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Listen to this recording at least twice. Then try to answer the questions below. Some of the new vocabulary you’ll need is below.
siorramachd | siorrachd
shire
luchd-àiteachaidh
inhabitants
Às deoghaidh | Às dèidh
after
tuinich!
settle, colonise!
àitich!
inhabit, farm!
fòirneart
violence
buin!
belong!
cuideachd
company, society
Answer the questions about the recording.
Càit an tàinig na Gàidheil na bu tràithe na àite sam bith eile ann an Ceap Breatainn?
To which place more than any other place in Cape Breton did the Gaels come?
Carson a dh’fhalbh a’ chuid a bu mhotha de na daoine?
Why did most of the people leave?
Dè thachair ann an Eilean Ruma san naoidheamh linn deug?
What happened in Eilean Ruma (the Isle of Rum) in the nineteenth century?
Cia mheud eaglais dom buin Gàidheil Shiorrachd Inbhir Nis?
How many churches do Gaels belong to in Inverness County?
Ciamar a chaidh dhut?
Listen to the recording again, but this time you can read this transcription at the same time. You didn’t peek already did you?
Theagamh gun tàinig Gàidheil gu cladaichean Siorramachd Inbhir Nis na bu tràithe na àite sam bith eile ann an Ceap Breatainn.
Ràinig a’ chiad luchd-àiteachaidh à fearann Chloinn Raghnaill – Mùideart, Mòrar, Uibhist is na h-Eileanan Beaga.
Às an deoghaidh sin, thàinig ‘s thuinich daoine à Strath Ghlais, Loch Abar is feadhainn a bharrachd à Uibhist a Deas—nam measg, Gàidheil a dh’àitich an toiseach an Eilean Eòin.
Dh’fhalbh a’ chuid a bu mhotha dhe na daoine seo ann an dùil gum faigheadh iad cuidhteas am fòirneart sna h-àiteachan a chuir iad rin cùl.
Gu dearbha, tràth san naoidheamh linn deug, cha bu mhòr nach deach muinntir Eilein Rùma gu lèir a fhuadach a-null gu tìr aig Caolas Chanso.
Buinidh Gàidheil Shiorramachd Inbhir Nis do dhà eaglais: an Eaglais Phròstanach is an Eaglais Ròimh.
Chithear an-diugh mar a chruthaich na Gàidheil coimhearsnachdan sa bheil cleachdaidhean is cànain ionadail mar a bh’ aig an cuideachd air an taobh thall dhen chuan.
Ciamar a chaidh dhut? How did you get on?
Càit an tàinig na Gàidheil na bu tràithe na àite sam bith eile ann an Ceap Breatainn?
Cladaichean Siorramachd Inbhir Nis
The shores of Inverness County
Carson a dh’fhalbh a’ chuid a bu mhotha de na dhaoine?
Bha iad dùil gum faigheadh iad cuidhteas am fòirneart sna h-àiteachan a chuir iad rin cùl.
They were hoping to get away from the (fòirneart) violence in the places that they put behind them.
Dè thachair ann an Eilean Ruma san naoidheamh linn deug?
Cha bu mhòr nach deach muinntir Eilein Rùma gu lèir fhuadach
Almost the entire population of the Isle of Rum was cleared
Cia mheud eaglais dom buin Gàidheil Shiorrachd Inbhir Nis?
Do dhà eaglais: an Eaglais Phròstanach is an Eaglais Ròimh.
To two churches: the Protestant church and the Church of Rome (the Catholic Church).
A bheil thu a’ cluinntinn an diofar sa Ghàidhlig aig an neach-labhairt?
A bheil blas Canadach aige?
Am biodh fios agad gur ann à Alba Nuadh a bha am fear a tha a’ bruidhinn?
A bheil e furasta no doirbh a thuigsinn?
Dè an dual-chainnt as fheàrr leatsa?