Greeting someone A’ cur fàilte air cuideigin

How are you? (plural / polite) Ciamar a tha sibh?

Look out for the following pieces of vocabulary in this clip.

To ask how someone is, you would say:

ciamar a tha sibh? how are you?

There are two words for 'you' in Gaelic: sibh and thu.

Use thu when you speak to a child or friend.

Use sibh to talk to someone older than you, someone in authority or more than one person.

sibh you

If in doubt, use sibh.