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Phrases

There were a few words and phrases there which you can use when talking about A’ freagairt cheistean le carson …? (Answering questions with carson …?). Let’s look at some of them again in context.

Carson nach do lùghdaich riaghaltasan

Why didn’t governments reduce

Carbon san àile

Carbon in the atmosphere

… a chionn ‘s nach robh …

… because … weren’t/wasn’t

Cha robh na poileasaidhean aca làidir gu leòr.

Their policies weren’t strong enough.

Agus carson a thachair sin?

And why did that happen?

… ri linn ‘s gun robh na companaidhean mòra eadar–nàiseanta na bu charaiche.

… because the multinationals [big international companies] were wilier.

…air eagal ‘s gun dèanadh sin cron

… because it would do damage

Cron air na prothaidean aca

Damage to their profits

… no gleidheadh àiteachan sònraichte

… or preserving/protecting particular places

A’ lùghdachadh connadh–fosail

Reducing fossil fuel

Bha ar saoghal ga mhilleadh

Our world was being destroyed

Bha an cron ga dhèanamh

The damage was being done

Bha an cruinne–cè ga bhlàthachadh

The earth was being warmed

Nach sguir sibh!

Won’t you stop!

Bidh an saoghal ga leigheas

The world will be being healed

ga chàradh

being fixed

ga fhuarachadh

being cooled

Nuair a gheibh e an cothrom

When it gets a chance

Leis gun do rinn an saoghal leigheas

Because the world healed

Sguir còmhdhail

Transport(ation) stopped

Ri linn sin

Because of that

na leigeamaid … às

let’s not let … off/let’s not let … get away with

Na dleastanasan acasan

Their responsibilities

Thugainnibh, a chàirdean!

Come on, friends!

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.