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 hear how to use the thu form of you to ask where someone is from and say where you come from:
- Halò. Is mise Calum.
- Hello. I’m Malcolm.
- Halò, a Chaluim. Cò às a tha thu?
- Hello, Malcolm. Where are you from?
- Tha mi à Glaschu. Cò às a tha thu fhèin?
- I'm from Glasgow. Where are you from? (literally: Where are you from yourself?)
- Tha mise à Pàislig.
- I'm from Paisley.
- A bheil thu a’ fuireach ann am Pàislig?
- Do you live in Paisley?
- Chan eil. Tha mi a’ fuireach ann an Dùn Èideann. A bheil thusa 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.
