Ciamar a tha an t-sìde / How's the weather?

LilithNoor · Unread post by **LilithNoor** » Sat Aug 15, 2015 10:37 pm

Moran taing. Tha beagan obair-dachaigh agam.

MarcMacUilleim · Sun Aug 16, 2015 8:29 am

LilithNoor wrote:Tha beagan obair-dachaigh agam.

Tha beagan obrach-dachaigh agam - beagan, like mòran, cus etc takes the genitive:
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/beagan

Mairead · Unread post by **Mairead** » Fri Aug 28, 2015 4:26 pm

Bha i teth anns a' Ghearmailt ach tha mi ann an Alba a-nis, agus tha i tlàth - 's fhearr dhomh.

It was hot in Germany but I am in Scotland now, and it is mild - better for me.

Agnieszka · Unread post by **Agnieszka** » Sun Oct 04, 2015 1:50 pm

The e blah agus soilleir an-diugh.

It's warm and sunny today.

MarcMacUilleim · Sun Oct 04, 2015 2:08 pm

Agnieszka wrote:The e blah agus soilleir an-diugh.

blath

Also, some people prefer to use i for weather (e.g. Tha i blath) rather than e, because sìde and aimsir are both feminine, but I wouldn't worry about that too much...

Agnieszka · Unread post by **Agnieszka** » Sun Oct 04, 2015 6:17 pm

Really? From this course http://www.learngaelic.net/lg-beginners/index.jsp I've learned differently - to use "e" when speaking about weather, but I know, of course, that "sìde" is feminine. Thank's for corrections.

Mòran taing!

MarcMacUilleim · Sun Oct 04, 2015 6:24 pm

http://ww2.highland.gov.uk/highland_cou ... he_weather

Either is fine, but it's very common for people to use i to describe the weather.

Agnieszka · Unread post by **Agnieszka** » Wed Nov 04, 2015 4:52 pm

Tha latha soilleir, blàth agus tioram ann. Tha oidhche fuar agus tioram ann.
The day is bright, warm and dry. The night is cold and dry.

Russian Red · Unread post by **Russian Red** » Fri Nov 06, 2015 6:58 pm

Tha e fuar ann am Mhosgo an-diugh.

It is cold in Moscow today.

Chaja · Unread post by **Chaja** » Sat Nov 07, 2015 1:27 pm

Tha i fliuch an-diugh.

(I am confused about when to use i of e concerning things like this)

MarcMacUilleim · Sat Nov 07, 2015 10:21 pm

As above, either is correct. Some speakers use 'e' as the neuter pronoun 'it', others use 'i' because the usual words for weather in Gaelic (tìde & aimsir) are both feminine.

I prefer the latter, but that's simply because that's how I've been taught.

Unread post by **akerbeltz** » Sat Nov 07, 2015 10:42 pm

There is no neuter pronoun but I think you meant "default pronoun", in which case you're right - for most things the default is e, irrespective of grammatical gender, apart from certain exceptions such as the weather, languages, countries and beings with biological gender.

Chaja · Unread post by **Chaja** » Fri Nov 20, 2015 8:16 am

Tha i fuar an diugh.
It is cold today.

poor_mouse · Unread post by **poor_mouse** » Fri Nov 20, 2015 2:13 pm

'S ann glè fliuch a tha i an-seo!
Bha an t-sneachd ann o chionn trì no ceithir làithean, ach dh'fhàs i fada na blàithe.

It's very wet here!
There was the snow three or four days ago, buh then it grew much warmer.

MarcMacUilleim · Fri Nov 20, 2015 4:22 pm

poor_mouse wrote:'S ann glè fliuch a tha an-seo!

Is glè fhluich a tha e/i an-seo.
http://www.taic.me.uk/leasan19.htm

poor_mouse wrote:'an t-seachd

an t-sneachd

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