Days of the Week, Months, and Seasons

Làithean na seachdain (Days of the week)
Didòmhnaich = Sunday
Diluain = Monday
Dimàirt = Tuesday
Diciadain = Wednesday
Diardaoin = Thursday
Dihaoine = Friday
Disathairne = Saturday

Mìosan (Months)
am Faoilleach = January
an Gearran = February
am Màrt = March
an Giblean = April
an Cèitean = May
an t-Ògmhìos = June
an t-Iuchar = July
an Lùnasdal = August
an t-Sultain = September
an Dàmhair = October
an t-Samhain = November
an Dùbhlachd = December

Ràithean (Seasons)
an t-Earrach = Spring
an Samhradh = Summer
an Foghar = Autumn
an Geamhradh = Winter

To hear how these are said, either listen here (click on Faclan Feumail 7; they're the first half of the sound file): http://www.edu.pe.ca/gray/class_pages/rxmacdonald/gaelicclass/classindex.html

Or check out BBC's site,
Seasons: http://www.bbc.co.uk/alba/foghlam/beag_air_bheag/units/unit_32/
Days of the Week: http://www.bbc.co.uk/alba/foghlam/beag_air_bheag/units/unit_04/

Some of the words also have IPA and/or sound files in this dictionary: http://www.faclair.com/

Numbers

1 aon
2 dà
3 trì
4 ceithir
5 còig
6 sia
7 seachd
8 ochd
9 naoi
10 deich

In Gaelic aon often lenites: aon thaigh (one house)
Dà lenites for dual marking: dà thaigh (two houses)
Plural starts at trì and the most common plural suffix is -an/-ean: trì taighean (three houses)

When numbering things or when counting, put 'a' before the numbers:

a h-aon
a dhà
a trì
a ceithir
a còig
a sia
a seachd
a h-ochd
a naoi
a deich

Ex: page 8 = duilleag a h-ochd
duilleag = page

You can listen to the numbers 1-10 here: http://www.scottishradiance.com/galphr/galphr9803.htm
or the numbers 1-20 here (click on aireamhan (aireamhan = numbers)): http://www.edu.pe.ca/gray/class_pages/rxmacdonald/gaelicclass/classindex.html

Dathan

dearg = red
uaine = green (except for grass)
buidhe = yellow
gorm = blue (and grass green)
dubh = dubh
geal = white
donn = brown
glas = dark grey
pinc = pinc
purpaidh = purple
orains = orange
bàn = blond
ruadh = red hair or reddish brown
liath = light grey or light blue

Dè an dath a tha seo/sin?
Gloss: What DEF:ART colour RELATIVE BE this/that
What colour is this/that?

Tha seo/sin (dath).
Gloss: BE:PRES this/that (colour).
This/that is (colour)

seo = this
sin = that (close by)
siud = yonder/that (far away)

''To have''

There is no verb 'to have' in Gaelic, so instead people say that things are 'at them'. Use the verb 'to BE' and the preposition 'aig' (= at).

Tha (noun) aig (noun/person).
BE (noun) at (noun/person).
(noun/person) has (noun).

ex. Tha cupa cofaidh aig Ruth. Ruth has a cup of coffee.

'Aig' (like most Gaelic prepositions) conjugates according to person. This means that if you want to say something such as 'She has a banana', you have to use the correctly conjugated 'prepostional pronoun'.

aig + i (she) = aice

Tha banana aice.
Be banana at-her.
She has a banana.

Conjugations for aig:
agam = at-me
agad = at-you (sing.)
aige = at-him
aice = at-her
againn = at-us
agaibh = at-you (plur. & polite)
aca = at-them

Other Examples:
Tha bean aige. bean = wife/woman
Tha duine aice. duine = husband/man/person
Tha leabhar againn. leabhar = book
Tha taigh agaibh. taigh = house

Some Expressions:
Tha fhios agam. = I know.
fios/fhios = knowledge

Tha gaol agam ort. = I love you.
BE love at-me on-you.
gaol = love, ort = on-you

Ciamar a tha thu?

Ciamar a tha thu/sibh? How are you?

Tha gu math. I'm well.
Glè mhath. Very good.

Tha gu dòigheil. I'm all right.
Ceart gu leòr. Right enough/not bad.
Chan eil dona. Not bad.

Tha gu dona. I'm bad.
Tha mi tinn. I'm sick.

Tapadh leat/leibh, ciamar a tha thu/sibh fhèin? Thank you, how are you yourself?

thu (you sing.)
sibh (you plural and polite)

leat (with-you sing.)
leibh (with-you plural and polite)

Check out Unit 1 of BBC's Beag air Bheag for sound recordings of some of the expressions:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/alba/foghlam/beag_air_bheag/units/unit_01/

Greetings/Goodbyes

Halò. Hello.
Madainn mhath. Good morning.
Feasgar math. Good afternoon/evening.

Chì mi a-rithist thu/sibh. See you again.
Chì mi a-màireach thu/sibh. See you tomorrow.
Chì mi thu/sibh Diluain. See you Monday.

Tìoraidh. Cheerio.
Mar sin leat. Goodbye.