Unit 14 - Using Gaelic on the phone and on the internet
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- Pàdraig: An i Anna a tha sin?
- Is that Anne?
- Anna: Is mi. Cò th' ann?
- Yes (it's me). Who is it?
- Pàdraig: Pàdraig. Ciamar a tha thu?
- Peter. How are you?
- Anna: Tha gu math, a Phàdraig. Dè tha a' dol agad?
- Fine, Peter. What's doing with you? (lit. "at you")
- Pàdraig: Chan eil mòran. Bha mi a' fònadh thugad a-raoir.
- Not much. I was phoning for you last night.
- Anna: Thugamsa?
- For me?
- Pàdraig: Bha, ach bha am fòn agad trang fad na h-ùine.
- Yes, but your phone was busy the whole time.
- Anna: O, seadh. Bha mi air an eadar-lìon.
- Oh, yeah. I was on the internet.
- Pàdraig: A bheil coimpiutar agad a-nis?
- Do you have a computer now?
- Anna: Tha. Tha e math.
- Yes. It's good.
- Pàdraig: Co-dhiù, chuir mi fòn gu Donnchadh.
- Anyway, I phoned Duncan.
- Anna: Ciamar a bha Donnchadh?
- How was Duncan?
- Pàdraig: Chan eil fhios agam. Dh'fhòn mi thuige, ach cha robh e ann.
- I don't know. I phoned him, but he wasn't there.
- Anna: An do bhruidhinn thu ri duine sam bith?
- Did you speak to anybody?
- Pàdraig: Bhruidhinn mi ri Cairistìona. Chuir mi fòn thuice.
- I spoke to Christina. I phoned her.
- Anna: A bheil fòn-làimhe aig Cairistìona?
- Does Christina have a mobile phone?
- Pàdraig: Tha. Tha fòn-làimhe aice a-nis.
- Yes. She has a mobile phone now.
- Anna: Math fhèin, cuiridh mi fòn thuice a-nochd fhathast.
- Great, I'll phone her tonight. (lit. "I'll phone her tonight yet")
