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Alba Nuadh

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Phrases

There were a few words and phrases there which you can use when talking about Chaidh na Gàidheil fhuadach (The Gaels were cleared). Let’s look at some of them again in context.

Tadhal air na taighean-tasgaidh aca

Visit their museums

Thall an sin

Over there

… gun tèid ar n-ionnsachadh

… that we’ll get taught

Eachdraidh na h-Alba Nuaidh

The history of Nova Scotia

Thèid do ionnsachadh

You’ll get taught

A-bhos an seo

Over here

Ciamar a thèid mo ionnsachadh?

How will I get taught?

Chaidh na ciad Ghàidheil à Alba a thuineachadh

The first Gaels from Scotland were settled

… san t-seachdamh linn deug

… in the seventeenth century

Chaidh a’ chuid bu mhotha de Ghàidheil fhuadach

The biggest number of Gaels were cleared

… às an fhearann aca

… from their land

Deireadh na h-ochdamh linn deug

The end of the eighteenth century

Lean an eilthireachd oirre

The exile continued

An naoidheamh linn deug

The nineteenth century

An deach am fuadach …?

Were they cleared …?

Sin is coireach

That’s the reason

… ainmean-àite bho na sgìrean sin air a’ mhapa

… placenames from these areas on the map

We’ll catch up with some more of these as well as adding some new words and phrases to our vocabulary as we progress through this lesson.