There were a few words and phrases there which you can use when talking about Abairtean roimhearach le RI agus DE (Prepositional phrases with RI and DE). Let’s look at some of them again in context.
teachd a-steach
income
àrdachadh
raising, increasing
fiach
debt, value
air a bogadh ann am fiachan
steeped in debt
gann (de)
scarce, short of,
rù-rà (m)
confusion, jumble
na rù-rà
in a shambles
uireasbhaidhean follaiseach
obvious deficiencies
seirbheisean sòisealta
social services
Ghabh mi ri …
I accepted …
… nach toir sin piseach air cùisean
… that won’t make things better
an uimhir de chomhairlean
the number of councils
a’ sìor-fhàs!
continually increasing!
Caidreachas nan Ùghdarrasan Ionadail (COSLA)
Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA)
(banca-)briste
bankrupt
Cò às a thig an t-airgead an uair sin?
Where will the money come from then?
Riaghaltas na h-Alba
the Scottish Government
feumar airgead a chaomhnadh
money will have to be saved
nas gainne
scarcer
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.