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Phrases

There were a few words and phrases there which you can use when talking about Na b’ àbhaist a bhith (What used to be). Let’s look at some of them again in context.

Am bruidhneadh do phàrantan Gàidhlig …?

Did your parents speak Gaelic …?

Bhruidhneadh

Would speak/did speak [habitual]

B’ i a’ Ghàidhlig cànan na dachaigh

It was Gaelic that was the language of the home

Glè ainneamh

Very rarely

Gàidhlig na h–Èireann

Irish (Gaeilge)

… gum b’ e cnap–starradh a bhiodh ann

… that it would be an obstacle

‘S e tàmailt a tha sin

That’s a [terrible] shame, disgrace

B’ àbhaist do dhaoine a bhith …

People used to …

Cha b’ àbhaist do dhaoine a bhith

People didn’t used to …

Dùn nan Gall

Donegal

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.