Unit 5 - Useful expressions around the house
Dùin an doras! "Close the door"
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- Cò bhios anns an taigh a-màireach?
- Who will be in the house tomorrow?
- Dùin an doras!
- Close the door!
- Càit' a bheil sibh?
- Where are you?
- Thig a-steach.
- Come in.
Listen to this conversation which uses the present tense.
Listen to this second example which uses different tenses - looking into the future and to the past. Look out for an aspect of Gaelic which is similar to many other languages but different from English - nouns can be either masculine or feminine. If masculine they can be represented by the pronoun 'e', or 'he/him', and, if feminine, by the pronoun 'i', or 'she/her'. Uinneag ('window') is feminine.
