There were a few words and phrases there which you can use when talking about A’ sealltainn co-fhaireachdainn (Showing sympathy). Let’s look at some of them again in context.
‘s tu fhèin a th’ ann
it’s you (yourself)
‘s bochd an naidheachd sin
that is bad news
a thruaghag!
you poor thing! (female)
gun robh mi ga fhaighneachd
that I was asking for him
Abair droch naidheachd!
What bad news!
a’ caoineadh
weeping, crying
a’ rànaich
crying (also shrieking)
tùrsach
sad
brònach
sorrowful, mournful, sad
pòsta
married
posta
postwoman/postman/postal worker
a ghràidh
(my) dear
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.