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Phrases

There were a few words and phrases there which you can use when talking about A’ bruidhinn mun Phàrlamaid (Talking about Parliament). Let’s look at some of them again in context.

gus tòiseachadh

about to start

Pàrlamaid na h–Alba

the Scottish Parliament

bile (f)

bill

BPA

MSP

Ball Pàrlamaid na h–Alba

Member of the Scottish Parliament

BPA Sgìreil

Constituency MSP

BPA Roinneil

Regional MSP

a’ riochdachadh na sgìre–phàrlamaid

representing the constituency

coinneamh comataidh

committee meeting

òraid dhrùidhteach

an impressive speech

an Seòmar

the Chamber

Ceistean dhan Phrìomh–mhinisteir

First Minister’s Questions

Ceistean dhan Phrìomhaire

Prime Minister’s Questions

Taigh nan Cumantan

the House of Commons

fìor bhùrach

a real mess

Buill–phàrlamaid (BP)

Members of Parliament (MPs)

a’ dèanamh dìmeas air càch a chèile

disrespecting each other

gluasad is bhòtaichean

a motion and votes

gailearaidh a’ phobaill

the public gallery

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.