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[kittydesade]

maith - good
olc - bad
dona - bad
deas - nice
álainn - beautiful
ainnis - awful

Tá an aimsir go maith. The weather is good.
Tá an aimsir go holc. The weather is bad.
Tá an aimsir go dona. The weather is bad.

Tá an lá go deas. The day is nice.
Tá an lá go hálainn. The day is beautiful.
Tá an lá go hainnis. The day is awful.

Tá - is
an lá - The day
deas/hálainn/hainnis - nice/beautiful/awful

The great majority of adjectives stand on their own without go, though.
Tá an tráthnóna fuar. The evening is cold.
Tá an oíche dorcha. The night is dark.

Time expressions:
Nouns:
maidin - morning
tráthnóna - evening
oíche - night
lá - day

Adverbs
ar maidin - this morning
tráthnóna - this evening
anocht - tonight
aréir - last night
oíche amárach - tomorrow night
inniu - today
inné - yesterday
amárach - tomorrow

Let's practice some of that!
Tá an tráthnóna go deas. The evening is nice.
Tá an tráthnóna go hálainn. The evening is beautiful.
Tá an tráthnóna go maith. The evening is good.
Bhí an aimsir go deas inné. The weather was nice yesterday.
Bhí an I should just print this out and write it, shoudln't I. Yes. Then I don't have to keep scrolling around.


So. This whole house purchase process not only wants to give me a bipolar fit, it's like a whole tiny Advent Calendar of Minor Annoyances and Setbacks. This latest one is smallish, but annoying, I don't know if it'll get resolved today or what this bodes for Monday, or if things will have to be postponed yet-a-fucking-gain. I hope not. It's the kind of thing a search-and-replace could fix, if legally it could be fixed that way.

The Middle East is still on fire, in the more emotional and visceral sense than the literal. I'm not sure what to say to that except that by all accounts the video is asinine, reprehensible, and offensive, and the actions of the people burning buildings and firing on embassy staff is likewise reprehensible, asinine, and offensive. And both of these groups represent a minority, but it's hard to keep that in mind when you're being offended. I've seen reports of peaceful protests on embassies, and that's fine, I hope it can stay that way. And if Americans want to wave signs and shake their heads and protest the killings of the embassy staff and the burning of embassies (not just ours, either) that's fine, too. Swearengen said it best, here. My god, act civilized even if you ain't.

Yeah, other than that, things seem to be going all right. I need to watch Sons of Anarchy and I need to catch up on Warehouse 13. And do some writing and do some knitting. And people need to stop sending me LinkedIn invitations, oi. Life continues. More as it develops.