"Sin taigh-beag."

Translation: That is a toilet.

[Alison544634]

So in a way this is saying that the toilet is "a little house"? Math fhèin!

[Matthew614299]

Could it be a reference to outhouses!?

[JNunemacher]

How would you know the difference between someone talking about a small house vs a toilet, in speech, where you don't see a hyphen?

[joannejoanne12]

There's a shift in stress. With taigh beag, both words have equal stress; but with taigh-beag the stress falls on the second syllable :)

[JNunemacher]

Thanks for the tip!

[dracolychee]

Why is "Sin taigh-beag" "That is ..." instead of "that toilet"? Would the latter need a definite article?
I'm a bit confused since I expected "Tha sin taigh-beag" translating to "that is".