Greetings in Scots Gaelic and Catalan
Here is a list of the main greetings in Scots Gaelic translated to Catalan language. Scottish Gaelic is a Goidelic language of the Celtic and Indo-European language family, native to the Gaels of Scotland. Most of modern Scotland was once Gaelic. One curious fact about Scots Gaelic Gaelic is that it has no words for “yes” (in Catalan, Sí) and “no” (in Catalan, No), and replies are made with the relevant verbs. For questions beginning with “a bheil?”, the appropriate word for “yes” is “tha”. An alternative is “seadh”, pronounced shugh, which means “yeah” or “uh-huh”. At the end of this post there is a comprehensive list of resources to learn Scottish Gaelic or Catalan.
English > Scots Gaelic (pronunciation) ⇆ Catalan (audio)
Hello > Halò. (ha-LAW) ⇆ Hola
Welcome > fàilte – (faaltshæ) ⇆ Benvingut
My name is [your name]> Is mise … [your name] ⇆ En dic… [your name]
How are you? > Ciamar a tha thu/sibh? (KEM-mer uh HA oo?) ⇆ Com estàs?
Good morning > madainn mhath (matin vah) ⇆ Bon dia
Good day > latha math (laah mah) ⇆ Bon dia
Good afternoon/evening > feashar math – (fesker mah) ⇆ Bona tarda / vespre
Good night > oidhche mhath – (oychæ vah) ⇆ Bona nit
Bye for now > tiaraidh an dràsda (tsheearee an draasha) ⇆ Fins ara!
Goodbye > beannachd leibh (byannachk leyv) ⇆ Adéu
Excuse me > gabh mo leisgeul (gav mo leshæl) ⇆ Perdoni
I am sorry > tha mi duilich (haa mee doolich) ⇆ Perdó
Thank you > tapadh leibh (tahpæ leyv) ⇆ Gràcies / Mercès
Many thanks > mòran taing (mohræn tigh -ng) ⇆ Moltes gràcies
You’re welcome ( Reply to thank you ) > ´s e ur beatha (shey oor behah) ⇆ De res
Gaelic> Gàidhlig [ˈkaːlɪkʲ] ⇆ Gaèlic · Catalan > Catalanach ⇆ Català
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Scottish Gaelic learners’ materials on the Internet:
- Gaelic lessons on Youtube
- Beag air Bheag – introductory lesson with sound by BBC Alba
- LearnGaelic.net – videos and other materials for learners
- Bruidhinn ar Cànan – Colourful lessons for beginners, based on the first few lessons of “Speaking Our Language”, with sound samples and interactive tests
- Highland Council Gaelic Toolkit
- Basic Gaelic for Parents
- Gaelic4parents
- Online storybooks for young children
- Leasanan Gàidhlig – Gaelic lessons by Niall Alasdair MacEoghainn
- Taic – lessons (good on grammar)
- Fuaimean na Gàidhlig – The Sounds of Gaelic by Roibeard Ó Maolalaigh
- Elementary Course of Gaelic – The first few lessons from an out-of-copyright book
- “How to learn Gaelic : orthographical instructions, grammar, and reading lessons” [Internet Archive], by Alexander MacBain and John Whyte, 1906
- Fòram na Gàidhlig – advice on resources and phonology from www.foramnagaidhlig.net
- Gälisch für Einsteiger – Gaelic lessons through German
- Abairtean feumail (Useful Expressions) by the Gaelic College in Cape Breton
- Leasain na Gàidhlig, by Seán Ó Miadhachain
- Leasanan le Iain Seadhach (ceangal briste – 2009-11-01) – Extensive material, but really needs a teacher and the accompanying pictures
- Ceumannan – Gaelic course designed for schools, with large spoken phrase collection
- CeangalG – Words and phrases for beginners, with clear sound, but no lessons
- Gaelic for Punks (rude of course)
- Stùth Gàidhlig bho chlasaichean a theagaisg mi – le Gary Ingle
- Airson luchd-ionnsachadh: The infinitive – le Màrtainn Dòmhnallach
- Tip of the Week – le Cailean Mark
- Stuth leughaidh – Reading material for learners
- Litir do Luchd-ionnsachaidh – “letter to learners”, broadcast on BBC Radio nan Gaidheal
- Focal an Lae – “A Word a Day” in Irish Gaelic, but useful for learning Scottish Gaelic vocabulary too
- Gaelic Words in English (and Scots) – You may know more Gaelic words than you realise already
- Beul an Tobair – $ – Course via the Internet from the Gaelic College in Cape Breton
- Indexes to Gaelic books, by Ted and Nancy Neveln
- Textbook Correspondences Table – cross index by topic to many books
- Teach Yourself Gaelic by Robertson and Taylor [PDF]
- Scottish Gaelic in Three Months (Hugo course) [PDF]
- Beginner’s Gaelic by James MacLaren [PDF]
- Snasail – géamaichean cànain bho BBC Alba
- Geama Fireann no Boireann – Masculine or Feminine – Test your knowledge of noun genders
- Tòimhseachain-tarsainn – Crosswords
- The language of whisky
Adhartach (Advanced)
- Clilstore – Videos of authentic and natural (while also clear and relatively simple) conversations with fluent Gaelic speakers, including a transcript with all words linked to online dictionaries
- BBC Alba iplayer
- Language Skills – Online literacy for fluent speakers – Course by SCIR, Lews Castle College, on Gaelic Orthographic Conventions
- Stòras na Gàidhlig aig Foghlam Alba
- An t-Oide – blog WordPress aig Steaphan MacRisnidh
- Am Faclair Beag
- Stòr-dàta Briathrachais Gàidhlig – Gaelic terminology database
- Am Briathrachan Beag – Gaelic-English dictionary for schools by Macolm MacFarlane
- Multidict – every Gaelic dictionary
- Wordlink – link Gaelic pages automatically word by word to dictionaries
Supplements to particular textbooks (Advanced)
- Progressive Gaelic – by Moray Watson
E-books – $
- Gaelic-English and Gaelic-German dictionaries with IPA – by Olaf Klöcker
- Concise Gramar Scottish Gaelic and Kurzgrammatik Schottisch-Gälisch – by Olaf Klöcker
Catalan learners’ materials on the Internet:
Information about Catalan
Courses and lessons
- Parla.cat – Free Course run by Catalan Government – *Need to register an account, but you can use fake info
- Easy Catalan
- Curs de Català
Curs de Català – Grammar - University of Barcelona – Grammar tables
- University of Barcelona – Conversation Guides
- Orbis Latinus – Descriptive Grammar
- SpeakCat
- ieLanguages.com – Catalan Tutorial
- A Brief Catalan Tutorial
- How to Speak Catalan.com
- Catalan Notes – Eirik Hektoen – (Archived Webpage)
- Teach Yourself Catalan – A Complete Course for Beginners – (PDF scanned) (Mirror)
- Romanica Intercom – *Page in Catalan
- Introducción a la lengua catalana – *Page in Spanish
Gamified lessons & Flashcards(most sites here have mobile apps)
- Duolingo – *For Spanish speakers
- Glossika – *Most courses aren’t free, but Catalan is!
- Clozemaster
- Memrise
- Quizlet
- CRAM
- Vocabulary Trainer
Online dictionaries
- Catalan Dictionary
- Glosbe
- Cambridge Dictionary
- Diccionari Angles – Valencià
valencià - GREC Diccionari d la Llengua Catalana
Catalan monolingual
- Diccionari.cat
- IEC – diccionari de la llengua catalana
- Viccionari (Catalan Wiktionary)
- WordReference
- Diccionari català-valencià-balear
valenciàbalear - Diccionari normatiu valencià
valencià - Diccionari ortogràfic
valencià
Translators
- Google Translate
- GenCat Traductor – (Catalan / Occitan)
- Apertium
- Lucy
- Softcatalà
Verb conjugation
Pronunciation
- Forvo
- Diccionari de Dubtes del Català Oral (DDCOR)
Multiple– Catalan Oral Dictionary / Map - Diccionari de català oral – Android App
Maps & Images
- Linguistic maps of the Catalan Language
- wikimedia.org – Linguistic maps of Spain
- Linguistic maps of western Europe
- Maps of Catalonia
- Catalan Language
- Catalan Language Knowledge – /u/Merkaartor
Interactive Dialect/Pronunciation/Accent maps
- Word Comparison map
- Interactive Atlas of European Spanish Intonation
- Interactive Atlas of Romance Intonation
- Speaking atlas of the regional languages of France
MediaOnline radio
- Catalunya Ràdio (Mirror)
- Catalunya Informació (Mirror)
- Cat Musica
- iCat
- Cat Radio A La Carta
- ivoox
- RAC1 87.7 FM
- iCat FM
- Cadena SER Ràdio Barcelona
- Radio Marca Barcelona 89.1 FM – Football
- Flaix FM – Techno
- Ràdio Estel 106.6 FM – Christian music
- Misc
Audio
Podcasts
- Catalunya Exprés Magazine
- Podcasts.cat
- The Hellfire Club (iTunes)
- France Bleu Roussillon – Tots Catalans
TV
- Val d’Aran Tv
- Barcelona TV
- TV3 A La Carta
- Netflix – Audio en catalá
- Doraemon Intro
catalàvalenciàmallorquí
Videos
- LangFocus: The Catalan Language
- Easy Catalan
- Tel_Caramel – Vocab, ~40 videos
- 4 Cats
- TV3 Advert – La Marató
- Catalan News channel clip
- Balearic News clip
mallorquí - Valencian News clip
valencià - The Dialects of Catalan
- Top 10 Catalan words for Travellers
- The Legend of Zelda – Skyward Sword
- YouTube channel: Llengua catalana
- YouTube channel: Catalan Language
Films
Anime
You can normally find Catalan dubs of popular anime on YouTube if you search “title + catala”, but they’re frequently removed due to Copyright restriction, so the below links may not work forever.
Songs
- Sau – Boig per tu
- Shakira – Boig per tu – Cover
- Disney Songs in Catalan
More Disney! - Sopa de Cabra – Camins
- Manel – La cançó del soldadet
- Silvia Pérez Cruz – Corrandes d’exili
- Animic
- Manel – La Gent Normal
- Alexandra Stan – “Sóc forta” – Catalan cover of “Strong Enough”
- Hallelujah Leonard Cohen cover
- L’Ham de Foc – La Dansa dels Fadrins
valencià - L’hereu Riera – (Lyrics)
- Catalan Pop-Rock playlist
- Catalan rock playlist – (with lyrics)
- Reddit suggestions
TextOnline News
Literature
- wikipedia.org – Catalan Literature
- Biblioteca Valenciana – *Need to register, access to loads of eBooks
valenciàmultiple - Biblioteca de Catalunya – (online collections)
- Biblioteca Joan Lluís Vives – (online books)
- Valenciana prosa – (Old texts)
valencià - Intratext – Catalan literature, texts with concordances
- Historia de la lengua y de la literatura catalana – Magin Pers y Ramona (1857)
- Breu compendi de la historia de la literatura catalana – Norbert Font y Sagué (1900)
- Manual d’història crítica de la literatura catalana moderna – Manuel de Montoliu (1922)
- Books about Catalan literature: Google books & [Internet archive](http://archive.org/search.php?query=mediatype%3A(texts)%20AND%20subject%3A(Catalan%20literature))
Comics
Misc
- Catalan Tongue Twisters
- Quotes
- Omniglot – Useful Phrases
- French first names and their Catalan equivalents – (Archived webpage)
- Catalan Keyboard
- The two most frequent errors in Catalan
- Spanishisms in Catalan TV and radio
- Catalan Language Emergency Kit
- Catalan Discord Server
Information on Catalancheck out the ca.wikipedia.org versions of the pages!
- wikipedia.org – Catalan portal
- wikipedia.org – Wiki Books
- wikipedia.org – Influence of Arabic on Catalan – *Page in Catalan
- wikipedia.org – History of Catalan
- wikipedia.org – Phonological history of Catalan
- wikipedia.org – Old Catalan
- wikipedia.org – Names of the Catalan Language
- wikipedia.org – Dialects of Catalan
- The Architect of Modern Catalan: Selected Writings of Pompeu Fabra – Costa Carreras, Joan; Yates, Alan (2009)
- Treballs de lingüística històrica catalana – Moran, Josep (1994)
- Estudis d’història de la llengua catalana – Moran, Josep (2004)
Tapadh leibh, Gràcies!
Thank you and see you soon!