Mu Thimcheall – Episode 7 - Cuairt tron bhaile
Hallò agus fà ilte gu “Mu Thimcheall”, còmhla riumsa, Linda. My name’s Linda and today I’m going to be sharing some Gaelic words and phrases you can use when you’re out and about.
An-diugh tha mi a’ coiseachd air sràid thrang. Today, I’m walking along a busy street. Tha mi a’ coiseachd air sràid thrang. Sràid, street, sràid.
A’ coiseachd, walking, a’ coiseachd.
Timcheall orm, tha bùithtean, shops - bùithtean, agus mar a chluinneas sibh, càraichean – cars, càraichean.
Tha mi a’ coiseachd air a’ chabhsair. I’m walking on the pavement. A’ coiseachd air a’ chabhsair. Cabhsair, pavement, cabhsair. A’ coiseachd air a’ chabhsair. Walking on the pavement. A’ coiseachd air a’ chabhsair air sràid thrang. On a busy street. Trang, busy, trang.
Tha mi ag iarraidh a dhol tarsainn an rathaid – I want to cross the road, tha mi ag iarraidh a dhol tarsainn an rathaid. Tarsainn an rathaid – across the road, tarsainn an rathaid. Rathad – road, rathad.
Tha mi ag iarraidh a dhol tarsainn an rathaid - le sin tha mi air àite-coise a lorg. Àite-coise – a pedestrian crossing, àite-coise. Tha mi air am putan a bhruthadh, I’ve pressed the button, tha mi air am putan a bhruthadh. Button – putan, button.
O – siud am bodach uaine! The green man – am bodach uaine.
Feumaidh mi airgead a tharraing. I need to withdraw money, airgead, from the cash machine, bhon inneal-airgid. Cash machine. Inneal-airgid. Feumaidh mi - I need to, feumaidh mi. Tarraing, withdraw, tarraing. Feumaidh mi airgead a tharraing, bhon inneal-airgid.
Tha na solais-sràide a’ tighinn air. The streetlights are coming on, tha na solais-sràide a’ tighinn air. Solais-sràide. Streetlights. Solais-sràide. Tha na solais-sràide a’ tighinn air.
Tha an t-à m agam 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. Chun an ath thuras, mar sin leibh an-drà sta!