Unit 08 - Simple counting and reading the clock

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Peter: Dè an aois a tha thu, Anna?
What age are you Anne?
Anna: Tha mi trì ar fhichead. Dè an aois a tha thu fhèin?
I am twenty-three. What age are you yourself?
Peter: Tha mi deich ar fhichead.
I am thirty.
Anna: Tha thusa nas sine na mise.
You are older than me.
Peter: Tha thusa nas òige na mise.
You are younger than me.
Anna: Dè an aois a tha do bhràthair?
What age is your brother?
Peter: Tha e dìreach seachd bliadhna fichead.
He is only twenty-seven.
Anna: Tha e nas òige na thusa, ma-thà.
He's younger than you, then.
Peter: Tha. Tha e trì bliadhna nas òige na mise.
Yes. He is three years younger than me.
Anna: Tha mo phiuthar dìreach ochd deug.
My sister is only eighteen.
Peter: Tha i còig bliadhna nas òige na mise.
She is five years younger than me.

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