The weather An t-Sìde

The weather is almost always a great topic for striking up a conversation. Watch the video below to learn about some of the particular elements of talking about the weather in Gaelic

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Remember the weather is feminine, consequently use i when describing what it is like outside.

Tha i brèagha

It is fine

Tha i garbh

It is harsh

Tha i fuar

It is cold

Nouns for weather

Another way of describing weather is to use nouns, such as stoirm (storm), reothadh (frost), and uisge (rain):

Tha stoirm ann

There is a storm

Tha reothadh ann

There is a frost

Tha an t-uisge ann

There is the rain

Tha stoirm mhòr ann

There is a big storm

Tha reothadh cruaidh ann

There is a hard frost

Tha uisge mìn ann

There is a gentle rain

Tha an dìle bhàite ann

There is a heavy downpour

Adjectives for weather

We can also use some nouns, like 'fras' (shower) and 'grian' (sun), to form adjectives, such as frasach and grianach, to describe the weather:

Tha fras ann, bha i frasach an-dè cuideachd

There is a shower, it was showery yesterday too

Tha a' ghrian a' deàrrsadh, tha i grianach

The sun is shining, it is sunny

Adding emphasis

We can use 'S e along with adjectives such as deagh (bad) and droch (good) for emphasis. Deagh and droch lenite the following word where possible:

'S e droch latha a th' ann