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Phrases

There were a few words and phrases there which you can use when talking about Rèim–chainnte (Language register). Let’s look at some of them again in context.

modhan ùra

new ways, new methods

gu fileantas

to fluency

nam inbheach

as an adult

briathrachas ùr ionmhais is cunntasachd

new financial and accountancy vocabulary

bha mo cheann na bhrochan

I was confused, my head was in a mess

trèanadh luchd–teagaisg

teacher training

na rudan a chuir tuainealaich nam cheann

the things that made me dizzy

riaghailtean gràmair

rules of grammar

‘S e dùbhlan a th’ ann

It’s a challenge

cànan foirmeil

formal language

cànan neo–fhoirmeil

informal language

siùbhlach

eloquent, fluent

rèim–chainnte (modh–cànain, ìre–chànain)

register (linguistic register)

ruitheam

rhythm

suidseadh còd

code-switching

rud bitheanta

a common thing

iomadh–chànanas

multilingualism

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.