Greeting someone
How are you? (plural / polite)
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.
If in doubt, use sibh.
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Person
Gaelic
English
| Postman | Halò, a Mhàiri. Ciamar a tha sibh? | Hello Mary. How are you? |
| Young man | Haidh. Ciamar a tha sibh? | Hi. How are you? |
| Man | Halò, a Mhàiri. | Hello, Mary. |
| Woman | Halò Iain. Ciamar a tha sibh? | Hello Iain. How are you? |
| Woman | Ciamar a tha sibh? | How are you? |
| Man | Halò, Eilidh. Halò. Ciamar a tha sibh, Ailein? | Hello Helen. Hello. How are you Allan? |
