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Countries in Gaelic

This is a list of some popular countries in Gaelic. It is a nice addition to our other 2 pages: Languages and Nationalities.

Britain: Breatann
Morocco: Moroco
China: an t-Sìn
Brazil: Braiseal
America: Aimeireaga
France: an Fhraing
Germany: a' Ghearmailt
Greece: a' Ghreug
Israel: Iosrael
India: na h-Innseanan
Ireland: Èireann
Italy: an Eadailt
Japan: Seapan
Korea: Còirea
Iran: Ioràn
Portugal: Portagail
Russia: an Ruis
Spain: an Spàinnt
Sweden: Suain
Pakistan: Pagastàn

Now we will put some of the words above into a sentence which you might use in a regular conversation about nations. All you need is to swap the countries but keep the same sentence structure.

I live in America: Tha mi a' fuireachd ann an Aimeireaga.
I want to go to Germany: Tha mi ag iarradh dol dhan Ghearmailt.
I came from Spain: Tha mi às an Spàinnt.
I was born in Italy: Rugadh mi anns an Eadailt.
Japan is a beautiful country: 'S e dùthaich àlainn a th' ann an Seapan.
Have you ever been to India?: An robh thu riamh anns na h-Innseanan?

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