Unit 20 - Remembering your Schooldays
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- Ceitidh: Bhiodh e math dhol air ais a sgoil.
- It would be good to back to school.
- Alasdair: Am bitheadh? Carson?
- Would it? Why?
- Ceitidh: Oir chòrd e rium.
- Because I enjoyed it.
- Alasdair: Uill, cha do chòrd e riumsa idir.
- Well, I didn’t enjoy it at all.
- Ceitidh: Dè bha ceàrr air?
- What was wrong with [on] it?
- Alasdair: Bhiodh na tidsearan a’ trod rium.
- The teachers would scold me.
- Ceitidh: Carson? An robh thu mì-mhodhail?
- Why? Were you impolite?
- Alasdair: Cha robh. Bha mi modhail.
- No. I was polite.
- Ceitidh: An cuireadh tu a’ chailc aca am falach?
- Would you hide their chalk?
- Alasdair: Cha chuireadh!
- No!
- Ceitidh: Nach cuireadh? A bheil thu cinnteach?
- Wouldn’t you? Are you sure?
- Alasdair: Uill, chuireadh, ach cha robh sin dona.
- Well, yes, but that wasn’t bad.
- Ceitidh: An tilgeadh tu rudan anns an t-seòmar?
- Would you throw things in the room?
- Alasdair: Uill, thilgeadh. Ach dìreach rudan beaga.
- Well, yes. But only small things.
- Ceitidh: Is am biodh tu a’ coimhead a-mach air uinneag?
- And would you look [be looking] out a window?
- Alasdair: O bhitheadh! Gu tric.
- Oh, yes. Often.
- Ceitidh: Nach dèanadh tu càil a bha math?
- Would you not do anything that was good?
- Alasdair: Dhèanadh. Bha mi math air matamataig.
- Yes. I was good at mathematics.
- Ceitidh: Bha, is mise.
- So was I.
- Alasdair: Ach cha chòrdadh e rium dhol air ais a sgoil.
- But I wouldn’t enjoy going back to school.
- Ceitidh: Ach tha e math a bhith a’ coimhead air ais.
- But it is good to look back (to reminisce).
- Alasdair: Is dòcha gu bheil.
- Perhaps it is.
