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Phrases

There were a few words and phrases there which you can use when talking about Seòrsaichean ealaine (Types of art). Let’s look at some of them again in context.

An robh thu math air ealain …?

Were you good at art …?

Dè seòrsa ealaine …?

What kind of art …?

Peantadh—agus snaigheadh

Painting—and sculpture

Bha mi dèidheil air dealbhan a tharraing

I was fond of drawing pictures

… agus dealbhan a thogail

… and taking photographs

… gus dealbh a chruthachadh agus a pheantadh.

… to create and paint a picture.

… a’ sluaisreadh peant air feadh an àite!

… splashing paint all over the place!

An do dh’fheuch thu beò-dhealbhadh a-riamh?

Did you ever try animation?

Tha beò-dhealbhadh feumach air cùram, ùine agus foighidinn!

Animation requires care, time and patience!

Dè seòrsa ealaine as fheàrr leat a-nis?

What’s your favourite kind of art now?

Tha mi measail air nua-ealain

I like modern art

Ealain fhigearach

Figurative art

‘S e ailtireachd as fheàrr leam

My favourite is architecture

Bu toil leam snaigheadh a dhèanamh

I’d like to do sculpture

Cùrsa goirid no bùth-obrach

A short course or a workshop

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.