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Hallò agus fàilte gu Mu Thimcheall, còmhla riumsa, Linda ’s mi gu bhith toirt thugaibh facail a tha mi an dòchas a bhios feumail agus is urrainn dhuibh a chleachdadh gach latha.

An-diugh, tha mi ag obair anns an oifis. Today, I’m at work in the office, neo, oifis. Oifis. Tha mi ag obair anns an oifis. Tha mi a’ suidhe aig an deasg agam, air beulaibh mo choimpiutair. Air beulaibh. In front of. Air beulaibh. Air beulaibh mo choimpiutair.

Computer is an easy one to remember – it’s spelt a little differently but sounds the same, coimpiutair. Tha mi a’ suidhe, I am sitting. Tha mi a’ suidhe, aig an deasg agam. I’m sitting at my desk. Tha mi a’ suidhe aig an deasg agam. Desk is another simple one to remember because again, it sounds the same, and is just spelt a little differently in Gaelic. Check out our website to see these words in written form.

Tha trioblaidean coimpiutaireachd agam an-diugh! I’m having computer problems today! Tha trioblaidean coimpiutaireachd agam an-diugh!

Chan eil an luchag agus am meur-chlàr ag obair an-diugh. An-diugh, today, an-diugh. The mouse and keyboard aren’t working today. Chan eil an luchag agus am meur-chlàr ag obair an-diugh.

Luchag – mouse, luchag.

Meur-chlàr – keyboard, meur-chlàr.

Tha mo cho-obraiche bho I.T. a’ dèanamh ath-thòiseachadh air an t-siostam agam. My colleague from I.T. is doing a reboot on my system, is rebooting my system. Tha mo cho-obraiche a’ dèanamh ath-thòiseachadh air an t-siostam agam.

Co-obraiche – colleague, co-obraiche. Ath-thòiseachadh – reboot, or restart. Ath-thòiseachadh.

Tha an coimpiutair agam air a chàradh a-nise! That’s my computer fixed now, tha an coimpiutair agam air a chàradh a-nise!

Fhuair mi post-dealain bho co-obraiche eile. I’ve received an email from another colleague. Dealan is the Gaelic word for electricity, dealan. So post-dealain literally means “electric post”. Post-dealain. Email. Post-dealain.

Tha mi a’ cur freagairt thuice – I’m sending her a reply, tha mi a’ cur freagairt thuice.

Freagairt – reply, freagairt.

Thuice – to her, thuice.

Agus le sin, tha an t-àm ann a-nise a dhol dhachaigh – I’m going to head home now but remember you can listen to this lesson again or find a list of the vocabulary used on our website, bbc.co.uk/beagairbheag. Mar sin leibh an-dràsta!