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Abairtean

Phrases

There were a few words and phrases there which you can use when talking about Bàird is Seinneadairean (Poets and singers). Let’s look at some of them again in context. 

Uibhistich uile

all Uist folk

a’ toirt na deòir dham shùilean

makes me cry (brings tears to my eyes)

mar a bhios e ga ghabhail

the way he sings it

Leòdhasach

a Lewis person

sàr neach-iomairt

a truly great (excellent) activist

Luchd na Beurla

English speakers (speakers of English!)

òran nas coileanta … na

a song more perfect … than

Cha chreid mi gu bheil

I don’t believe there is

fad is farsaing

far and wide

sàr

most excellent, truly great [quality of excellence in a thing or person, and used before the noun, prefix]

sàr òran

a truly great song

sàr sheinneadair

a truly great singer

We’ll catch up with some more of these as well as adding some new words and phrases to our vocabulary as we progress through this lesson.