Unit 11 - Talking about parts of the body
Tha falt ruadh oirre. "She has red hair. "
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This section will give you some vocabulary which will allow you to talk about people's appearances. To start with we'll look at some common colours which are to be found in association with the body:
- geal
- white
- bàn
- fair, blonde
- dubh
- black
- donn
- brown
- dorch
- dark
- ruadh
- red (ginger)
- liath
- grey
Describing colours
Note that when we are talking about a colour we say it is "on" something, so we use the preposition air. Thus, when we ask the question "what colour is the box?", we say "dè an dath a tha air a' bhocsa?". You will hear several examples in the conversation. Note also that we say that hair is "on" a person. Tha falt dubh air Iain - John has black hair.
- dè an dath a tha air a' bhocsa?
- what colour is the box?
- tha falt dubh air Iain
- John has black hair
