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 * Time phrases

=1. cho=

The equative construction:
 * Tha mi cho sgìth ri seann chù. (I am as tired as an old dog.)
 * Tha Anna cho làidir ri Iain. (Anna is as strong as John.)
 * Tha Màiri cho seòlta ri sionnach. (Mary is as cunning as a fox.)

Without the ri complement:
 * Tha an latha cho brèagha. (The day is so beautiful.)
 * Tha e cho fuar. (It is so cold.)
 * Tha a' chlann cho modhail. (The children are so well behaved.)

In a question meaning "how":
 * Dè cho feumail 's a tha foghlam Gàidhlig? (How useful is Gaelic education?)

// Tha an samhradh fìor thioram air droch bhuaidh a thoirt air cho mòr agus fallain ‘s a tha stoc. // (The very dry summer has had a negative effect on the size and health of livestock.);

// Nach bochd nach robh muinntir na Gàidhlig fhéin **cho** measail oirre **'s a** tha na ceudan nach d' fhuair i ri 'n òige ach a tha dèanamh cruaidh spàirn gus a togail! // (Isn't it a pity that the Gaelic people themselves weren't **as** fond of it **as** the hundreds who didn't get it in their youth but who are struggling hard to pick it up!)

=2. Directional adverbs=

Thigeadh i a-nuas an staidhre. (She would come down the stairs.) i.e. down from upstairs to here. Chaidh i a-steach do bhùth sheudan. (She went into a jewellery shop.) Tha an naidheachd seo dìreach air tighinn a-steach. (This report has just come in); Fhuair mi a-steach dhan cholaisde. (I got into college);

Tha mi an dòchas gu bheil iad a-staigh. (I hope that they are in.)

=3. dìreach=

Tha an naidheachd seo dìreach air tighinn a-steach. (This report has just come in);

=4. idir=

Chan eil e air a ghoirteachadh gu dona idir. (He is not badly injured at all.)

=5. fhathast=

Cha deach an fheadhainn a bha san tubaist ainmeachadh fhathast. (The victims of the accident have not been named yet.); Tha mi an dòchas gu bheil a' bhùth fosgailte fhathast. (I hope that the shop is still open.);

=6. a h-uile=

Tha sinn an dòchas gu bheil a h-uile duine gu math.(We hope that everyone is well.);