Painting and papering A’ peantadh agus a’ pàipearachadh
Pardon? (plural / polite)B'aill leibh?
Look out for the following pieces of vocabulary in this clip.
This phrase does not change whether you are talking to a child, a friend, an elder or a group of people.
This is the formal way you use to speak to an older person, or to a group of people.
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GaelicGàidhlig
EnglishBeurla
| Wife | Siud an taigh as brèagha a chunnaic mi riamh. B’ fheàrr leam gun robh an taigh againne cho snog ri siud. Feumaidh sinn an taigh a pheantadh. | That’s the most beautiful house that I’ve ever seen. I wish that our house was as nice as that. We need to paint the house. |
| Husband | Chaidh a pheantadh an-uiridh. Carson a tha thu airson a pheantadh a-rithist? | It was painted last year. Why do you want to paint it again? |
| Wife | Tha mi airson a pheantadh a-rithist a chionn ’s gu bheil e grànda. Co-dhiù, cha deach an rùm-suidhe a dhèanamh idir. Ma pheantas sinn an rùm-suidhe, bidh mise toilichte. | I want to paint it again because it’s ugly. Anyway, the living room wasn’t done at all. If we paint the living room, I will be happy. |
| Husband | Ma pheantas mise an rùm-suidhe, tha thu a’ ciallachadh. | If I paint the living room, you mean. |
| Wife | Nì mise beagan cuideachd, ma thèid agam air. | I’ll do a bit too, if I can manage. |
| Husband | Chan eil fhios agam carson a thàinig sinn an seo co-dhiù. | I don’t know why we came here anyway. |
| Wife | Thàinig a chionn ’s gun robh sinn airson taigh spaideal fhaicinn. Ach fuirich thusa, bidh an taigh againn fhèin cho spaideal ris fhathast. Tiugainn. | We came because we wanted to see a posh house. But just you wait. Our own house will be as posh as it yet. Come on. |
| Husband | Càite? | Where? |
| Wife | Tha sinn a’ dol dha na bùithean. Feuch a bheil peant is pàipear snog aca. | We are going to the shops. See if they have some nice paint and paper. |
