There were a few words and phrases there which you can use when talking about An dà Chogadh Mhòr (The two world wars). Let’s look at some of them again in context.
‘S mathaid gum b’ e …
That perhaps … was
An dà chogadh mhòr
The two world wars
A’ bhuille mu dheireadh
The final blow
‘S e an fhìrinn a th’ aige.
He’s absolutely right [It’s the truth that he has.].
Na chaidh romhainn
What went before us
Na daoine a chaidh romhainn
The people who went before us
An t–uabhas de dh’fhireannaich òga
An awful lot of young men
Bhiodh fada barrachd dhaoine …
There were many more people …
… a’ bruidhinn na Gàidhlig ron chiad chogadh
… speaking Gaelic before the first war
Chaidh còrr is 200 a mharbhadh
More than 200 were killed
An tubaist mhòr uabhasach
The terrible disaster
An Iolaire
HMY Iolaire
Call na h–Iolaire
The Loss of the Iolaire
Carragh–Chuimhne na h–Iolaire
The Iolaire Memorial
Thathas fhathast mothachail air a’ bhròn sin.
That sorrow is still felt.
Na làithean tha romhainn
The days that are ahead of us
… air sgàth na Gàidhlig
… for the sake of Gaelic
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.