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CBGa 1.05 | Introducing your family

Season 1, Ep. 5

Susanna and Mark are back for another episode of Coffee Break Gaelic. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to introduce different members of your family and how to use emphatic pronouns such as esan and ise. You'll also hear about the meaning of some Gaelic surnames from our Cultural Correspondent Rae.


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