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Phrases

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.