Ag caint faoin aimsir

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?