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Discussing your life A’ bruidhinn mu do bheatha

Where did you meet? (plural)Càit an do choinnich...?

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càit an do choinnich sibh ris? where did you meet him? (plural/polite)

choinnich mi ris I met him

glè òg very young

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GaelicGàidhlig
EnglishBeurla
Woman A bheil sibh ag iarraidh McDonalds? Do you want a McDonalds?
Woman 2 Tha. Yes.
Man Feumaidh mi falbh.
Feumaidh mi a dhol a dh’obair.		 I have to go.
I have to go to work.
Woman 2 Ò, tha mi duilich. Oh, I’m sorry.
Man Tìoraidh an-dràsta. Cheerio for now.
Woman 2 Tìoraidh ma-thà. Cheerio then.
Woman Co às a tha e? Where’s he from?
Woman 2 Tha e à Inbhir Nis. He’s from Inverness.
Woman Agus càit an do choinnich thu ris? And where did you meet him?
Woman 2 Choinnich mi ris aig cèilidh ann an Glaschu. I met him at a ceilidh in Glasgow.
Woman Tha e glè shnog. He’s very nice.
Woman 2 Tha. Yes.
Woman Sin Alasdair, an duin’ agam.
Phòs sinn nuair a bha mi seachd deug.		 That’s Alasdair, my husband.
We got married when I was seventeen.
Woman 2 Bha sibh glè òg. You were very young.
Woman Bha.
’S e Uibhisteach a bha ann. 		Yes.
He was a Uistman.
Woman 2 Uibhisteach!
Càit an do choinnich sibh ris?		 A Uistman!
Where did you meet him?
Woman Ann an Glaschu.
Choinnich mi ris ann an Glaschu.
Bha e air saor-làithean.		 In Glasgow.
I met him in Glasgow.
He was on holiday.
Woman 2 Uill ma-thà.
Feumaidh mi falbh an-dràsta.
Ach chì mi Dihaoine sibh.		 Well then.
I must be going now.
But I’ll see you on Friday.