We have talked about place, where things are, with: suas, sìos, clì, deas. We often use these words to say where somebody or something is on the pàirc (park) or raon spòrs (sports field) or raon–cluiche (playing field). Remember we use suas and sìos with movement: a’ dol suas, a’ dol sìos. We use shuas and shìos to say whether someone or something is ‘up’ or ‘down’.
If two nouns are used together then the second one takes the possessive (genitive) case:
meadhan na pàirce
middle of the park
oisean na pàirce
the corner of the park
oir na pàirce
the edge of the park
oisean a’ bhogsa
the corner of the box
ceann shìos na pàirce
the bottom of the park
ceann shuas na pàirce
the top of the park
air an taobh dheas
on the right side
air an taobh chlì
on the left side
But if an adverb comes before the noun then the noun remains in the nominal (nominative) case:
(a’ dol) | suas a’ phàirc | (going) | up the park |
(a’ dol) | sìos a’ phàirc | (going) | down the park |