Telling the time Ag innse na h-uarach
Half past / Quarter to...Leth-uair an dèidh / Cairteal gu...
Telling the time
Look out for the following pieces of vocabulary in this clip.
leth-uair an dèidh … half past…
leth-uair an dèidh sia half past six
cairteal gu ceithir quarter to four
cairteal an dèidh quarter past
tha e aon uair deug it is eleven o’ clock
tha e dà uair dheug it is twelve o’clock
We have already seen that the word dà can affect the beginning of the following word, such as dà chofaidh, dà fhichead. A vowel is not followed by an h, so two o’ clock is just dà uair, but the phrase for twelve o’ clock is. It is affected as the beginning of deug is affected as dà uair dheug.
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EnglishBeurla
| Woman | A Chailein, dè an uair a tha e? | Colin, what time is it? |
| Cailean | Tha e sia uairean. | It’s six o’ clock. |
| Woman | Cuin a tha am film air? | When is the film on? |
| Woman 2 | Aig seachd uairean agus aig naoi uairean. | At seven o’ clock and at nine o’ clock. |
| Female patient | Cuin a tha am ball-coise air? | When’s the football on? |
| Nurse | Ochd uairean. | Eight o’ clock. |
| Female patient | Tapadh leibh. | Thank you. |
