Unit 18 - Getting directions
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- Anndra: Tha i brèagha.
- It’s [a] beautiful [day].
- An Croitear: Tha i sin, gu dearbh.
- It sure is.
- Anndra: Tha sibh trang leis na caoraich.
- You are busy with the sheep.
- An Croitear: Bidh sinn gan rùsgadh feasgar.
- We’ll be shearing them this afternoon.
- Anndra: Tha mi a’ coimhead airson taigh Aonghais Mhòir.
- I am looking for Big Angus’s house.
- An Croitear: Cò?
- Who?
- Anndra: Taigh Aonghais Mhòir. A bheil e faisg air seo?
- Big Angus’s house. Is it close to here?
- An Croitear: Faisg gu leòr. Tha e shìos an rathad air do làimh chlì.
- Close enough. It’s down the road on your left-hand side.
- Anndra: A bheil e seachad air a’ bhùth?
- Is it past the shop?
- An Croitear: Chan eil. Chan eil e cho fada ris a’ bhùth.
- It’s not as far as the shop.
- Anndra: A bheil e furasta aithneachadh?
- Is it easy to recognise?
- An Croitear: Tha. Tha mullach tughaidh air.
- Yes. It has a thatched roof.
- Anndra: Tha Aonghas Mòr a’ fuireach ann an taigh tughaidh!
- Big Angus lives in a thatched house!
- An Croitear: Tha. Chan eil ach an aon taigh tughaidh anns a’ bhaile.
- Yes. There is only the one thatched house in the village.
- Anndra: Bidh e furasta aithneachadh, ma-tha.
- It will be easy to recognise it, then.
- An Croitear: Bidh. Ach cha bhi Aonghas a-staigh.
- Yes. But Angus won’t be in.
- Anndra: Càite am bi e?
- Where will he be?
- An Croitear: Tha e ag obair anns a’ bhùth an-diugh.
- He works in the shop today.
- Anndra: Càite a bheil a’ bhùth?
- Where is the shop?
- An Croitear: Tha i seachad air taigh Aonghais, air do làimh dheis.
- It is past Angus’s house, on your right-hand side.
- Anndra: Dè cho fada ’s a tha i às an seo?
- How far is it from here?
- An Croitear: Tha leth-mhìle. A bheil thu càirdeach dha?
- Half a mile. Are you related to him?
- Anndra: Chan eil.
- No.
- An Croitear: Cò às a tha thu?
- Where are you from?
- Anndra: À Sruighlea.
- From Stirling.
- An Croitear: Tha Gàidhlig mhath agad. An e ionnsachadh a rinn thu?
- You have good Gaelic. Did you learn it?
- Anndra: ’S e. Co-dhiù, feumaidh mi falbh. Mòran taing.
- Yes. Anyway, I must go. Many thanks.
- An Croitear: ’S e do bheatha.
- You’re welcome
