Talking about abilities and permission A’ bruidhinn mu chomasan agus cead

Vocabulary and Grammar Briathrachas agus Gràmar

I want... Tha mi ag iarraidh...

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

tha mi ag iarraidh… I want…

uisge water

uisge-beatha whisky

uisge-beatha literally means 'water of life'.

tha mi ag iarraidh uisge-beatha I want whisky

is and

is is a shorter form of agus:

slàinte cheers

fìon geal white wine

fìon dearg red wine

’s e ur beatha you are welcome

To say 'it's a pleasure' to a friend, use:

's e do bheatha it's a pleasure / you are welcome

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Man	Halò, m’ eudail. Dè tha thu a’ dèanamh an sin?	Hello, darling. What are you doing there?
Woman	Tha mi a’ dèanamh dreasa.	I’m making a dress.
Man	Tha e a’ coimhead doirbh.	It looks difficult.
Woman	Tha e furasta gu leòr. Sin an dreasa.	It’s easy enough. There’s the dress.
Man	Tha sin snog. ’S toigh leam sin.	That’s nice. I like that.
Woman 1	Haidh. Dè tha dol?	Hi. What’s happening?
Woman 2	Chan eil càil. Tha mi dìreach a’ leughadh seo.	Nothing. I’m just reading this.
Woman 1	An urrainn dhut idir seo a dhèanamh?	Can you do this at all?
Woman 2	Chan urrainn. Tha e ro dhoirbh.	No, It’s too difficult.
Woman 1	Uill, feumaidh seo a dhol a-null an sin co-dhiù.	Well, this needs to go over there anyway.
Man	Chan eil fhios agam. Tha e glè fhurasta, nach eil?	I don’t know. It’s very easy, isn’t it?
Woman	Tha. Seo. Chan eil sin a’ coimhead furasta.	Yes. Here. That doesn’t look easy.
Man	Och, tha sin ro dhoirbh.	Och, that’s too difficult.

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