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A’ Ghalltachd

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A' toirt iomradh air a' Ghalltachd 2

Describing the Lowlands 2

The rules for feminine and masculine genitives (possessives) we have seen before are given again in the tables below. You can find more detail on the SpeakGaelic website:

Feminine nounsMasculine nouns.

Remember: Practice makes perfect!

FEMININE NOUNS
CONSONANTSnana maidnena cloinnena sgìre, na sràide
VOWELSna h–na h–uinneigena h–oifise
MASCULINE NOUNS
B,C,G,M,Pa’ _ha’ bhaile, a’ mheadhain
an fhan fhrith–bhaile 
SL,SN,SR S+VOWEL an t–an t–sluaigh
VOWELSanan iomaill, an ùghdarrai
OTHERanan dorais, an taighe

An ann ann am meadhan a’ bhaile a tha thu fhèin a’ fuireach a–nis?

Is it in the centre of town that you are living now?

Chan ann. ‘S ann a tha mise a’ fuireach lem chèile ann am frith–bhaile air iomall Ghlaschu.

It isn’t. I am now living with my partner in a suburb on the edge of Glasgow.

An ann? Led chèile? Math fhèin, cò e? A bheil mi eòlach air?

Are you? With your partner? Very good, who is he? Do I know him?

Chan eil! Ach tha e càirdeil rid bhràthair, saoilidh mi. Feumaidh tu coinneachadh ris!

You don’t (know him). But he is friendly with your brother, I think. You’ll have to meet him!