Coping with language difficulties A’ dèiligeadh ri duilgheadasan cànain

That's my sister / brotherSin mo phiuthar / bhràthair

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

an teaghlach the family

bràthair brother

mo bhràthair my brother

do bhràthair your brother

piuthar sister

mo phiuthar my sister

do phiuthar your sister

After mo (my) and do (your), the first sound changes for both bràthair and piuthar. They become bhràthair and phiuthar. This is true for most nouns beginning with a consonant.

Here is a fuller family set:

mac son

nighean daughter

bràithrean brothers

peathraichean sisters

seanair grandfather

seanmhair grandmother

pàrant parent

pàrantan parents

antaidh aunt

uncail uncle