
Unit 31 - How you spend your free time
Cur-seachadan "Pastimes/hobbies "
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In this Section we’ll look at some hobbies. Note how we ask somebody if they are good at something – we say a bheil thu math air? (lit. are you good on it?):
Here’s some vocabulary:
- cur-seachad
- pastime/hobby
- long
- ship
- longan
- ships
- fiodh
- wood
- aotrom
- light (ie not heavy)
- samhradh
- summer
- geamhradh
- winter
- fighe
- knitting (also weaving)
- cuibhrig
- quilt
- sreap
- climbing
- reic
- sell
In transcript 1, Iain and Mairead are discussing their respective hobbies and pastimes.