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Discussing your life A’ bruidhinn mu do bheatha

Do I have to... ?Am feum mi... ?

Look out for the following pieces of vocabulary in this clip.

feumaidh tu còta a chur ort you must put a coat on

am feum mi geansaidh a chur orm? do I need to put a sweater on?

chan fheum no (to the question am feum... ?)

We have seen that chan fheum can be used as a response, but it can be used to say that someone doesn’t have to do something:

chan fheum mi … I don’t have to …

chan fheum sibh … you don’t have to … (plural/polite)

chan fheum sinn … we don’t have to …

… càil a thoirt leam … take anything with me

… stad an seo … stop here

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Time to go over what we have learnt
where were you born?- càite’ an do rugadh sibh?
Let’s say it together
where were you born?- càite’ an do rugadh sibh?
Say it on your own
where were you born?- càite’ an do rugadh sibh?
Let’s try another phrase
I was born and brought up in Fife - rugadh is thogadh mi ann am Fìobha
Practise with me
I was born and brought up in Fife - rugadh is thogadh mi ann am Fìobha
Practise on your own
I was born and brought up in Fife - rugadh is thogadh mi ann am Fìobha
Let’s try another one
when did you get married? – cuin a phòs sibh?
Say it with me
when did you get married? – cuin a phòs sibh?
Say it on your own
when did you get married? – cuin a phòs sibh?
Let’s try another phrase
we got married when I was twenty - phòs sinn nuair a bha mi fichead
Practise with me
we got married when I was twenty - phòs sinn nuair a bha mi fichead
Practise on your own
we got married when I was twenty - phòs sinn nuair a bha mi fichead