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| English | Scottish Gaelic |
| a while ago | o chionn greis (Yerkwantai) |
| a while ago | o chionn ghoirid (Yerkwantai) |
| for a while | air son greis (Yerkwantai) |
| make hay while the sun shines | buain am maorach nuair a tha an tràigh ann (literally "harvest the shellfish when there is low tide" Yerkwantai) |