Family vocabulary
Question
What does Shona's brother do in the band?
He plays keyboard and sings.
ѱܰ-à is the Gaelic for 'keyboard'. The word meur means 'finger' and a keyboard is a musical instrument played with your fingers. The phrase bidh e a' seinn cuideachd tells us that 'he also sings'.
Question
(a) How does Shona get on with her brother?
(b) Give a quote from the text to support your answer
(a) They get on very well.
(b) Tha sinn cho rèidh ri dà cheann eich / Cha bhi mi fhèin agus Eòghainn a' trod idir.
Tha sinn cho rèidh ri dà cheann eich is a Gaelic idiom which literally means 'We get on as well as two horses' heads'. This saying comes from the fact that horses often nuzzle and rub each other's heads.
Being able to pick out quotes from a piece of text is an important skill.
| Gaelic | English |
| air do dhreuchd a leigeil seachad | retired |
| dualach | curly |
| -àٳ | step-mother |
| -è | vet |
| cho caol ri bior | as thin as a rake |
| cho coltach ri dà sgadan | as alike as two herring |
| cho rèidh ri dà cheann eich | as friendly as two horses' heads |
| Gaelic | air do dhreuchd a leigeil seachad |
|---|---|
| English | retired |
| Gaelic | dualach |
|---|---|
| English | curly |
| Gaelic | -àٳ |
|---|---|
| English | step-mother |
| Gaelic | -è |
|---|---|
| English | vet |
| Gaelic | cho caol ri bior |
|---|---|
| English | as thin as a rake |
| Gaelic | cho coltach ri dà sgadan |
|---|---|
| English | as alike as two herring |
| Gaelic | cho rèidh ri dà cheann eich |
|---|---|
| English | as friendly as two horses' heads |