What's that about?
Cò mu dheidhinn a tha sin?
Let's have a look at this discussion. By the end of this section, you will have learned some valuable phrases that you can use in lots of different conversations.
Ghlac seisean air gnèithean litreachais m' aire agus 's e sin a thog mi gu saoghal eile.
A session on literary genres caught my attention and that's what transported (lifted) me to another world.
Tha mi eòlach air ficsean is neo fhicsean ceart gu leòr. Ach gnèithean litreachais—cò mu dheidhinn a tha sin?
I'm familiar with fiction and non fiction right enough. But literary genres—what's that about?
Mar a tha fhios agad bidh mi sgrìobhadh ficsean. Agus tha iomadh gnè ann am ficsean—ficsean eachdraidheil is ficsean saidheansail, mar eisimpleir.
As you know I write fiction. And there are many genres in fiction—historical fiction and science fiction, for example.
Tha mi leat a-nis! 'S toil leam nobhailean grafaigeach is fantasachd agus dàna-thursan.
I'm with you now! I like graphic novels and fantasy and adventure(s).
'S toil is leamsa! Agus tha diofar sheòrsaichean sgrìobhaidh ann cuideachd, mar sgeulachdan goirid, dealbhan/deilbh-chluiche is bàrdachd.
So do I (like)! And there are different kinds of writing too, like short stories, plays and poetry.
Agus tha iad uile ann an clò! Tha bàrdachd sgrìobhte air a bhith againn fad linntean.
And they are all in print! We've had written poetry for centuries.
Tha i slàn fallain san linn seo cuideachd. Tha sin a' cur an aghaidh an fheadhainn a chanas nach eil anns a' Ghàidhlig ach cànan labhairteach!
And it's very healthy in this century as well. That contradicts those who say that Gaelic is only a spoken language!
Coma leat mu na daoine sin. Chan eil sgot aca.
Never mind about those people. They don't have a clue.
'S cinnteach nach cuala iad mun leabhar Rosg Gàidhlig le eisimpleirean de sgrìobhadh bhon deicheamh linn gus an fhicheadamh linn.
Surely they haven't heard about the book Rosg Gàidhlig (Gaelic Prose) with examples of writing from the tenth century to the twentieth century.
'S tu fhèin a thuirt e! Ach dè an saoghal eile air an robh thu a' bruidhinn?
You said it (yourself)! But what was the other world you were talking about?
Thàinig smuain a-steach orm gum bu toil leam companaidh fhoillseachaidh a chur air bhonn.
I had an idea (a thought occurred to me) that I would like to set up a publishing company.
Gun teagamh, 's e saoghal eile a bhiodh ann an sin.
Without a doubt, that would be another world.