Rìoghachd nan Eilean

Question 1

thairis

Answer 1

across

Question 2

giùlan leis an t-sruth

Answer 2

carried by the current

Question 3

luach sònraichte

Answer 3

special value

Question 4

cnò (f)

Answer 4

nut

Question 5

tùs (m)

Answer 5

beginning

Question 6

taobh thall a’ chuain

Answer 6

across the ocean

Question 7

thig ceanglaichean ris an t-saoghal a-muigh a-steach air a’ mhuir-làn

Answer 7

connections to the outside world come in at high tide

Question 8

feumaidh gun robh fios aig na Gàidheil bho riamh

Answer 8

the Gaels must have always known

Question 9

taobh thall

Answer 9

on the other side

Question 10

mu eileanan taobh siar na Gàidhealtachd

Answer 10

about the islands of the West Highlands

Question 11

sgìre fhad-às

Answer 11

a remote area

Question 12

air fior iomail an t-saoghail shìobhalta

Answer 12

on the very edge of the civilized world

Question 13

fad às

Answer 13

far off/distant

Question 14

a thaobh a’ chultair

Answer 14

in terms of culture

Question 15

canaidh e gur i daingneachd dheireannach na Gàidhlig a th’ anns na h-Eileanan ud, na h-àiteachan mu dheireadh far am faic thu na h-èibhleagan fann mu dheireadh de chànan, de dhualchas, de shìobhaltachd a tha a-nis an impis dol às

Answer 15

he will say that those Islands are the ultimate stronghold of the Gaelic language, the last places where you will see the last faint embers of language, of culture, of civilization that are now imminent go out

Question 16

’s iad uile air am mùchadh fo bhuaidh saoghal nuadh-amsireach an latha an-diugh

Answer 16

and they are all suffocated under the influence of the modern world