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Dictionary Gàidhlig

Ordering food

What will you have to drink?

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

dè ghabhas tu? what will you have/take?

iasg fish

staoig steak

gabhaidh mi … I will have …

gabhaidh mi ceapaire càise I’ll have a cheese sandwich

gabhaidh mi ceapaire hama I’ll have a ham sandwich

Asking and saying what someone wants:

a bheil thu ag iarraidh …? do you want …?

tha mi ag iarraidh … I want …

chan eil mi ag iarraidh càil I don’t want anything

Asking and saying what someone will have:

dè ghabhas tu? what will you have/take?

dè ghabhas e? what will he have/take?

dè ghabhas tu ri ithe? what do you want to eat?

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Person
Gaelic
English
Man 1 Dè ghabhas tu ri òl? What will you have to drink?
Man 2 Gabhaidh mi glainn’ uisge, mas e do thoil e. I’ll have a glass of water, please.
Man 1 Glainn’ uisge? A glass of water?
Man 2 Seadh.
Tha am pathadh orm.
Yes.
I’m thirsty.
Woman A bheil thu ag iarraidh diathad? Do you want lunch?
Man Tha, tapadh leat. Yes, please.
Woman Dè ghabhas tu?
Ceapaire càise no ceapaire hama?
What will you have?
A cheese sandwich or a ham sandwich?
Man Gabhaidh mi ceapaire càise, mas e do thoil e. I’ll have a cheese sandwich, please.
Woman Sin thu. There you are.
Tapadh leat. Tapadh leat.
Thank you.