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Co-fhaireachdainn

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Phrases

There were a few words and phrases there which you can use when talking about A’ sealltainn co-fhaireachdainn (Showing sympathy). Let’s look at some of them again in context.

‘s tu fhèin a th’ ann

it’s you (yourself)

‘s bochd an naidheachd sin

that is bad news

a thruaghag!

you poor thing! (female)

gun robh mi ga fhaighneachd

that I was asking for him

Abair droch naidheachd!

What bad news!

a’ caoineadh

weeping, crying

a’ rànaich

crying (also shrieking)

tùrsach

sad

brònach

sorrowful, mournful, sad

pòsta

married

posta

postwoman/postman/postal worker

a ghràidh

(my) dear

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.