Scottish Gaelic word

cha

negative verb particle: not

particle

cha means “negative verb particle: not” in Scottish Gaelic and is used as a particle.

Mutation forms

Mutation	Form
Base form	cha
Sèimheachadh	chha

Cha bhi an làraidh a' tighinn a-màireach, ma-thà.

The bin lorry will not be coming tomorrow, then.

Cha robh mi ag obair an-dè.

I was free from work yesterday.

Cha stad fiù 's aon tacsi.

Not even one taxi stopped.

Cha chreid mi gu bheil Fraingis aice.

I don't think she can speak French.

Cha bu chòir dhuibh dol a-mach.

You ought not to go out.

verbal particle before a verbal noun, forming the continuous (tha mi ag ithe = I am eating)

contraction of is

Form of an used before the consonants b-

Form of bu used before vowels and fh-

past/conditional of is

him

nam

Form of nan used before the consonants b-

nan

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