Unit 19 - Expressing capability
In order to see this content you need to have both Javascript enabled and Flash installed. Visit BBC Webwise for full instructions
- Seònaid: An urrainn dhut seo a thogail?
- Can you lift this?
- Alasdair: Dè rud?
- What [thing]?
- Seònaid: A’ chlach mhòr seo.
- This big stone.
- Alasdair: Chan urrainn, is mòr am beud. An urrainn dhutsa?
- No, more’s the pity. Can you?
- Seònaid: Chan urrainn. Tha i ro throm.
- I can’t. It is too heavy.
- Alasdair: Cò as urrainn clach mar seo a thogail?
- Who can lift a stone like this?
- Seònaid: Is urrainn do Mhichelle. Tha ise làidir.
- Michelle can. She is strong.
- Alasdair: Ach tha ise air falbh.
- But she is away.
- Seònaid: A bheil? Càite a bheil i?
- Is she? Where is she?
- Alasdair: Chan urrainn dhomh innse dhut.
- I can’t tell you.
- Seònaid: Carson? Tha a màthair a’ fuireach faisg air seo.
- Why? Her mother lives close to here.
- Alasdair: Oir chan eil fhios agam.
- Because I don’t know.
- Seònaid: Nach urrainn dhut faighinn a-mach?
- Can’t you find out?
- Alasdair: Chan urrainn.
- No.
- Seònaid: Carson? Tha a màthair a’ fuireach faisg air seo.
- Why? Her mother lives close to here.
- Alasdair: Chan urrainn dhomh dhol a chèilidh oirre.
- I can’t go to visit her.
- Seònaid: Carson nach urrainn? Chan eil mi a’ tuigsinn.
- Why not? I don’t understand.
- Alasdair: Chan urrainn dhomh gluasad.
- I can’t move.
- Seònaid: Ciamar nach urrainn dhut gluasad?
- How can’t you move?
- Alasdair: Oir tha mo bharraillean fon chloich!
- Because my shoelaces are under the stone!
