Giving your name Ag innse d’ ainm
My son / husband / daughterAm / an mac / duine / nighean agam
Introducing people people
Look out for the following pieces of vocabulary in this clip.
If you want to talk about your family, you would use these phrases. You can use seo before these phrases to introduce people to each other.
PersonNeach
GaelicGàidhlig
EnglishBeurla
| Dentist | Halò. Ciamar a tha sibh? | Hello. How are you? |
| Mother | Glè mhath, tapadh leibh. Seo an duine agam, Calum. | Very well, thank you. This is my husband, Malcolm. |
| Dentist | Halò. | Hello. |
| Father | Halò. | Hello. |
| Mother | Agus, seo am mac agam, Iain. | And this is my son, John. |
| Dentist | Halò, Iain. | Hello John. |
| Iain | Halò. | Hello. |
| Woman 1 | Dè an t-ainm a th’ oirbh? | What’s your name? |
| Woman 1 | NicAsgaill. Seonag NicAsgaill. Agus, seo an duine agam Dòmhnall. Agus seo Catrìona, an nighean agam. | MacAskill, Joan MacAskill. And this is my husband Donald. And this is Catherine, my daughter. |
| Man 1 | Halò a Chatrìona. Ciamar a tha sibh? | Hello Catherine. How are you? |
| Catrìona | Tha gu math, tapadh leibh. Ciamar a tha sibh fhèin? | I’m well thank you. How are you yourself? |
| Man 2 | Glè mhath. A Chatrìona, seo a’ bhean agam, Seonag. | Very well. Catherine, this is my wife, Joan. |
| Catrìona | Halò. Seo am mac agam, Niall, agus seo Ciorstaidh, an nighean agam. | Hello. This is my son, Neil, and this is Kirsty, my daughter. |
