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Complete for 2 points

Chuir e a chòta uime

He put his coat on (‘around him’)

At A1 level, we learned that we can use cuir air to say ‘put on’ and cuir de to say ‘take off’.

There is another preposition that we could use with the verb put to say ‘put on’: mu.

The preposition mu (about, around) works with the pronouns in the same way we learned before.

mu + miumamabout me
mu + thuumadabout you
mu + euimeabout it
mu + iuimpeabout i
mu + sinnumainnabout us
mu + sibhumaibhabout you (polite, pl)
mu + iadumpaabout them

and with emphasis:

mu + miseumamsaabout me
mu + thusaumadsaabout you
mu + esanuimesanabout him
mu + iseuimpeseabout her
mu + sinneumainneabout us
mu + sibhseumaibhseabout you (polite, pl)
mu + iadsanumpasanabout them

DÈ DO BHEACHD? | WHAT DO YOU THINK?

Why don’t you have a go at this task! If you have a Gaelic–speaking friend, you could do this together. It will be fun—siuthad!

An do chuir thu còta umad madainn an–diugh?

Did you put on a coat this morning?

Dè seòrsa aodaich a chuir thu umad an–diugh?

What kind of clothes did you wear today?

Ma tha clann agad, an cuir iad fhèin an còtaichean umpa no am feum thusa an còtaichean a chur umpa?

If you have children, do they put their coats on themselves or do you have to put them on?