Unit 14 - Using Gaelic on the phone and on the internet
Fònadh mi thugaibh "I’ll phone you "
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Phoning people
To say we are phoning somebody, we can either say tha sinn a' fònadh gu … or tha sinn a' cur fòn gu… Note that the preposition gu ("to") has some prepositional pronouns, a particular construction in Gaelic which combines the preposition with pronouns. Here they are. Listen to them carefully in order to determine their pronunciation, particularly the difference between thuige, thuice and thuca:
- a' fònadh gu
- phoning
- a' cur fòn gu
- phoning
Prepositional Pronouns
- thugam
- to me
- thugad
- to you (singular/informal)
- thuige
- to him
- thuice
- to her
- thugainn
- to us
- thugaibh
- to you (plural/formal)
- thuca
- to them
Now listen to Pàdraig and Anna, having a simple phone conversation
The next conversation takes place in front of the computer. Eilidh is surfing the internet and showing John websites. She also shows him how to send an e-mail message. Note that teachdaireachd is a feminine word so that we use the feminine third person singular prepositional pronouns - innte (in her) and oirre (on her):
- innte
- in her
- oirre
- on her
