Unit 12 - Eating and Drinking
Dh’ ith mi cus! "I ate too much!"
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The next conversation takes place in a social situation in which you may hear Gaelic spoken or in which you might feel confident enough to try some of your own - a pub. Note that some of the verbs in this section are in the past tense e.g. ghabh mi deoch làidir a-raoir (I drank alcohol last night). The verb gabh is here lenited, the initial "g" being softened, as is indicated by the "h".
- ghabh mi deoch làidir a-raoir
- I drank alcohol last night (literally: I drank strong drink last night)
The question form is an do ghabh thu…? (did you take?) and the negative form is cha do ghabh mi… (I didn't take…). A verb commencing with a vowel like òl (drink) is often preceded in the past tense with a dh' - which sounds like a soft "g".
- an do ghabh thu…?
- did you take…?
- cha do ghabh mi…
- I didn't take…
- dh'òl mi
- I drank
Now listen to the conversation in transcript 3, Pàdraig starts by asking Anna what she will have to drink.
This is the end of Section 12.
If you would like to learn some useful conversation about visiting the Callanish Stones, a famous archaeological and cultural site on the Isle of Lewis, go on to Section 13 - Tursachan Chalanais.
