An t-sìde

We’re continuing with our weather theme this week.

Our craft activity also includes the vocabulary for the days of the week so it’s a two for one week this week 😊

For your craft activity you can print out the picture above by clicking here  and then print out the pictures below by clicking here to add the correct weather for the day.

We’ve added a new word onto the end of the question from last week, which is the word for ‘today’, so that now you can ask ‘What is the weather like today?’ You would say:

Ciamar a tha an t-sìde an-diugh?

(Ki-mar a ha an chee-je an joo?)

Following on from last week's answers here are some more ways to talk about the weather. Don’t worry if this seems like an awful lot of words, we don’t expect you to learn them all in a week! We just thought it would be helpful to see what the word for the weather on it’s own was as well as how to use it in a sentence.

Sgòthan - clouds

(Sko-han)

Tha i sgòthach - It is cloudy

(Ha ee sko-hach)

Uisge - rain 

(Ish-ge)

Tha an t-uisge ann - There is rain

(Ha an tish-ge aoon)

Tha i fliuch - It is wet

(Ha i flooch)

Tàirneanaich agus dealanaich - thunder and lightning

(Tarn-an-eech agus jal-an-eech)

Tha tàirneanaich agus dealanaich ann - There is thunder and lightning

(Ha tarn-an-eech agus jail-an-eech aoon)

Grian - sun

(Gree-an)

Tha i grianach - It is sunny

(Ha ee gree-an-ach)

Sneachd - snow

(Shnechg)

Tha sneachd ann - There is snow

(Ha shnechg aoon)

Clachan-meallain - hailstones

(Clachan mee-allan)

Tha clachan-meallain ann - There are hailstones

(Ha clachan mee-allan aoon)

Bogha-froise - rainbow

(Baw froshe)

Tha bogha-froise ann - There is a rainbow 

(Ha baw-froshe aoon)

And our final vocabulary words are the days of the week:

Diluain - Monday

(Ji-looaeen)

Dimàirt - Tuesday

(Ji-marsht)

Diciadain - Wednesday

(Ji-keeadeen)

Diardaoin - Thursday

(Jir-din)

Dihaoine - Friday

(Ji-hinye)

Disathairne - Saturday

(Ji-Sahurn)

Là na Sàbaid - Sunday

(Là na Sabaj)

We have a couple of songs for you today, first of all a simple one about the rain. The lyrics are:

Uisge a’ tuiteam sìos ....SPLAIS!

Uisge a’ tuiteam sìos .....SPLAIS!

Uisge a’ tuiteam, uisge a’ tuiteam Uisge a’ tuiteam sìos ....... SPLAIS! (X2)

Rain falling down, splash Rain falling down, splash Rain falling, rain falling Rain falling down, splash

You can listen to a recording of this song by clicking here and scrolling to Uisge a’tuiteam sìos

We also thought this song here would be a fun one to learn, although it has a lot more words. But it includes lots of different types of weather so it is a good way to practise them all. Scroll to the song called Ho ro an t-sìde Cabag.  The lyrics are below.

Hò rò an t-uisge fliuch

an t-uisge fliuch, 

an t-uisge fliuch 

Hò rò an t-uisge fliuch

A’ dòrtadh air mo bhrògan

Hò rò sneachda fuar sneachda fuar, 

sneachda fuar 

Hò rò sneachda fuar

A’ tuiteam air mo bhrògan

Hò rò grian bhlàth

grian blàth, 

grian bhlàth

Hò rò grian bhlàth

A’ deàrrsadh air mo bhrògan

Hò rò gaoth fhiadhaich

gaoth fhiadhaich, 

gaoth fhiadhaich 

Hò rò gaoth fhiadhaich

A’ sèideadh air mo bhrògan

Hò rò an t-sìde mhath

an t-sìde mhath, 

an t-sìde mhath 

Hò rò an t-sìde mhath

an t-sìde is mo bhrògan

Ho ro the heavy rain

The heavy rain, 

the heavy rain 

Ho ro the heavy rain

Falling on my shoes

Ho ro the cold snow cold snow, 

cold snow 

Ho ro the cold snow 

Falling on my shoes

Ho ro the warm sun 

Warm sun,

 warm sun 

Ho ro the warm sun 

Shining on my shoes

Ho ro the wild wind 

Wild wind, 

wild wind 

Ho ro the wild wind 

Blowing on my shoes

Ho ro the good weather

The good weather, 

the good weather 

Ho ro the good weather

The weather and my shoes

How many different types of weather will we see this week? We would love to see your completed weather charts at the end of the week so do send us a picture. If you don’t have access to a printer then just let us know and we’ll do our beet to get a copy to you.