If you're trying to learn Scottish Vocabulary which is also called Scots, check our courses about vocabulary and expressions... to help you with your Scottish grammar. Try to concentrate on the lesson and notice the pattern that occurs each time the word changes its place. Also don't forget to check the rest of our other lessons listed on Learn Scottish. Enjoy the rest of the lesson!
Learning the Scottish Vocabulary is very important because its structure is used in every day conversation. The more you master it the more you get closer to mastering the Scottish language. But first we need to know what the role of Vocabulary is in the structure of the grammar in Scottish.
Scottish vocabulary is the set of words you should be familiar with. A vocabulary usually grows and evolves with age, and serves as a useful and fundamental tool for communication and acquiring knowledge. Here are some examples:
| English Vocabulary | Scottish Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Vocabulary | |
| colors | colors |
| black | black |
| blue | blue |
| brown | broon |
| gray | gray |
| green | green |
| orange | orange |
| purple | purple |
| red | red |
| white | white |
| yellow | yella' |
Below is a list of the vocabulary and expressions in Scottish placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Scottish vocabulary.
| English Vocabulary | Scottish Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| sizes | sizes |
| big | big |
| deep | deep |
| long | lang |
| narrow | narraw |
| short | cuttie |
| small | wee |
| tall | taa |
| thick | thick |
| thin | thin |
| wide | wide |
| tastes | tastes |
| bitter | heavy |
| fresh | caller |
| salty | salty |
| sour | soor |
| spicy | spicy |
| sweet | sweit |
| qualities | qualities |
| bad | bad |
| clean | clean |
| dark | mirk |
| difficult | difficult |
| dirty | grottie |
| dry | dry |
| easy | easy |
| empty | boss |
| expensive | expensife |
| fast | fest |
| foreign | foreign |
| full | foo |
| good | guid |
| hard | stoaner |
| heavy | heavy |
| inexpensive | inexpensife |
| light | lecht |
| local | local |
| new | new |
| noisy | noisy |
| old | auld |
| powerful | powerful |
| quiet | whieest |
| correct | correct |
| slow | slaw |
| soft | soft |
| very | huir uv a |
| weak | weak |
| wet | dreich |
| wrong | wrang |
| young | yoong |
| food | scran |
| almonds | almonds |
| bread | breed |
| breakfast | breakfest |
| butter | butter |
| candy | candy |
| cheese | cheese |
| chicken | chookie |
| cumin | cumin |
| dessert | dessert |
| dinner | tatties an' neebs |
| fish | fesh |
| fruit | fruit |
| ice cream | ice cream |
| lamb | lamb |
| lemon | lemon |
| lunch | lunch |
| meal | scran |
| meat | meat |
| oven | oven |
| pepper | pepper |
| plants | plants |
| pork | pork |
| salad | salad |
| salt | salt |
| sandwich | piece |
| sausage | link |
| soup | soop |
| sugar | sugar |
| supper | supper |
| turkey | turkey |
| apple | apple |
| banana | banana |
| oranges | oranges |
| peaches | peaches |
| peanut | peanut |
| pears | pears |
| pineapple | pineapple |
| grapes | grapes |
| strawberries | strawberries |
| vegetables | vegetables |
| carrot | carrot |
| corn | corn |
| cucumber | cucumber |
| garlic | garlic |
| lettuce | lettuce |
| olives | oli'es |
| onions | onions |
| peppers | peppers |
| potatoes | tatties |
| pumpkin | pumpkin |
| beans | beans |
| tomatoes | tomatoes |
| alligator | alligatur |
| alligators | alligators |
| bear | bear |
| bears | bears |
| bird | spyug |
| birds | kimmers |
| bull | bull |
| bulls | bulls |
| cat | moggie |
| cats | cats |
| cow | coo |
| cows | cows |
| deer | deer |
| many deer | mony deer |
| dog | dug |
| dogs | dogs |
| donkey | donkey |
| donkeys | donkeys |
| eagle | eagle |
| eagles | eagles |
| elephant | elephant |
| elephants | elephants |
| giraffe | giraffe |
| giraffes | giraffes |
| goat | goat |
| goats | goats |
| horse | cuddie |
| horses | horses |
| lion | lion |
| lions | lions |
| monkey | bawbag |
| monkeys | monkeys |
| mouse | moose |
| mice | mice |
| rabbit | coney |
| rabbits | rabbits |
| snake | snake |
| snakes | snakes |
| tiger | tiger |
| tigers | tigers |
| wolf | wolf |
| wolves | wolves |
| objects | objects |
| bathroom | bathroom |
| bed | scratcher |
| bedroom | bedroom |
| ceiling | ceilin' |
| chair | chair |
| clothes | clase |
| coat | jeekit |
| cup | cup |
| desk | desk |
| dress | frock |
| floor | fluir |
| fork | fork |
| furniture | furniture |
| glass | glass |
| hat | hat |
| house | hoose |
| ink | ink |
| jacket | jaekit |
| kitchen | scullery |
| knife | chib |
| lamp | lamp |
| letter | letter |
| map | map |
| newspaper | newspaper |
| notebook | notebook |
| pants | keks |
| paper | pepper |
| pen | pen |
| pencil | pencil |
| pharmacy | pharmacy |
| picture | picture |
| plate | plate |
| refrigerator | refrigeratur |
| restaurant | restaurant |
| roof | roof |
| room | room |
| rug | rug |
| scissors | scissors |
| shampoo | shampoo |
| shirt | sark |
| shoes | sheen |
| soap | soap |
| socks | socks |
| spoon | spoon |
| table | table |
| toilet | lavvy |
| toothbrush | toothbrush |
| toothpaste | toothpaste |
| towel | towel |
| umbrella | brolly |
| underwear | underwear |
| wall | dyke |
| wallet | sporen |
| window | windae |
| telephone | telephain |
| this | thes |
| that | 'at |
| these | these |
| those | those |
| Questions | |
| how? | hoo? |
| what? | whit? |
| who? | fa? |
| why? | wa? |
| where? | whaur? |
| different objects | different objects |
| art | art |
| bank | benk |
| beach | beach |
| book | book |
| by bicycle | by bicycle |
| by bus | by bus |
| by car | by motur |
| by train | by train |
| cafe | cafe |
| country | coontry |
| desert | desert |
| dictionary | dictionary |
| earth | earth |
| flowers | flowers |
| football | fitba |
| forest | forest |
| game | gam |
| garden | garden |
| geography | geography |
| history | history |
| house | hoose |
| island | islain |
| lake | loch |
| library | library |
| math | math |
| moon | moon |
| mountain | ben |
| movies | movies |
| music | graphite loons |
| ocean | brine |
| office | office |
| on foot | oan fit |
| player | player |
| river | river |
| science | science |
| sea | brine |
| sky | lift |
| soccer | footbaa |
| stars | stars |
| supermarket | supermarkit |
| swimming pool | swimmin' pool |
| theater | theater |
| tree | cabre |
| weather | weaither |
| bad weather | bad weaither |
| cloudy | cloody |
| cold | braw |
| cool | stoat |
| foggy | foggy |
| hot | hot |
| nice weather | braw weaither |
| pouring | poorin' |
| rain | rain |
| raining | rainin' |
| snow | snaw |
| snowing | snowin' |
| ice | ice |
| sunny | sunny |
| windy | windy |
| spring | sprin' |
| summer | summer |
| autumn | autumn |
| winter | winter |
| people | fowk |
| aunt | aunt |
| baby | bairn |
| brother | brither |
| cousin | coosin |
| daughter | dochter |
| dentist | dentist |
| doctor | doctur |
| father | faither |
| grandfather | grandfaither |
| grandmother | grandmother |
| husband | guidman |
| mother | mammy |
| nephew | nephew |
| niece | niece |
| nurse | nurse |
| policeman | policeman |
| postman | postie |
| professor | professur |
| son | son |
| teacher | teacher |
| uncle | uncle |
| wife | guidwife |
Vocabulary and expressions have a very important role in Scottish. Once you're done with the Scots Vocabulary, you might want to check the rest of our Scottish lessons here: Learn Scottish. Don't forget to bookmark this page.
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