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Nach binn guth an eòin far an do dh'fhàs e!

How sweet the bird's voice where it grew!

At the end of the conversation, Fionnlagh (Finlay) said:

Tha gu dearbh. Nach binn guth an eòin far an do dh’fhàs e!

They certainly are! How sweet the bird’s voice (in the place) where it grew.

Nach binn guth an eòin far an do dh’fhàs e! – How sweet the bird’s voice (in the place) where it grew, meaning there’s no place like home.

Here are two more Gaelic idioms:

Chan e an taigh, ach na daoine

It’s not the house, but the people

Cha chumar taigh le beul dùinte

A house won’t be kept with a closed mouth

We’ll take a look at the genitive case in detail in a moment. When describing the coltas (appearance) of things in and around the house, we can use a few expressions which use nouns in the genitive case

coltas a’ chidsin

the appearance of the kitchen

cruth an taighe

the shape of the house

meud na garaids

the size of the garage

In the conversation we saw and heard:

‘S toil le Fionnlagh dath na sòfa agad.

Finlay likes the colour of your sofa.

‘S e orainds dath na h-uinneige.

Orange is the colour of the window.

Ach ‘s e buidhe dath a’ choire anns a’ chidsin.

But yellow is the colour of the kettle in the kitchen.

An toil leat coltas an dorais, Fhionnlaigh?

Do you like the look of the door, Finlay?

Agus an toil leat cruth agus meud an dorais?

And do you like the shape and size of the door?