I was never one to complain about the weather, even though I’ve spent my life dealing with it in my job and home life with our dogs. A friend of mine said, “There’s no such thing as bad weather, just poor clothing choices.”
I’m starting to disagree. This past summer has been brutal.
The air conditioning ran pretty much non-stop in our house. The wolfhounds spent a lot of time with their noses two inches from the fans, or you could find them laying directly atop the floor vents when the a/c was on. Walks were kept to a minimum and nightly popsicles were downed in one bite.
This is however, the crazy lady’s type of weather. Mary doesn’t care for the cold and little Doolin is not much better. She would see the forecast in the nineties coming and say, “Oh, it’s going to be beautiful this week!” I then knew to dread the upcoming work week.
The weather never used to bother me, something happened. I think I got old.
I grew up in a house without air conditioning and have worked in automotive service my entire life. The temperature in the shop on a 90 degree day is easily 110 degrees or more, especially with a few vehicles running in the shop.
So what happened? Why am I starting to sound like one of those old people that want to complain about something I have no control over? I think I got Old! I guess the good thing is in a month or so I can complain about the cold. One thing about meeting someone in Ireland, and it doesn’t matter if you’re speaking in Irish or English, you will talk about the weather within the first two minutes of meeting. I’m pretty sure it’s required, it might even be a law. So our vocabulary this month will help you speak about the weather or complain about it, whatever you choose, I hope you have a wonderful day and enjoy the weather.
Vocabulary
- Tá sé (taw shay) It is
- Níl sé (neel shay) It isn’t
- An bhfuill sé (ahn will shay) Is it?
- Nach bhfuil sé (knock will shay) Isn’t it?
- Beidh sé ( bayd shay) It will be
- Lá (law) An lá (ahn law) day the day
- Inniu (in-yoo) today
- Anocht (ah-nohkt) tonight
- Aimsir (ahm sheer) An aimsir (ahn am-sheer) weather the weather
- Samhradh ( sow-ra) summer
- Fómhair (foe-ur) autumn
- Geimhreadh (geer- rah) winter
- Earrach (air-ohch) spring
- Anois (ah-nesh) now
- Oíche ( ee-ha) An oíche (ahn ee-ha) night the night
- Maidin (mo-jin) An mhaidin (ahn woh-jin) morning the morning
- Grian (gree-un) sun
- Gealach (gull ahch) moon
- Fuar (foo-er) cold
- Té (teh) hot
- Fliuch (fluyhk) wet
- Gaofar (gwee-fer) windy
- Tirim (teer-um) dry
- Grianmhar (gree-un-wer) sunny
- Ceomhar (cyo-wer) foggy/misty
- Seaca (shah-ka) frosty
- Sneachta (shnok-ta) snow
- Fliuch-sneachta (flook shnok-ta) sleet
- Scamall (skom-all) cloud
- Scamallach (skom ah loch) cloudy
- Meirbh (mer-iv) humid/muggy
- Báisteach (baw shtuk) rain
- Stoirm (stor-im) storm
- Go breá (guh braw) fine
- Go deas (guh jess) nice
- Go maith (guh mah) good
- Go dona (guh dunn-ah) bad
- Go hálainn (guh hawl inn) beautiful
- Go hiontach (guh hee-un tahch) wonderful
Phrases
- Tá sé meirbh inniu. (taw shay mer-iv inn yoo) It is humid today.
- Tá an lá go deas. (taw ahn law go jess) It’s a nice day.
- Níl an oíche go dona. (neel ahn ee-ha guh dun ah) The night isn’t bad.
- Tá an aimsir go hiontach (taw ahn am-sheer guh hee ahn tach) The weather is wonderful.
How’s the Weather, in Irish
In different parts of the country, different phrasing is used to ask the same question, “how is the weather?”
- Conas atá an aimsir? (kun-ass ah taw ahn am-sheer)
- Cád é mar atá an aimsir? (kahj ah mar ah taw ahn am-sheer)
- Cén chaoi a bhfuil an aimsir? (kay hee will ahn am-sheer)
- Tá sé gaofar. (taw shay gwee fer) It is windy.
- Tá sé ag cur sneachta. (taw shay ag cur shnok-ta) It is snowing.
- Tá sé ag cur báistí. (taw shay ag cur baw shtee) It is raining.
- Tá sé ag stealladh báistí (taw shay ag shtell-ah baw shtee) It is pouring rain.
- Tá sé ag cur sceana gréasaí. (taw shay ag cur shkawna grey-see) It is raining cobbler’s knives.
- Thit an tóin as an spéir! (hit an tone as an speer) The arse fell out of the sky! (a very heavy rain)
- Tá an ghrian ag scoilteadh na gcloch! The sun is splitting the stones!(taw an gree-un ag skill-ta na glawch)
- Nach bhfuil go hálainn? (knock will guh hawl inn) Isn’t it beautiful?
- Bain taitneamh as an lá. (ban tah-niv as an law) Enjoy the day.
- Cén aimsir a bheidh i ndán dúinn? What is the weather forecast?(ken am-sheer a vayd ee nahn doo-inn)
- Tá sé gealta fuar anocht. (taw shay gell-ta foo-ur ah nocht) It is promised to be cold tonight.
- Tá se go hálainn anois, buiochas le Dia. (taw shay guh hawl-inn ah nesh boo ah kuss le Dee-uh It is beautiful now, thank God
Slán go Foil
