COINNEAMH SAN T-SAMHAIN
NOVEMBER ’23 MEETUP!
[Gàidhlig]
Air Di-Sathairne, 11 an t-Samhain, b’ e an t-àm ceart a-rithist gus coinneamh dhà-chànanach eile a chur air bhonn aig ionad An Lòchran 👍🏼 Tha mi toilichte innse dhuibh gun robh an tachartas soirbheachail, le 16 daoine a’ tighinn a-steach agus a h-uile aoigh a’ gabhail spòrs fad 3 uairean a thìde 🙂
Thòisich sinn leis an fhòrmat àbhaisteach, le bhith a’ cur an aithne a chèile sa Ghàidhlig. An uair sin, chluich sinn geama eadar-theangachaidh, mar sheòrsa de warm-up 😉 Bha aig na h-aoighean ri obair còmhla ann an ceithir sgiobaidhean airson 11 seantansan eadar-theangachadh bho Ghàidhlig gu Beurla. Mar a chithear ann an dealbh #1 gu h-ìosal (⬇️), bha na ciad seantansan gu math furasta, ach dh’fhàs e na bu duilghe 😁 Seo an abairt mu dheireadh a bh’ aca ri fuasgladh:
An ann a dh’aona-ghnothach a rinn thu sin?
A bheil fhios agaibh-se dè tha sin a’ ciallachadh? Bha fios aig aon sgioba a-mhàin, agus ’s ann mar sin a fhuair iad a h-uile puing a bha ri faighinn 👍🏼
Às dèidh seo agus eacarsaich-labhairt a rinn sinn gus cothrom a thoirt don a h-uile duine a’ Ghàidhlig aca a chleachdadh ann an seagh còmhraidh, ghabh sinn fois, ’s mise a’ gabhail òrduighean tì agus cofaidh ann an Gàidhlig a-mhàin ☕🫖 Seòrsa de chafaidh beag Gàidhlig a bh’ ann, mar a chithear ann an dealbhan #3 - #5 gu h-ìosal 📸
’S ann tionndadh Gàidhlig de gheama bhon t-sreath TBh Turnabout (às na 90an) a chluich sinn an uair sin. Anns a’ gheama seo, bha aig a h-uile sgioba 12 faclan a lorg taobh a-staigh 2 mhionaid, ’s iad a’ tomhas a-rèir clues a bha iad a’ faighinn bhuam-sa. Cò an sgioba a bhuannaich mu dheireadh thall? 🤔 Uill, feumaidh sibh sùil a thoirt air a’ bhideo YouTube gu h-ìosal! A’ chiad bhideo a rinn sinn aig an tachartas seo, mu dheireadh thall! Le fo-thiotalan cuideachd:
Às dèidh dhuinn crìoch a chur air a’ gheama, rinn sinn eacarsaich Ghàidhlig eile far an do sgrìobh a h-uile duine leabhar-latha sa Ghàidhlig, ’s cuideigin bhon a h-uile bòrd a’ leughadh a-mach na sgrìobh e/i/iad 📖 Cuideachd, bhruidhinn mi mu dhòigh-ionnsachaidh no dhà a tha mise air cleachdadh air an t-slighe gu fileantachd; bha mi a’ moladh ghoireasan mar An Litir Bheag (ìre: B1) agus Litir do luchd-ionnsachaidh (ìre: B2) le Ruairidh MacIlleathain còir, goireasan mìorbhaileach a mholainn-sa don a h-uile neach-ionnsachaidh! Le beagan cabadaich sa Ghàidhlig agus sa Bheurla, bha e 5f an uair sin agus bha a’ choinneamh seachad.
Taing mhòr, mhòr don a h-uile duine a bha ann! Dèanamaid ar dìcheall airson Gàidhlig ionnsachadh agus a chleachdadh, ge b’ e càite a bheil sinn agus dè an àrainneachd làitheil a tha timcheall oirnn fhìn.
[English]
On Saturday 11th November, it was time to host another bilingual meetup at An Lòchran hub 👍🏼 I’m happy to report that the event was a success, with 16 people in, and all attendees having fun for 3 hours 🙂
We started off with the usual format, introducing ourselves in Gaelic. After that we played a wee translation game, as a kind of warm-up 😉 Here, attendees had to work together in four teams to translate 11 sentences from Gaelic into English. As you can see in pic #1 below (⬇️), the first few sentences were pretty easy…but it got harder 😁 Here’s the last of the 11 expressions they had to solve:
An ann a dh’aona-ghnothach a rinn thu sin?
Do you know what this means? Only one team got it right, and in so doing they got full marks on the day 👍🏼
After this, and after a spoken exercise we did to give everyone a chance to practice their Gaelic in a conversation setting, we took a wee break, with me taking tea and coffee orders in Gaelic only ☕🫖 A kind of wee Gaelic café, I guess, as you can see from pics #3 - #5 below! 📸
The game we played next was a Gaelic rendering of a game from the TV series Turnabout, which was aired in the 90s. In this game, the four teams had 2 minutes to guess 12 words based on clues I was giving them (in Gaelic, of course). Which team won in the end? 🤔 To find out, you’ll have to watch the YouTube video below! The first video we’ve ever recorded at this event - finally! With subtitles too.
After we’d finished the game, we did another Gaelic exercise were everyone wrote a diary entry in Gaelic, with one person from each table reading out what they’d written 📖 I then spoke about 1-2 learning tips that I’ve used on my journey to achieving fluency; I recommended services such as An Litir Bheag (level: B1) and Litir do luchd-ionnsachaidh (level: B2) by the great Roddy MacLean himself 🙂 Fantastic services that I would recommend to any learner! With some Gaelic and English chat, we got round to 5pm and thus another meetup drew to a close.
A big THANK YOU to everyone who was there! Let’s do our best to learn and use the Gaelic language, no matter where we are or what environment we might find ourselves in daily.
Le gaol agus meas
Andy agus an sgioba aig An Lòchran xx
