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A' sgioblachadh an taighe

Tidying the house

Anna was usually very busy with obair an taighe (housework), but not today!

Tha an taigh na bhùrach! Tha a h-uile seòmar cho mì-sgiobalta. Mar is trice, bidh mi a’ sgioblachadh an taighe a h-uile seachdain. Na seòmraichean-cadail, a h-uile Diciadain. Agus na h-uinneagan agus na taighean-beaga – bidh mi gan glanadh gach Disathairne, ach ‘s e Dihaoine a th’ ann an-diugh!

The house is a mess! Every room is so untidy. I usually tidy the house every week. The bedrooms every Wednesday … and the toilets and the windows – I usually clean them every Saturday, but it’s Friday today!

Some of the following adjectives might be useful in describing a house, and you heard most of them in the conversation.

sàmhach (adj)

quiet

ciùin (adj)

calm

sgiobalta (adj)

tidy

mì-sgiobalta (adj)

untidy

glan (adj)

clean

salach (adj)

dirty

grinn (adj)

elegant

grod (adj)

rotten

As well as these verbal nouns (‘-ing’ words):

a’ sgioblachadh (vn)

tidying

a’ glanadh (vn)

cleaning

a’ nighe (vn)

washing