Structure: I have trousers on

Structair: Tha briogais orm

Listen to Joy as she tells us how to say what we are wearing.

We already know the structure to say that we have something on, but we will recap them very quickly here. Most items of clothing are feminine nouns, it's why the the colour adjectives are all lenited.

VerbNounAdjective (colour)PrepositionPronoun | Noun (subject
An robhLèinephincorm
Nach robhLèine-tghealort
BhaBriogaisdhubhair
Cha robhSgiortdheargoirre
Dreasabhuidheoirnn
Seacaidphincoirbh
Adghormorra
LèinephurpaidhairCalum
Lèine-tdhonnairMàiri
BròganorainsairEilidh

An robh

Was

bhuidhe orm

yellow on me

An robh lèine-t

Was a t-shirt

orm?

on me?