Gaelic Expressions

Abairtean Feumail (Useful Expressions)

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A bheil a' Ghàidhlig agad?
Do you speak Gaelic? (lit. Is the Gaelic at you?)

Tha beagan
A little

Tha mi ag ionnsachadh
I'm learning

Tha mi ga h-ionnsachadh
I am learning it.

Tha mi dìreach air tòiseachadh
I've just started (lit. I'm just after starting)

Tha mi ga h-ionnsachadh bho chionn bliadhna
I have been learning it for a year

Tha mi ga h-ionnsachadh bho chionn dà bhliadhna
I have been learning it for two years

Tha mi ga h-ionnsachadh bho chionn ghoirid
I have been learning it for a short while

Tha a' Ghàidhlig aig mo mhàthair
My mother has the Gaelic

Tha a' Ghàidhlig aig m' athair
My father has the Gaelic

Tha a' Ghàidhlig aig mo sheanair
My grandfather has the Gaelic

Tha a' Ghàidhlig aig mo sheanmhair
My grandmother has the Gaelic

Chan eil mi a' tuigsinn
I don't understand (lit. I'm not understanding)

Can a-rithist e
Say it again

'Ma 'se do thoil e
Please

Tha thu a' bruidhinn ro luath
You're speaking too fast

Feumaidh mi ruith
I must run

Chi mi a-rithist thu
I'll see you again (ie later)

Bidh mi 'gad fhaicinn
I'll be seeing you