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About Scottish Gaelic Scottish Gaelic (its name in the language itself is Gà idhlig) is spoken E\ VRPH SHRSOH LQ 6FRWODQG ,W LV D &HOWLF ODQJXDJH FORVHO\ related to Irish (Gaeilge WKH *DHOLF ODQJXDJH RI ,UHODQG DQG WR 0DQ[ DQG PRUH GLVWDQWO\ UHODWHG WR :HOVK %UHWRQ DQG &RUQLVK ,W VKRXOG QRW EH FRQIXVHG ZLWK 6FRWV WKH ODQJXDJH RIWHQ XVHG E\ 5REHUW %XUQV a language centred on Lowland Scotland and still widely spoken. While there are concentrations of Gaelic-speakers in the Highlands DQG ,VODQGV LQ WKH QRUWK ZHVW RI 6FRWODQG WKHUH DUH DOVR VL]HDEOH FRPPXQLWLHV LQ FLWLHV OLNH *ODVJRZ (GLQEXUJK DQG ,QYHUQHVV DQG RI course there are many speakers all over the world – and even in the other countries in the United Kingdom – who are not able to record WKHPVHOYHV RQ &HQVXV IRUPV %HFDXVH RI HPLJUDWLRQ WKHUH ZDV D SDUticularly strong presence in Nova Scotia in Canada until relatively reFHQWO\ DQG WKHUH DUH VWLOO SHRSOH WKHUH ZKRVH ÀUVW ODQJXDJH LV *DHOLF even if they may never have visited an t–Seann Dùthaich ¶WKH 2OG &RXQWU\· $QG DV PLJKW EH H[SHFWHG WKHUH DUH *DHOLF VSHDNHUV LQ PDQ\ SODFHV LQ 1RUWK $PHULFD $XVWUDOLD DQG HOVHZKHUH ,Q 6FRWODQG LWVHOI WKH ODQJXDJH LV XQGHU WKUHDW EHFDXVH RI IDOOLQJ QXPEHUV EXW WKH ODVW IHZ GHFDGHV KDYH VHHQ D YHU\ FRQVLGHUDEOH ULVH LQ interest in the language outwith the traditional Gaelic-speaking areas. This has resulted in a great increase in the number of those wishing to OHDUQ LW DQG WKHUH DUH PDQ\ FODVVHV DQG FRXUVHV DOO WKH \HDU URXQG ,W is hoped that with its innovative approach to verbs this book will also be a useful tool in the learning process. 7KH ZLVK WR OHDUQ FURVVHV WKH JHQHUDWLRQV DQG WKHUH KDYH EHHQ YHU\ QRWDEOH GHYHORSPHQWV LQ *DHOLF PHGLXP HGXFDWLRQ ZLWK ODUJH VFKRROV now operating in Glasgow and Inverness and many smaller units scatWHUHG WKURXJKRXW WKH FRXQWU\ LQ ERWK +LJKODQGV DQG /RZODQGV $ Gaelic Language Act has been passed by the Scottish Government
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bheir (do)
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Imperative
Past
Future
Conditional
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Verbal Noun
1st sing
bheiream (do)
thug mi (do)
bheir mi (do)
bheirinn (do)
a thoirt (do)
a’ toirt (do)
2nd sing
bheir (do)
thug thu (do)
bheir thu (do)
bheireadh tu (do)
3rd sing
bheireadh e/i (do)
thug e/i (do)
bheir e/i (do)
bheireadh e/i (do)
1st pl
bheireamaid (do)
thug sinn (do)
bheir sinn (do)
bheireamaid (do)
2nd pl
bheiribh (do)
thug sibh (do)
bheir sibh (do)
bheireadh sibh (do)
3rd pl
bheireadh iad (do)
thug iad (do)
bheir iad (do)
bheireadh iad (do)