From Litir do Luchd-Ionnsachaidh #553
Some interesting words and phrases
from http://www.bbc.co.uk/alba/foghlam/learngaelic/litir/index.shtml?link=553
ma tha sibh gam thuigsinn = if you know what I mean/ if you understand me
tha e coltach (followed by a dep. clause) = it appears
air leth (adj) = exceptional, special, outstanding (lit = apart)
Example
Tha e coltach gun robh i air leth measail air na fir, ma tha sibh gam thuigsinn. = It appears that she especially appreciated the men, if you know what I mean.
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Chan e a-mhàin (followed by dep. clause) = It wasn't only
Example
Chan e a-mhàin gun tug Friseal lusan Ameireaganach don Ruis. = It wasn't only that Fraser took American plants to Russia.
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ceadan-siubhail fuadain = false passports
* fuadain, fuadaine (adj) = false, artificial
cha b' urrainn dhaibh dearbhadh = they couldn't prove
eachdraidh bhreugach = false account, lying account, false history
ghabh esan rithe mar an fhìrinn = he accepted it as the truth
from http://www.bbc.co.uk/alba/foghlam/learngaelic/litir/index.shtml?link=553
ma tha sibh gam thuigsinn = if you know what I mean/ if you understand me
tha e coltach (followed by a dep. clause) = it appears
air leth (adj) = exceptional, special, outstanding (lit = apart)
Example
Tha e coltach gun robh i air leth measail air na fir, ma tha sibh gam thuigsinn. = It appears that she especially appreciated the men, if you know what I mean.
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Chan e a-mhàin (followed by dep. clause) = It wasn't only
Example
Chan e a-mhàin gun tug Friseal lusan Ameireaganach don Ruis. = It wasn't only that Fraser took American plants to Russia.
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ceadan-siubhail fuadain = false passports
* fuadain, fuadaine (adj) = false, artificial
cha b' urrainn dhaibh dearbhadh = they couldn't prove
eachdraidh bhreugach = false account, lying account, false history
ghabh esan rithe mar an fhìrinn = he accepted it as the truth