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Time in Gaelic

This is a list of time related words in Gaelic. This includes days, months, seasons. Very helpful basic vocabulary for anyone. Let's start with days!

Days: làithean
Monday: Diluain
Tuesday: Dimairt
Wednesday: Diciadain
Thursday: Diardaoin
Friday: Dihaoine
Saturday: Disathairne
Sunday: Didòmnaich; Latha na Sàbaid

Now we move on to the 12 months of the year. What fun!

January: Am Faoilleach
February: An Gearran
March: Am Màrt
April: An Giblean
May: An Cèitean
June: An t-Òg-Mhìos
July: An t-Iuchar
August: Lùnastal
September: An t-Sultain
October: An Dàmhair
November: An t-Samhain
December: An Dùbhlachd

Now let's learn about the seasons, hour, minutes and second...

Autumn: foghar
Winter: geamhradh
Spring: earrach
Summer: samhradh
Seasons: ràithean
Months: mìosan
Time: tìde
Hour: uair
Minute: mionaid
Second: diog

Finally we get to the senences section. This is where you will see some of the above time related words used in a common phrase.

Yesterday was Sunday: B'e Didòmhnaich a bha an-dè.
Today is Monday: 'S e Diluain a tha an-diugh.
See you tomorrow!: Chì mi a-màireach thu!
I will visit you in August: Cuiridh mi cèilidh riud anns an Lùnastal.
Winter is very cold here: Tha an geamhradh glè fhuar an-seo.
I was born in July: Rugadh mi anns an Iuchair.

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