Unit 21 - Talking about our pets
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- Seònaid: A bheil peataichean agad?
- Do you have pets?
- Ceitidh: Tha, gu dearbh. Tha dà hamstair agam.
- Yes. I have two hamsters.
- Seònaid: An e peataichean matha a th’ annta?
- Are they good pets?
- Ceitidh: ’S e. Ach bidh fear dhiubh crosta uaireannan.
- Yes, but one of them gets cross sometimes.
- Seònaid: Am bi e a’ bìdeadh?
- Does he bite?
- Ceitidh: O bithidh! ’S e hamstair greannach a th’ ann!
- Yes! He is a bad-tempered hamster!
- Seònaid: Am bi e gad bhìdeadh-sa?
- Does he bite you?
- Ceitidh: Bithidh. Bhìd e mi dà thuras an-dè.
- Yes. He bit me twice yesterday.
- Seònaid: Am bi e a’ bìdeadh duine sam bith eile?
- Does he bite anyone else?
- Ceitidh: Feuch thusa e. Cuir do chorrag anns a’ cheids aige.
- You try him. Put your finger in his cage.
- Seònaid: Cha chuir gu dearbh. Chan eil e a’ dol gam bhìdeadh-sa.
- I will not. He’s not going to bite me.
- Ceitidh: Tha am fear eile ceart gu leòr – sin a bhràthair.
- The other one is fine – that’s his brother.
- Seònaid: Cha bhi esan a’ bìdeadh?
- He won’t bite?
- Ceitidh: Cha bhi. Cha do bhìd e mise a-riamh.
- No. He has never bitten me.
- Seònaid: Hamstair laghach!
- A nice hamster!
- Ceitidh: Chan e sin a th’ ann idir.
- It’s not that at all.
- Seònaid: Dè tha thu a’ ciallachadh?
- What do you mean?
- Ceitidh: Chan urrainn dha bìdeadh. Chan eil fiaclan aige.
- He can’t bite. He has no teeth.
- Seònaid: Dè thachair dha?
- What happened to him?
- Ceitidh: Bhris na fiaclan aige.
- He lost his teeth.
- Seònaid: Ciamar a thachair sin?
- How did that happen?
- Ceitidh: Dh’fhàs e sean.
- He grew old.
- Seònaid: Cha tig an aois leatha fhèin.
- Age does not come by itself (Gaelic proverb).
