When is your birthday?

Cuin a bhios do cho-là-breith?

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Cuin a bhios do cho-là-breith?

When is your birthday?

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Tha mo cho-là-breith anns an Iuchar. Cuin a bhios an co-là-breith agad fhèin?

My birthday is in July. When is your birthday?

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Tha an co-là-breith agam fhìn air an latha no oidhche as fhèarr den bhliadhna, Oidhche na Taigeise!

My own birthday is on the best day, or night, Haggis Night!

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A bheil do cho-là-breith anns an t-Samhain? An e Là Naomh Anndra a th’ ann?

Is your birthday in November? Is it Saint Andrew’s Day?

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Chan e!

No!

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Dè bhios tu a’ dèanamh air do cho-là-breith?

What do you do on your birthday?

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Bidh mi ag ithe deagh bhiadh, ag òl agus ag èisteachd ri sgeulachdan is bàrdachd.

I eat good food, drink and listen to stories and poetry.

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Ò seadh, Oidhche Challainn!

Ah aye, Hogmanay!

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Chan e. Bidh èideadh spaideil orm.

No. I wear a smart outfit.

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À, Oidhche Shamhna … no Là nam Pòg?

Ah aye, Halloween … or St Valentine’s Day?

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Chan e. Dè bhios tu a’ dèanamh air do cho-là-breith?

No. What do you do on your birthday?

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Bidh mi a’ dol a-null thairis air làithean-saora agus bidh mi ag ithe deagh bhiadh, a’ ruith is a’ rothaireachd agus gam bhlianadh fhèin. Tha mi a’ dol a dhèanamh turas air feadh Majorca am bliadhna.

I go abroad on holidays and I eat good food, I run and cycle and sunbathe. I’m going to do a tour of Majorca this year.

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Tha e a’ dol a chur an t-sneachd air mo cho-là-breith am bliadhna. Bha flin ann an-uiridh.

It’s going to snow on my birthday this year. There was sleet last year.

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À, Là na Nollaig.

Ah, Christmas Day.

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Mìos an dèidh sin.

A month after that.

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Oidhche Burns!

Burns night!

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Sin agad e!

That’s it!