低地苏格兰语★(Scots language)是低地苏格兰人所使用的语言,属于一种日耳曼语族的语言。低地苏格兰语约略自12世纪开始发展,自16世纪初定型命名称呼至今。该语言语法等用法与英语十分相似,因此有时候亦被称为英语的方言之一,事实上,很多人认为低地苏格兰语也是直接由英语衍化而成。 低地苏格兰语为五百万人口的苏格兰地区所常用语言之一,在该地亦是英语和盖尔语之外的官方语言之一。
低地苏格兰语方言: ①北方苏格兰语(Doric dialect): 词汇以及词组举例: "Causey Mounth" – the road over the "Mounth" or Grampians "Claik" – the Doric dialect of Buchan fishing villages "Foggy bummer" – Bumblebee "Fa? (wha?) Fit? (whit?) Fit wey? (whit wey?) Faur? (whaur) Fan?" (whan) - "Who? What? What way? Why? Where? When?" "Far aboots?" (Whaur aboots?) – Whereabouts? (Aberdeen is nicknamed "Furry Boots City" from a humorous spelling of far aboots – furry boots.) "Futret" (Whitrat) – Weasel or other Mustelid, but commonly used for ferret now "Louns an quines" (louns an queans) – Lads and lassies, boys and girls. (NB "loun" or "loon" has no derogatory connotation in Doric) "Min" – Man, as in "Ay ay, min". "fou lang" (hou lang) - how long "for a filie" (for a whilie) - for a long time "gealt" - cold "Fit like?" (Whit like): A greeting, essentially, "How are you doing?", to which the response is "Aye... tyauvin on." (Aye tawin on) "Fine, thanks" "Fit?" (Whit): "What?" "Fit ye deein?" (Whit ye daein?): "What are you doing?" "Far div ye bide?" (Whaur div ye bide?): "Where do you live?" "Foo's yer doos?" (Hou's yer dous?): Literally "How are your pigeons?", now used as "How are you?" A stock phrase, not so often used in speech as to send up Doric. "Aye peckin": Literally "Always pecking." This is the reply to "Fou's yer doos?" "Fit's adee?" (Whit's adae?): "What's wrong?" "Gie's a bosie!": "Give me a hug!" "A'm fair forfochten": "I am very tired." The Broch - Fraserburgh also Burghead near Elgin. ②中部苏格兰语 ③南部苏格兰语 ④海岛苏格兰语:一般的又细分为,Shetlandic和Orcadian (1)Shetlandic: [1]代词:du=you dine, dines=yours dee=you [2]词汇举例: flan=gust of wind claag=cackle waar=seaweed hent=gather faird=afraid creepie=stool wilt=lost mott=mote coarn=small quantity cloot=rag stoor=dust bod=booth [注:在bod一词中,字母o上有两点] brol=bellow [注:在brol一词中,字母o上有两点] kye=cows lowe=flame gloy=straw (2)Orcadian ⑤阿尔斯特苏格兰语 |
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