Unit 3 - Explaining where you live and where you belong to
Cò às a tha sibh? "Where are you from?"
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In these examples you can learn how to ask someone where they are from as well as saying where you come from:
- Halò. Is mise Calum.
- Hello. I’m Malcolm.
- Halò, a Chaluim. Cò às a tha sibh?
- Hello, Malcolm. Where are you from?
- Tha mi à Glaschu. Cò às a tha sibh fhèin?
- I'm from Glasgow. Where are you from? (literally: Where are you from yourself?)
- Tha mise à Pàislig.
- I'm from Paisley.
Note mise which is the emphatic form of mi. Further down the page you will meet sibhse which is the emphatic form of sibh. You will also meet chan eil, which is the negative equivalent of tha and means ""not" or "no"" .
- A bheil sibh a’ fuireach ann am Pàislig?
- Do you live in Paisley?
- Chan eil. Tha mi a’ fuireach ann an Dùn Èideann. A bheil sibhse a’ fuireach ann an Glaschu?
- No. I live in Edinburgh. Do you live in Glasgow?
- Tha. Tha mi fhathast a’ fuireach ann an Glaschu.
- Yes. I still live in Glasgow.
