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Ag caint faoin aimsir/Talking about the weather
Irish phrases about talking about the weather.
Watch the video to learn useful phrases in relation to talking about the weather. Watch the video again and listen to the phrases below. Repeat each phrase out loud to practise the pronunciation.
We often comment about the weather using the phrase:
| Tá sé … | It is … |
| Tá sé fuar | It is cold |
| Tá sé te | It is hot |
| Tá sé fliuch | It is wet |
| Tá sé gaofar | It is windy |
| Tá sé tirim | It is dry |
| Tá sé grianmhar | It is sunny |
| Tá sé ag cur báistí | It is raining |
| Tá sé ceomhar | It is foggy/misty |
| Tá sé ag cur seaca | It is frosty |
| Tá sé ag cur sneachta | It is snowing |
| Tá sé ag stealladh báistí | It is pouring rain |
| Tá sé scamallach | It is cloudy |
| Tá sé meirbh | It is humid/close/muggy |
Some suitable responses are as follows:
| Nach bhfuil! | Isn’t it! |
| Cinnte! | Definitely! |
Here are more elaborate ways of talking about the weather in Irish:
| Tá an lá go deas | It is a nice day |
| Lá fliuch atá ann | It is a wet day |
| Lá fliuch, gaofar atá ann | It is a wet, windy day |
| Tá sé fuar inniu | It is cold today |
| Tá sé grianmhar inniu | It is sunny today |
| Tá an aimsir go maith | The weather is good |
| Tá an aimsir go han-mhaith | The weather is very good |
| Tá an aimsir go dona | The weather is bad |
| Tá an ghrian ag scoilteadh na gcloch | The sun is splitting the stones |
Now that you have learnt how to talk about the weather, try to practise these phrases in the comments section. What is the weather like today? An bhfuil sé fuar, fliuch nó grianmhar?/Is it cold, wet or sunny?
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