Question words

Answer 7

Dè (dje) what

Question 8

Two ways to say “my” mo is used with close relatives and body parts, indicating not possession but that something is an inseparable part of you

Answer 8

The second way is an …. agam the …. at me= mine (?)

An duine (doonye) agam = my husband

Question 9

Mo makes a change in following words

Answer 9

Bean (ben) = wife

Mo bhean (mo ven) = my wife

Question 10

A + name

Answer 10

Seumas becomes a Sheumais (a Haymish)

Tormod becomes a Thormoid (a Hodhumich)
Morag = a mhorag (a VORag)
Dòmhnall = a Dhòmhnaill ( a Ghoa-eel)
Anna = Anna (when a name begins with a vowel, the preceding a is dropped to make it easier to pronounce)
Exceptions: words that begin with L,N, or R may change pronunciation but you cannot put an H after them so they change in a different (less extreme) way