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Painting and papering A’ peantadh agus a’ pàipearachadh

It's six feet high and five feet longTha i sia troighean a dh'àirde agus còig troighean a dh'fhaid

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troighe a foot (in length)

a dh’àirde in height

a dh’fhaid in length

a leud in width

deich troighean a dh’àirde ten feet high

deich troighean a dh’fhaid ten feet long

còig troighean deug a dh’fhaid fifteen feet long

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Husband Tha na ballachan anns an rùm-suidhe deich troighean a dh’àirde. The walls in the living room are ten feet in height.
Staff Deich troighean a dh’àirde, ceart. Ten feet in height, right.
Husband Tha na ballachan nas motha còig troighean deug a dh’fhaid. The walls are larger than fifteen feet in length.
Staff Dà bhalla.
Còig troighean deug a dh’fhaid.
Seadh.		 Two walls.
Fifteen feet in length.
Ok.
Husband Tha an dà bhalla eile naoi troighean a dh’fhaid. The other two walls are nine feet in length.
Staff Naoi troighean a dh’fhaid.
Seadh.		 Nine feet in length.
Ok.
Husband Ach tha an doras an seo, agus an uinneag an sin. But the door is here, and the window there.
Staff A bheil an uinneag mòr? Is the window big?
Husband Tha i sia troighean a dh’àirde agus còig troighean a dh’fhaid. It’s six feet in height and five feet in length.
Staff Sia troighean a dh’àirde agus còig troighean a dh’fhaid.
Tapadh leibh.		 Six feet in height and five feet in length.
Thank you.