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Have you heard about... ?An cuala tu mu dheidhinn...?
To ask if you have heard something you can say the following.
an cuala sibh mu dheidhinn …? have you heard about …?
an cuala tu mu dheidhinn …? have you heard about …?
Question and answer:
an cuala tu …? have you heard about …?
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Woman | Halò a Chairistìona. | Hello Christine. |
Cairistìona | Madainn mhath. | Good morning. |
Woman | Dè tha dol an-diugh? | What’s happening today? |
Cairistìona | An cuala sibh mu dheidhinn Anna? | Have you heard about Anne? |
Woman | Anna NicAonghais? | Anne MacInnes? |
Cairistìona | Seadh. | Yes. |
Woman | Cha chuala. | No. |
Cairistìona | Tha i anns an ospadal. | She’s in hospital. |
Woman | Obh, obh. Dè tha ceàrr oirre? | Oh dear. What’s wrong with her? |
Cairistìona | Chan eil fhios aca. Ach chan eil i gu math idir. | They don’t know. But she isn’t well at all. |
Woman | Tha mi duilich sin a chluinntinn. | I’m sorry to hear that. |
Shop assistant | Tìoraidh an-dràst’ a Shìne. An cuala tu mu dheidhinn Màiri aig Sìne? | Cheerio just now, Jane. Have you heard about Mary, Jane’s daughter? |
Shop assistant 2 | Dè? | What? |
Shop assistant | Dh’fhàg i an sgoil! | She left the school! |
Shop assistant 2 | Ò, chuala, chuala mi sin. Tha i gòrach, nach eil? | Oh,yes, I heard that. She’s silly, isn’t she? |
Shop assistant | Tha. Dè tha i a' dol a dhèanamh a-nis? | Yes. What is she going to do now? |
Shop assistant 2 | Chan eil fhios agam. | I don’t know. |
Shop assistant | Tha Sìne an dòchas gum faigh i a-steach dhan cholaiste. | Jane hopes that she will get into the college. |
Shop assistant 2 | Cha bhi sin furasta. | That won’t be easy. |
Customer | Feasgar math. | Good afternoon. |
Man | An cuala sibh mu dheidhinn Iain? | Have you heard about John? |
Man 2 | Cha chuala. Dè? | No. What? |
Man | Tha e a' dol a phòsadh. | He’s going to get married. |
Man 2 | A bheil? Cò tha e dol a phòsadh? | Is he? Who’s he going to marry? |
Man | Mòrag Chaimbeul. | Morag Campbell. |
Man 2 | Chan eil mi eòlach oirre. | I don’t know her. |
Man | ’S e nurs a th’ innte. Tha falt dubh oirre. | She’s a nurse. She has black hair. |
Man 2 | Ò, tha fios agam cò i a-nis. Tha mi toilichte sin a chluinntinn. | Oh I know who she is now. I’m pleased to hear that. |