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A bheil an aimsir a' fàs nas miosa?

Is the weather getting worse?

We use a’ fàs (growing, becoming) where in English we might talk about things ‘getting better’, ‘getting warmer’. Although get has a wide range of meanings in English, it doesn’t always translate into Gaelic in the same way.

A bheil an aimsir a’ fàs nas miosa?

Is the weather getting worse?

Tha an t–sìde a’ fàs nas fhuaire.

The weather is getting colder.

A bheil an aimsir a’ fàs nas fliuiche?

Is the weather getting wetter?

A bheil an geamhradh a’ fàs nas blàithe?

Is the winter becoming warmer?

Tha mise a’ smaoineachadh nach eil an geamhradh a’ fàs nas fliuiche.

I think that the winter is not getting wetter.

Tha luchd–saidheans ag ràdh gu bheil na samhraidhean a’ fàs nas teotha.

Scientists say that the summers are getting hotter.