Unit 9 - Saying a bit about your family situation
A bheil clann agaibh? "Do you have children?"
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Clann
Now let's look at the very well known Gaelic word - clann. This is the word from which the English "clan" derives.
Although it describes more than one person, it is itself a singular word. It is also important to note that, like almost all Gaelic nouns, clann inflects. That means it changes its form in relation to its function in the sentence.
In the genitive, or possessive, case (i.e. "of [the] children"), it is cloinne.
When we talk about numbers of children we use this form (e.g. triùir chloinne, "three of children"). It is also the form we use when asking somebody how many children they have. We say, cia mheud duine cloinne a th' agaibh?
Listen to this conversation between Peter and Anna. Try to pick out the various forms of the word clann.
Why not go on to learn phrases about music and dance in Section 10, Is toil leam ceòl.
