There were a few words and phrases there which you can use when talking about Aithris a’ gheama (Match report). Let’s look at some of them again in context.
Saoil dè cho math ‘s a chluich sinn?
How well do you think we played?
… ged a chluich sinn gu math, cha do bhuannaich sinn.
… even though we played well, we didn’t win.
Thug esan buaidh air a’ gheama.
He influenced the game.
Rug e air a’ bhàl …
He caught the ball …
… agus chaidh e aig astar suas a’ phàirc.
… and he went up the park at some speed.
caran lag, agus fìor shlaodach
quite weak, and very slow
cairt bhuidhe
yellow card
cairt dhearg
red card
Bhuail am bàl am maide–tarsainn
The ball hit the crossbar
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.