Unit 2

Question 1

ag obair

Answer 1

working /ag obeir/

Question 2

ag ithe

Answer 2

eating /ag ichie/

Question 3

ag òl

Answer 3

drinking /ag o:l,r/

Question 4

sgìth

Answer 4

tired /ski:/

Question 5

trang

Answer 5

busy /train(g)/

Question 6

toilichte

Answer 6

happy /tollichtsche/

Question 7

mi

Answer 7

I,me /mi/

unemphatic

Question 8

thu

Answer 8

you /u/

unemphatic

when talking to someone you know well or is younger than you

Question 9

e

Answer 9

he, him, it /ä/

unemphatic

Question 10

i

Answer 10

she, her, it /i/

unemphatic

Question 11

sinn

Answer 11

we, us /schin/

unemphatic

Question 12

sibh

Answer 12

you (plural) /schiv/

unemphatic

plural; can also be used when adressing parents or other older relatives; OR when you’ve just met someone and you wanna be extra polite

Question 13

iad

Answer 13

they, them /ia(r)d/

unemphatic

Question 14

tha

Example: Tha mi(se) sgìth.

Answer 14

am, is, are (to be; substantive; positive statement) /ha/

Example: I am tired.

Question 15

baeg

Example: Tha Wegi baeg.

Answer 15

small or little (size) /bäk/

Example: Wegi is small.

Question 16

mòr

Example: Tha Namjoon mòr.

Answer 16

big or tall (size)

Example: Namjoon is big/tall.

Question 17

chan eil

Example: Emilia chan eil baeg.

Answer 17

negative form of subtstantive (tha) => negative statement /ch(j)an eel/

Example: Emilia is not small.

Question 18

a bheil

Exmaple: A bheil Wegi baek?

Answer 18

quesion form of substantive (tha) /a vel/

Example: Is Wegi small?

Question 19

gu bheil

Example: Thuirt mi gu bheil Wegi baeg.

Answer 19

that (indirect statement with substantive) /gu vel/

can also be used to link clauses and not just for reported speech

Example: I said that Wegi is small.

Question 20

nach eil

Example: Thuirt mi nach eil Wegi mòr.

Answer 20

indirect negtaive statement (for substantive)

Example: I said that Wegi isn’t big.