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How do I say...?Ciamar a chanas mi...?

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

ciamar a chanas mi …? how do I say …?

ciamar a chanas mi “congratulations”? how do I say “congratulations”?

meal do naidheachd congratulations

ciamar a chanas sibh …? how do you say …?

This is the formal way you use to speak to an older person, or to a group of people.

ciamar a chanas tu …? how do you say …?

This is the informal way you use to speak to a friend or a child.

anns a’ Ghàidhlig … in Gaelic

dè a’ Ghàidhlig a tha air … ? what’s the Gaelic for…?

dè tha sin? what’s that?

dè th’ ann an …? what’s (a)…?

Remember that ann an becomes ann am with b, f, m or p.

dè th’ ann am “marag dhubh”? what’s a “marag dhubh”?