Drinks - Last orders Colin, trying to impress the locals, offers to buy a round in the pub. The orders come in fast, how's he supposed to understand this lot?
| What will you have? | Dè ghabhas tu? |
| A cup of tea | Cupa tì |
| A cup of coffee | Cupa cofaidh |
| Milk | Bainne |
| Sugar | Siùcar |
| A glass of water | Glainne uisge |
| A glass of orange juice with ice | Glainne sùgh orainds le deigh |
| A glass of orange juice with no ice | Glainne sùgh orainds gun deigh |
| A pint of beer | Pinnt leanna |
| Half pint lager | Leth-phinnt làgair |
| A glass of red wine | Glainne fion dearg |
| A glass of white wine | Glainne fìon geal |
| Double whisky | Tè mhòr |
| Whisky with ice | Uisge-beatha le deigh |
| Vodka with lemonade | Bhodca le deoch-liomaid |
| Vodka with lime | Bhodca le lime |
| Thanks | Mòran taing |
| Cheers | Slàinte |
| A cup of white coffee | Cupa cofaidh le bainne |
| Two cups of white coffee | Dà chupa cofaidh le bainne |
| A cup of black coffee | Cupa cofaidh gun bhainne |
| Two cups of black coffee | Dà chupa cofaidh gun bhainne |
| A cup of white tea | Cupa tì le bainne |
| Two cups of white tea | Dà chupa tì le bainne |
| A cup of black tea | Cupa tì gun bhainne |
| Two cups of black tea | Dà chupa tì gun bhainne |
| A glass of water | Glainne uisge |
| Two glasses of water | Dà ghlainne uisge |
| A glass of orange juice with ice | Glainne sùgh orainds le deigh |
| Two glasses of orange juice with ice | Dà ghlainne sùgh orainds le deigh |
| A pint of beer | Pinnt leanna |
| Two pints of beer | Dà phinnt leanna |
| Half a pint of lager | Leth-phinnt làgair |
| Two half pints of lager | Dà leth-phinnt làgair |
| Red wine | Fìon dearg |
| Two glasses of red wine | Dà ghlainne fion dearg |
| White wine | Fìon geal |
| Two glasses of white wine | Dà ghlainne fìon geal |
| Double whisky | Tè mhòr |
| Two glasses of whisky | Dà ghlainne uisge-beatha |
| Whisky with ice | Uisge-beatha le deigh |
| Two glasses of whisky with ice | Dà ghlainne uisge-beatha le deigh |
| Vodka with lemonade | Bhodca le deoch-liomaid |
| Two vodkas with lemonade | Dà bhodca le deoch-liomaid |
| Vodka with lime | Bhodca le lime |
| Two vodkas with lime | Dà bhodca le lime |
Dè ghabhas tu? (What will you have?), Gabhaidh mi... (I'll have...), mòran taing (many thanks), slàinte! (cheers, literally meaning "health"). The Gaelic word for whisky is uisge-beatha (Lit. Water of life), a double or large whisky however is often called Tè mhòr (A big one). Copan teatha and srùpag are used more commonly in some areas for a cup of tea than cupa tì.
How many? You may have noticed that after "dà" (two) the noun stays in its singular form and lenition occurs. To lenite, an h is inserted as the second letter after certain consonants: b, c, d, f, g, m, p, s and t. This has the effect of softening the sound of the word. Vowels do not take lenition. Nouns also retain their singular form after the numbers twenty, one hundred and one thousand. Examples of this is found in the Splash the cash money game.
For example:
Dà not - Two pounds,
fichead not - twenty pounds but
Trì notaichean - three pounds.
