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Lesson 5 of 10
Shops and hotels in Scots Gaelic
Open, closed, a bag, the wifi password: the checkout and the front desk. Play the ten Scots Gaelic words against the clock, with a note on how locals really use each one after every answer. All ten are written out below.
All 10 Scots Gaelic phrases in this lesson
- A bheil... agad?uh vel... AK-ut
- Do you have...?
- Càit a bheil...?kahtch uh vel
- Where is...?
- FosgailteFOS-kal-tchuh
- Open
- DùinteDOON-tchuh
- Closed
- Baga?BAG-uh
- A bag?
- Ro dhaorro GHUR
- Too expensive
- Tha àite glèidhte agamha AH-tchuh GLAY-tchuh AK-um
- I have a reservation
- A bheil bracaist na bhroinn?uh vel BRAH-kasht nuh VROYN
- Is breakfast included?
- Dè am facal-faire airson wifi?jeh um FAHK-ul FAH-ruh er-son WAI-fai
- What's the wifi password?
- Am faod mi...?um FUD mee
- Can I...?
Insert the item you are looking for between bheil and agad. This construction is the standard way to ask about availability in Gaelic.
The essential aisle-finding phrase. Càit a bheil an t-aran? means "where is the bread?" Point and nod if you get a rapid Gaelic reply.
Many island shops close on Sundays.
Carriers cost around 10p in Scottish shops. The cashier may ask "Baga?" as a shorthand. Just say Tha (yes) or Chan eil (no thanks).
Literally "I have a place kept".
Facal-faire is literally "watch word".
Literally "may I ...?".