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Nàbaidhean

B1
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Abair srùbag!

What a great cup of tea!

Let’s have a look at this discussion. By the end of this section, you will have learned some valuable phrases that you can use in lots of different conversations.

Abair srùbag. Slàinte mhòr don bhùth bhuidhe! What a (great) cup of tea! Cheers to the yellow shop!
Slàinte mhòr gu dearbh. A bheil cuimhn’ agad air Catrìona, an nàbaidh a bh’ agam nuair a bha mi a’ fuireach ann am flat os cionn a’ bhanca? Cheers indeed. Do you remember Catriona my neighbour when I lived in a flat above the bank?
Tha gu dearbh. ‘S iomadh oidhche mhòr—agus srùbag—a bh’ againn nuair a bha sinn na b’ òige ‘s i a’ fuireach an ath dhoras. I do indeed. Many a big night—and cuppa—we had when we were younger and she lived next door.
Bidh mi a’ faighinn a naidheachd bho àm gu àm, agus tha ise air flat ùr a cheannach air … Sràid a’ Phrionnsa cuideachd. I get her news from time to time, and she has bought a new flat on … Princes Street as well.
Chan eil mi cho eòlach air Sràid a’ Phrionnsa na làithean seo. Càit a bheil am flat ùr aice? I am not so familiar with Princes Street these days. Where is her new flat?
Tha i dìreach ri taobh na h–eaglaise mòire … It’s just beside the big church …
Chan eil fhios ’am càite a bheil sin … I don’t know where that is …
… agus mu choinneamh stèisean a’ bhus. Tha a’ phàirc mhòr air beulaibh an togalaich aice. … and opposite the bus station. The big park is in front of her building.
Och tha fios ’am a–nis. Bha mi measail air bùth eile an sin aig aon àm—dìreach ri taobh na sgoile againn. Och I know now. I was once fond of a shop there at one time—just beside our school.
Dè a’ bhùth a bha siud? What shop was that?
‘S e bùth–chiùil a bh’ ann. Bhiodh na nàbaidhean agus a h–uile duine sa choimhearsnachd a’ tadhal oirre an tòir air na clàran as ùire! A music shop. The neighbours and everyone in the neighbourhood visited it, hunting for [in pursuit of] the latest records!