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Cre Shoh? (Weather Game)

Vocabulary

This lesson is all about weather.

The word for "weather" is "emshyr."

The way to ask "is it?" is "vel eh?"

You can also ask "is the weather?" by saying "vel yn emshyr?"

The way to say "it's not" is "cha nel eh" and the way to say "the weather is not" is "cha nel yn emshyr."

The way to say "it is" is "t'eh" and the way to say "the weather is" we use "ta'n emshyr," which combined with words for weather gives:

ta'n emshyr braew ------ the weather is fine	t'eh çheh ------ it's hot	t'eh feayr ------ t'eh cold
t'eh sterrymagh ------ it's stormy	t'eh grianagh ------ it's sunny	t'eh bodjallagh ------ t'eh cloudy
t'eh geayagh ------ it's windy	t'eh ceau fliaghey ------ it's raining	t'eh ceau sniaghtey ------ t'eh snowing

The way to say "raining" and "snowing" uses two words. The first word means "throwing" and the second word is either "snow" ("sniaghtey") or "rain" ("fliaghey"). Altogether we're actually saying "it's throwing snow" and "it's throwing rain," a bit like saying "it's chucking it down" in English.

Combining what we learned in our first lesson about feelings, we can also use "kys ta'n emshyr?" to say "how's the weather?"

Example conversations

Have a go translating these conversations yourself. If you get stuck take another look at this lesson and/or go back to the lessons we've done before now. If you want to check your answers you can find the English translations here:

Example Conversation Translations

Example 1

(Q) Nee Jeheiney t'ayn jiu?

(A) She.

(Q) T'eh ceau sniaghtey jiu.

(A) Ta, ta mee greesit!

(Q) Vel oo feayr?

(A) Cha nel. S'mie lhiam sniaghtey!

(Q) Vel eh ceau sniaghtey ayns Doolish?

(A) Cha nel. Ta'n emshyr braew ayns Doolish jiu.

(Q) Vel eh grianagh ayns Doolish?

(A) T'eh grianagh.

Example 2

(Q) Mie lhiat fliaghey?

(A) Cha mie lhiam.

(Q) Kys ta'n emshyr jiu?

(A) T'eh bodjallagh. Cha nel eh çheh.

(Q) Vel oo trimshagh?

(A) Cha nel, cha nel mee trimshagh: ta mee skee.

(Q) Cre'n laa t'ayn jiu?

(A) She Jedoonee t'ayn. S'mie lhiam Jedoonee: s'mie lhiam spollagyn ayns Laksaa.

(Q) T'eh geayagh ayns Laksaa jiu.

(A) Vel eh geayagh?

(Q) Ta. Vel oo corree?

(A) Ta!