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Abairtean

Phrases

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.