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Phrases

There were a few words and phrases there which you can use when talking about Fa chomhair na Pàrlamaid (Before Parliament). Let’s look at some of them again in context.

fa chomhair na Pàrlamaid

before Parliament

an dithis a chaidh a–mach air a chèile san t–Seòmar

the two who fell out with each other

Chaidh an ceòl air feadh na fìdhle!

All hell broke loose!/The cat went among the pigeons! (lit. the music went through the fiddle!)

Cò air a bha iad a–mach?

What were they on about?

bha iad am bad a chèile

they were arguing

Pàrtaidh Làbarach na h–Alba

the Scottish Labour Party

Pàrtaidh Tòraidheach na h–Alba

the Scottish Conservative Party

Pàrtaidh Uaine na h–Alba

the Scottish Green Party

Pàrtaidh Nàiseanta na h–Alba

the Scottish National Party

Pàrtaidh Libearalach Deamocratach na h–Alba

the Scottish Liberal Democratic Party

fa do chomhair

in front of you/opposite you

a–mach às a’ phrìomh dhoras

out of the main door

fa chomhair an togalaich

in front of the building

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.