Dates
Absolute Beginners (A1) - Useful Words (20 words)
Here are the days of the week and months of the year in Gaelic.
Twenty Words is integrated with the dictionary. Choose any word in the Gaelic column and the dictionary will open and you will see the gender of the Gaelic word.
| Word | Facal | |
|---|---|---|
| Days | Làithean | <)) |
| Monday | Diluain | <)) |
| Tuesday | Dimàirt | <)) |
| Wednesday | Diciadain | <)) |
| Thursday | Diardaoin | <)) |
| Friday | Dihaoine | <)) |
| Saturday | Disathairne | <)) |
| Sunday | Didòmhnaich | <)) |
| Sunday (lit. Day of the Sabbath) | Là na Sàbaid | <)) |
| January | Am Faoilleach | <)) |
| February | An Gearran | <)) |
| March | Am Màrt | <)) |
| April | An Giblean | <)) |
| May | An Cèitean | <)) |
| June | An t-Ògmhios | <)) |
| July | An t-Iuchar | <)) |
| August | An Lùnastal | <)) |
| September | An t-Sultain | <)) |
| October | An Dàmhair | <)) |
| November | An t-Samhain | <)) |
| December | An Dùbhlachd | <)) |
To write the date in Gaelic, add the day and the month in the same order as you would with English. Don’t worry about writing 1st or 2nd – just write in the number. Here are some examples:
| Monday 12 January 2017 | Diluain 12 Faoilleach 2017 | |
| Wednesday 20 May 2017 | Diciadain 20 Cèitean 2017 |