Quiz 1

Question 1

How should you master a language?

Answer 1

Must speak with native speakers to pick up the way the language is actually used and practice emulating it

Question 2

Where in Scotland is the prof from?

Answer 2

Isles of Tiree (Tioradh) and Islay (Ìle), part of Scotland’s Inner Hebridean Islands

Question 3

What family of languages does Scottish Gàidhlig belong to?

Answer 3

Goidelic Celtic languages

Question 4

What languages is Scottish Gàidhlig closely related to in features?

Answer 4

Irish Gaeilge and Manx Gaelg

Question 5

What kind of language is Scottish Gàidhlig?

Answer 5

Case based language

Question 6

How many cases do nouns/pronouns have?

Answer 6

Normative, vocative, genitive and dative

Question 7

Which two verbs correspond to the verb to be?

Answer 7

Bi and Is

Question 8

When is bi used?

Answer 8

Normally used to join a noun to an adjective (ex: I am sick) or to describe the action of a verbal noun (ex: they are running)

Question 9

When is is used?

Answer 9

Tells who or what someone is (ex: I am a student)

Question 10

How many letters does Scottish Gàidhlig have?

Answer 10

18

Question 11

How many vowels does Scottish Gàidhlig have?

Answer 11

5

Question 12

What are the vowels in Scottish Gàidhlig?

Answer 12

A, E, I, O, U

Question 13

How many slender vowels are there?

Answer 13

2

Question 14

What are the slender vowels?

Answer 14

E and I

Question 15

How many broad vowels are there?

Answer 15

3

Question 16

What are the broad vowels?

Answer 16

A, O and U

Question 17

What does adding a grave accent do to a vowel?

Answer 17

The sound of the vowel can be lengthened

Question 18

What is slender in Scottish Gàidhlig?

Answer 18

Caol

Question 19

What is broad in Scottish Gàidhlig?

Answer 19

Leathann

Question 20

What is the spelling rule related to slender and broad vowels?

Answer 20

Slender to slender and broad to broad

Question 21

How many letters are consonants?

Answer 21

13

Question 22

What are the consonants?

Answer 22

B, C, D, F, G, H, L, M, N, P, R, S and T

Question 23

What does lenition and slenderization do?

Answer 23

Two features that give Gàidhlig many unique sounds, used to soften sounds that may otherwise be harsh, help language flow

Question 24

What is lenition?

Answer 24

Uses the letter H and follows the first consonant of a noun depending on which of the four cases you are applying, lenition of a noun makes it sound softer and flow more musically

Question 25

Can all consonants be lenited?

Answer 25

No

Question 26

What is the mnemonic for remembering lenition?

Answer 26

B (ig) C (reamy) F (luffy) G (igantic) M (ashed) P (otatoes)

Question 27

Words beginning with which consonants often lenite?

Answer 27

D, T and S but there are exceptions

Question 28

Words beginning with what consonants never lenite?

Answer 28

Sg, Sm, Sp and St

Question 29

What is slenderization?

Answer 29

Important feature of Scottish Gàidhlig, seen often, slender from often changes the end of words, slenderized by inserting an i before the last consonant or group of consonants, the i before the a final consonant causes the letter/word to be pronounced differently, process only occurs at the end of the word, used to form the plural form of some nouns

Question 30

Feature of slenderization?

Answer 30

Adding i after the a, reminder of our slender to slender rule

Question 31

Are male names lenited and slenderized?

Answer 31

Yes, when possible

Question 32

Are female names lenited and slenderized?

Answer 32

Only lenited when possible

Question 33

Names beginning with which consonants restrain their original form?

Answer 33

L, n, or r

Question 34

What is dropped when addressing someone’s name begins with a vowel?

Answer 34

A

Question 35

How can broad vowels be slenderized?

Answer 35

The addition of an i after the broad vowel (when applicable)

Question 36

What is indefinite a?

Answer 36

There is no indefinite article, so the notion of the requirement for using a is implied and doesn’t need a word to represent it

Question 37

What is definite the?

Answer 37

a’ is used in front of feminine nouns beginning with the consonants b, c, g, m, and p, which are then lenited an and am used in front of nouns beginning with b, F, m, p or in front of masculine nouns a’ and an t- used in normative singular case, but can also appear in other cases

Question 38

Gender of words?

Answer 38

All nouns are either feminine or masculine When exchanging a masculine noun for one as in another one - fear When exchanging a feminine noun for a as in another one - tè

Question 39

Do indefinite articles include prefixes or lenition?

Answer 39

No, indefinite articles do not include the a’, am, an prefix or the resulting lenition of the noun that follows

Question 40

How are final vowels in a word slenderized?

Answer 40

A=ui Ea=I Ea=ei Ia=èi Ò=ùi Eu=eòi Io=i (rare after language standardization

Question 41

Adjective agreement in Gaelic?

Answer 41

Adjectives in Gaelic vary according to gender and case in the singular In the plural, the same form is used for both masculine and feminine genders in all cases (although it might be lenited depending on the context) Adjectives normally follow the noun they modify, and agree with it in gender, number and case

Question 42

Dative singular of masculine nouns?

Answer 42

The lenition g effect of a preceding definite article can be seen on both the noun and the following adjective

Question 43

Do adjectives that precede the noun cause lenition?

Answer 43

Generally yes but there’s only a small number of them

Question 44

Is Gaelic a case based language?

Answer 44

Yes

Question 45

What is a case?

Answer 45

Situation when feminine and masculine nouns are affected differently by the types of sentences and context they are used in

Question 46

How many cases does Scottish Gàidhlig have?

Answer 46

4

Question 47

What are the cases in Scottish Gàidhlig?

Answer 47

Nominative, vocative, dative and genitive

Question 48

When is nominative case used?

Answer 48

Subjects and direct objects of sentences

Question 49

When is vocative case used?

Answer 49

When addressing someone

Question 50

When is dative case used?

Answer 50

Object of prepositions