Unit 21 - Talking about our pets
In order to see this content you need to have both Javascript enabled and Flash installed. Visit BBC Webwise for full instructions
- Iain: A bheil peata agad?
- Do you have a pet?
- Alasdair: Tha. Tha trì peataichean agam.
- Yes. I have three pets.
- Iain: De th’ annta?
- What are they? [lit. what is in them?]
- Alasdair: Cù, cat agus nathair.
- A dog, a cat and a snake.
- Iain: Nathair? Nach eil sin eagalach?
- A snake? Isn’t that scary?
- Alasdair: Chan eil. Chan eil i puinnseanta.
- No. It’s not poisonous.
- Iain: Dè am peata as fheàrr leat?
- Which is your favourite pet?
- Alasdair: ’S fheàrr leam an cù. A bheil peata agadsa?
- I prefer the dog. Do you have a pet?
- Iain: Tha. Tha cù agamsa cuideachd.
- Yes. I also have a dog.
- Alasdair: Dè an t-ainm a th’ air?
- What is his name?
- Iain: Teàrlach. ’S e labrador a th’ ann.
- Charlie. He is a labrador.
- Alasdair: Am bì e gad bhìdeadh?
- Does he bite you?
- Iain: Cha bhì! Am bi an cù agadsa gad bhìdeadh-sa?
- Does your dog bite you?
- Alasdair: Cha bhì e gam bhìdeadh-sa. Ach bhìd e mèirleach turas.
- He doesn’t bite me. But he did bite a burglar one time.
- Iain: An robh e fiadhaich?
- Was he wild?
- Alasdair: Bha. Gu math fiadhaich.
- Yes. Pretty wild.
- Iain: Am bi an cat fiadhaich uair sam bith?
- Is the cat ever wild?
- Alasdair: Tuti? Cha bhi. Tha i ro leisg.
- Tuti? No. She is too lazy.
- Iain: Dè bhios an nathair ag ithe?
- What does the snake eat?
- Alasdair: Losgannan is luchagan.
- Frogs and mice.
- Iain: Càite am faigh thu na luchagan?
- Where do you get the mice?
- Alasdair: Uill, b’ àbhaist feadhainn a bhith agam mar pheataichean!
- Well, I used to have some as pets!
