This is an amusing visual joke postcard I bought in Embrra a while ago, that I'd like to put into Irish -

Imagine this if you will - You're just inside of a field and facing you is a reddish-coloured wooden fence separating the field from a small road, with grass on either side of it and you can see the road through the fence. Bolted to the fence right in front of you is a large sign in blue with white letters painted on it. On the the top right hand corner there's a piece of metal sticking out, that's screwed on it, to which is tied a piece of string that's hanging down straight as it's attached to quite a large stone.
The title (it's all in abreviated English, so I think you would have put it in complete sentences in Irish)
is FORECASTING STONE. Under that there are two columns - on the left - FORECAST and on the right CONDITIONS. In the dictionary for weather conditions, they simply give - an aimsir - would there be any specific word for conditions in this context or is that fine just as it is?

Here's my attempt at it -

FORECASTING STONE - CLOCH FHIACHAIRE (or fhéilochta, or fhiachaireachta ?)

FORECAST - CONDITIONS
TUAR NA HAIMSIRE - AN AIMSIR

Stone is wet - Raining
Tá an chloch fhliuch - Tá sé ina bháisteach

Stone is dry - Not raining
Tá an chloch thirim - Níl sé ina bháisteach

Shadow on the ground - Sunny
Tá scáth ar an talamh - Tá grian ann

White on top - Snowing
Tá bán i mbarr - Tá sé ag cur sneachta

Can't see stone - Foggy
Ní féidir leis an chloch a fheiceáil - Tá ceo dlúth ann

Swinging stone - Windy
Tá an chloch ag luascadh - Tá sé an-ghaofar

Stone gone - Tornado
Tá an chloch imithe - Tá tornádó ann (but I've also found the word camanfa, perhaps there are others that express the idea of wild stormy weather)

There's no lenition in predicative adjectives (i.e. if there is the verb "is" between the noun and the adjective in English)

Tá an chloch fliuch = The stone is wet
Tá an chloch tirim = The stone is dry




Ní féidir leis = He can't ...

Better: Ní féidir leat = You can't
or: Ní féidir (without le) = One can't

Go raibh maith agat. But I thought the rule was that you had to put in leis when le is followed by an.

... only if it belongs to the article and noun. That is not the case here.
It isn't the stone who can but someone else.

[Ní féidir liom] [an chloch a fheiceáil] = I can't see the stone (lit."Not-is possible with-me the stone to see")
[Ní féidir leat] [an chloch a fheiceáil] = You can't see the stone (lit."Not-is possible with-you the stone to see")
[Ní féidir leis] [an chloch a fheiceáil] = He can't see the stone (lit."Not-is possible with-him the stone to see")

compare with:
[Ní féidir leis an gcloch] [feiceáil] = The stone can't see (lit."Not-is possible with the stone see")

Feicim ceart go leor.

Do thabharfainn 'Cloch Réamháisneise (Aimsire)' nó 'Cloch na Tairngreachta' uirthe. Nior chuala an focal Fiachaire chéana, nuair a dhearcas air ar dtúis cheapas go raibh duine a bhíonn ar thóir do chuid fiach (debts) i gceist nó duine a bhíonn baint aca leis an bhfiach fhéinig (an t-éan) .



Feictear rud beag ait dom gan 'má' a shní isteach?

má tá an chloch fliuch...

mar an gcéana leis na cinn eile



má tá scáth ar an talamh - Tá an ghrian ag taitneamh (is dócha go mbíonn an ghrian ann má thá 'sé ag stealladh báistí leis )? nó an frása é?



Má tá ceann bán air....



Murab (munab) (?) fhéidir/ mura bhféadfaí an chloch...



Ní bhfuighinnse teacht ar 'camanfa' i n-aon fhoclóir, an é 'cuaranfa' a bhí i gceist agat?

Sílimse go bhfuil 'camanfa'' rud beag saorga, An ndéanfadh 'spéirling' nó 'clampar aimsire' an gnó?

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Go raibh maith agat
- by the way it's a photograph not a drawing, though obviously it's been set up or staged if you see what I mean.

Fiachaireacht in the dictionary is given as 'Raven-watching, weather-forecasting' - so apparently this must have been a traditional way of predicting the weather and perhaps more. If anyone knows any more about it, it would be nice to hear them.

I know, I seen the photograph. Its funny . I don't know what you mean though? Tairngreacht means a prophecy???

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