Unit 5

Question 1

Cò às a tha thu/sibh?

Answer 1

Where are you from? /ko as a tha-u/ko as a ha schiv/

Question 2

Tha mi à/as …

Answer 2

I am from … /ha mi a/

Question 3

an-còmhnaidh

Answer 3

always /ən-ko-ai/

Question 4

chuala

Answer 4

heard (past tense) /chuola/

as in - I heard this (because someone told me about it) but also as in I physically heard something happen

Question 5

thuirst

Answer 5

said (past tense) /hurscht/

Question 6

an cuala?

Answer 6

did … hear? /an-kuole/

Question 7

cha chuala

Answer 7

didn’t hear /cha-chuala/

Question 8

an tuirt

Answer 8

did … say … ? /an-durscht/

Question 9

cha tuirt

Answer 9

… didn’t say … /cha-durscht/

Question 10

ciamar?

Answer 10

how? /kəmera/

Question 11

cò?

Answer 11

who? or which? /ko/

Question 12

dè?

Answer 12

what?

Question 13

fichead’s a h-aon

Answer 13

21 /ficheds a h-öun/

Question 14

fichead ‘s a dhà

Answer 14

22 /ficheds a ~r/g/daa/

Question 15

fichead ‘s a trì

Answer 15

23 /ficheds a tri/

Question 16

fichead ‘s a ceithir

Answer 16

24 /ficheds a kehär/

Question 17

fichead ‘s a còig

Answer 17

25 /ficheds a koeg/

Question 18

fichead ‘s a sia

Answer 18

26 /ficheds a schia/

Question 19

fichead ‘s a seachd

Answer 19

27 /ficheads a scheachgk/

Question 20

fichead ‘s a h-ochd

Answer 20

28 /ficheds a hochgk/

Question 21

fichead ‘s a naoi

Answer 21

29 /ficheds a nöe/

Question 22

fichead ‘s a deich or trichead

Answer 22

30 /ficheads a tscheych or triched/

Question 23

fichead ‘s a h-aon deug

Answer 23

31 /ficheds a höun-tschiög/

Literally: 20 and 11

Question 24

How is present tense usually expressed in Gaelic?

Answer 24

substantive + verbal noun

tha, gu bheil, nach eil, chan eil

Example: Tha mi ag obair. = I am working.

Question 25

glè, sàr, fior

Examples: glè mhòr, sàr mhath & fior bheag

Answer 25

intensifiers for adjectives /le, sar, fiar/

lenition! least to most intense probaly: glè - fior - sàr

Exmaples: very big, excellent & very little

Question 26

B’ àilleabh

Answer 26

pardon, sorry, excuse me /bällach/