Unit 20 - Remembering your Schooldays

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Iain: An do chòrd e riut anns an sgoil nuair a bha thu òg?
Did you enjoy being at school when you were young?
Seònaid: Chòrd. An do chòrd e riutsa?
Yes. Did you enjoy it?
Iain: Chòrd. Bha tidsear math math againn.
Yes. We had a very good teacher.
Seònaid: Dè an t-ainm a bh’ air?
What was his name?
Iain: Mgr Mac a’ Mhaoilein. Bha e laghach.
Mr MacMillan. He was nice.
Seònaid: An do chuir e rionnagan anns an leabhar agad?
Did he put stars in your book?
Iain: Chuir. Rionnagan òir!
Gold stars!
Seònaid: Cha do chuir an tidsear agamsa rionnagan òir anns an leabhar agamsa.
My teacher didn’t put gold stars in my book.
Iain: Nach do chuir e rionnagan airgid ann?
Did he not put silver stars in it?
Seònaid: Cha do chuir. Dìreach rionnagan dearga.
No. Only red stars.
Iain: Nach robh thu toilichte le rionnagan dearga?
Weren’t you pleased with red stars?
Seònaid: Cha robh, gu dearbh. Bha mi ag iarraidh feadhainn òir.
Certainly not. I wanted (was wanting) gold ones.
Iain: An do thachair dad annasach anns an sgoil?
Did anything unusual happen in the school?
Seònaid: Cha do thachair.
No.
Iain: Uill, thachair rudeigin annasach anns an sgoil agamsa.
Well, something unusual happened in my school.
Seònaid: Dè bh’ ann?
What was it?
Iain: Dhùin balach doras nuair a bha Mgr Mac a’ Mhaoilein a’ tighinn troimhe.
A boy closed a door when Mr MacMillan was coming through it.
Seònaid: Dè thachair?
What happened?
Iain: Bhuail an doras an tidsear na aodann.
The door hit the teacher in the face.
Seònaid: An do bhuail? Dè thachair an uair sin?
Did it? What happened then?
Iain: Thuit an tidsear air a dhruim dìreach.
The teacher fell flat on his back.
Seònaid: An do thuit? Mo chreach!
Did he? That’s terrible!
Iain: Mgr Mac a’ Mhaoilein bochd! Chaill e dà fhiacail.
Poor Mr MacMillan! He lost two teeth.

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