Talking about detail
A' bruidhinn air mion obair
When we are giving a tuairisgeul (description) of a work of art, we must talk about the mion‑obair (detail) in the picture/painting. We can talk about the colours in it, or the depth of the picture or the subject of the pictures. There are many things that we can talk about. But, ultimately, it’s the things we like and don't like which are most important to us when we talk about art.
Dathan an deilbh mhòir
Colours of the big picture
We saw the rules of the tuiseal ginideach (genitive or possessive case) in B1 Cuspair 4 . We learned that the adjective changes when it follows a noun in the genitive case.
| MASCULINE NOUNS | FEMININE NOUNS |
| fear mòr an fhuilt dhuibh | fear mòr na feusaige duibhe |
| aodann a' bhoireannaich bhrèagha | aodann na caileige bige |
| coltas an aodainn shnoig | coltas na h‑aghaidhe bhrèagha |
| dathan an deilbh mhòir | air beulaibh na tè mòire |
Look again at the rules of the cases in Cuspair 4 if you need to.
Remember that we can use the adjectives which we learned in Pàirt 1 of this lesson to talk about pictures. Here are three more adjectives which we can also use.