There were a few words and phrases there which you can use when talking about Na Gàidheil agus a’ Ghàidhlig (The Gaels and Gaelic).
Dh’fhàs Glaschu gu mòr bho mheadhan na naoidheamh linn deug.
Glasgow expanded greatly from the middle of the nineteenth century.
Bha an leasachadh sin a’ tachairt cuideachd anns na bailtean–mòra eile.
That development happened in the other cities as well.
Bha seo mu àm an Tionndaidh Ghnìomhachais, nach robh?
This was about the time of the Industrial Revolution, wasn’t it?
Leudaich sluagh na Galltachd gu mòr agus gu luath.
The population of the Lowlands increased greatly and quickly.
Bha Gàrraidhean Chluaidh cudromach ann an leasachadh Ghlaschu, nach robh?
The Clyde shipyards were a big part of Glasgow’s development as well, weren’t they?
Bha in–imrich ann leis na bha de dh’ Èireannaich a dh’fhuiling a’ Ghort Mhòr.
There was immigration with Irish people who suffered the Great Famine
Thug iad leotha an cànan agus an cultar aca.
They brought with them their language and their culture.
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.