| General |
| News to tell | Naigheachd gu innse |
| Hearing news | Cluinntinn naigheachd |
| Carrying reports | A giùlan sgeula |
| Keeping back news | Cumail naigheachd air ais |
| What I have heard | Ni a chuala mi |
| Plenty news | Pailteas naigheachdan |
| True reports | Sgeulan fìor |
| Bad reports | Droch sgeulan |
| An old story | Seann eachdraidh |
| What’s the news? | ’De naigheachd? |
| I know of nothing new | Cha’n’eil ùr-sgeul agam |
| Well, no news is better than bad news | ’Smath a naigheachd bhi gun naigheachd idir |
| Have you yourself nothing to tell? | Nach ’eil innse sam bith agad fein? |
| No, indeed | Gu dearbh cha’n’eil |
| Is there no intelligence from the Lowlands? | Nach ’eil sgeul ùr o’n Mhachair? |
| No, there is nothing going on | Cha’n’eil ni a tachairt an traths’ |
| Have you seen a newspaper? | Am faca tu paipear-naigheachd? |
| I have seen a Glasgow paper | Chunnaic mi paipear a Glaschu |
| Does it contain anything? | ’Bheil ni sam bith ann? |
| Nothing important | Cha’n’eil dad is fhiù |
| There’s sometimes plenty news current | Bi’ uairean pailteas sgeulachd a dol |
| I hate gossip and scandal myself | Cha toigh leam fhein gobaireachd is tuaileas |
| Special |
| Is it true about that dreadful accident? | ’Bheil e fìor mu’n sgiorradh uamhasach sin? |
| I’m not aware | Cha d’ fhairich mi |
| Haven’t you heard the rumour? | Nach cuala tu (sibh) iomradh air? |
| Not a word | Cha chuala mi smid |
| That is strange | ’S iongantach sin |
| What was it? | ’De bh’ ann? |
| Some collision on the railway | Co’bhualadh air choireigin air an rathad iaruinn |
| Were people hurt? | ’N do chiùrradh sluagh? |
| One man was killed | Chaidh aon duine mharbhadh |
| That is sad news | ’S bochd an sgiala sin |
| Yes, indeed | Seadh, gu dearbh |
| I have just heard it | Chuala mi an traths’ i |
| I am sorry to hear it | Tha mi duilich a chluinntinn |
| I heard all the particulars | Chuala mi na h-uile dad |
| Doubted |
| There is a doubt | Tha teagamh ann |
| I am not sure | Cha’n’eil mi cinnteach |
| Without doubt | Gun teagamh |
| Doubting it | A cur teagamh ann |
| Denying it | ’G a àicheadh |
| You’re not serious? | ’Cha’n’eil thu ’rìreadh? |
| I am indeed | Tha gu dearbh |
| But how do you know? | Ach ciamar a tha fios agad (agaibh)? |
| I heard it myself | Chuala mo chluasan e |
| I could scarcely credit it | ’Sgann a chreidinn e |
| You may take my word for it | Faodaidh tu (sibh) m’ fhocail a gha’il air |
| And you were present! | ’S bha thu-sa ’n lathair? |
| I was | Bha |
| I can’t believe it | Cha chreid mi e |
| It’s as sure as I live | Tha e cho cinnteach ’s is beo mo |
| And this is true about the ship? | ’S tha so ceart mu’n long? |
| True enough | Ceart gu leoir |
| Well I know the contrary | Mata ’s aithne domhsa chaochla |
| It’s the truth though | ’S e’n fhìrinn th’ann ged tha |
| It could not be | Cha b’ urrainn e bhi |
| You can see it in the newspaper | Chi thu (sibh) ’sa phaipear naigheachd e |
| A newspaper fabrication | Uirsgeul nam paipear |
| There is not a word of truth in it | Cha’n’eil focal firinn ann |
| But I got a letter with an account of it | Ach fhuair mi litir toirt cunntas air |
| All the accounts are contradictory | Tha na cunntasan uile ’n aghaidh cheile |
| They are uncertain | Tha iad mi-chinnteach |
| Believed |
| Believing | A creidsinn |
| I believe | Tha mi a creidsinn |
| Do you believe? | Bheil thu (sibh) a creidsinn? |
| I am sure | Tha mi cinnteach |
| It is certain | Tha e dearbhta |
| It cannot be doubted | Cha’n urrainnear àicheadh |
| Prices are rising in town | Tha prìsean ag eiridh ’sa bhaile |
| Are they indeed? | Bheil gu dearbh? |
| Yes, they are | Tha iad sin |
| What’s the cause of that? | ’De ’s aobhar do sin? |
| The bad harvest weather | ’N droch aimisir foghair |
| I can believe it | ’Smi ’chreideadh |
| They were high enough | Bha iad àrd gu leoir |
