Seo a’ Bhànrigh Bhioctoria (This is Queen Victoria)

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Seo a' Bhànrigh Bhioctoria.
(Shaw uh Vown-ree VYOK-tor-yah).
(This is Queen Victoria)

Thàinig i gu Pàislig ann an 1888.
(HAH-nik ee goo PAASH-lik ahn un EIGHTEEN eighty-eight).
(She came to Paisley in 1888)

Tha e sgòthach.
(Ha eh SKOH-hawch).
(it is Cloudy)

"Seo a' Bhànrigh Bhioctoria" is better understood as:

"Seo" = "This is"
"a'" = a shortened form of "an", the definite article for feminine singular nouns.
"Bhànrigh" = the lenited form of "Banrigh" (Queen).
"Bhioctoria" = lenited because proper names following a title (like "Queen") are lenited in Gaelic.