Unit 2 - I’m James (introducing yourself)
Is mise Seumas "I am James"
In order to see this content you need to have both Javascript enabled and Flash installed. Visit BBC Webwise for full instructions
Thuyou (literally: Remember that you use the singular form of you – thu – to speak to: a child a friend somebody of a similar age ) formal, plural, polite
When you ask somebody their name, using the thu form, the word thu does not actually appear. It is instead combined with the preposition air, which means "on", to make ort which means "on you".
Ort = air + thu
Ort = on + you
In Gaelic we say, literally, "what name is on you?"
- Halò. Is mise Seumas.
- Hello. I’m James.
- Halò. Is mise Ceitidh.
- Hello. I’m Katie.
- Dè an t-ainm a th’ ort?
- What’s your name?
