Travel journal
Eliza is travelling in Australia and is keeping an audio journal of her time there.
Listen to what Eliza has to say, and answer the questions which follow. If you need to, you can also read the transcript.
Travel journal
Question
What time did Eliza arrive in Sydney?
4am
Sa mhadainn is Gaelic for 'in the morning'. We say feasgar for 'afternoon' and 'evening'.
Question
How long was the plane journey?
More than twenty hours.
Còrr means 'more than'. Also, we don't use plural when we say twenty of something so it's just fichead uair.
Question
How does she describe her journey?
Tiring
You might have heard the phrase tha mi sgìth. The word sgìtheil means 'tiring'.
Question
How did Eliza travel to the youth hostel?
She walked.
In Gaelic, the verb often comes at the start of the sentence. Choisich means 'walked'.
Question
How does she describe the youth hostel?
Quite nice and comfortable.
After the word glè we add an 'h' to the next word, except when it begins with l, n, r, sp, sg, st or a vowel so – glè shnog, this changes how the word sounds.
Question
How many others are staying in the dorm?
Five
When counting people we don't just say the numbers, we use, dithis, triùir, ceathrar, còignear and so on.
