I have bought a handful of books
Tha mi air dòrlach leabhraichean a cheannach
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Tha mi air
I have bought
dòrlach
a handful of
meall
a pile of
deannan
a few
tiùrr
heap, a pile of
càrn mòr
a big pile of
grunn
several, a good number of
mòran
many
leabhraichean a cheannach anns a' bhùth sin.
books in that shop.
Thug athair
His father gave him
mòran
a lot of
meall
a heap of
dòrlach
a handful of
airgid dha nuair a chaidh e dhan bhaile-mhòr.
money when he went to the city.
Ged a chuir mi cairtean Nollaige thuca, cha d' fhuair mi
Although I sent them Christmas cards, I didn't get
dad
anything
càil
anything
gin
any
sgath
anything
air ais.
back (in return).
Leugh mi
I read
a h–uile
every
fichead
twenty
gach
every
ceud
a hundred
iomadh
many
duilleag anns an leabhar sin, ach cha do thuig mi facal sam bith!
page(s) in that book, but I didn't understand a word!
Chuir e seachad
He spent
bliadhna
a year
gach bliadhna
each year
iomadh bliadhna
many years
a h–uile bliadhna
every, each year
iomadach bliadhna
many years
fichead bliadhna
twenty years
leth–cheud bliadhna
fifty years
anns an dùthaich sin, ach cha do chòrd e ris.
in that country, but he didn't like it.
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