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§ 191. Translate into English

• Atá ciall ag Nóra.
• Níl ciall ag Úna, níl sí críona
• Níl an ceol binn, atá an fonn eile binn.
• Dia duit, a Úna, cionnus atá tú?
• Atá mé go láidir, cionnus atá Nóra, agus an mac?
• Atá cóta úr agus crios úr ar an mac anois.
• Níl an crios fada go leor.
• Ná creid an sgéall; níl an sgéal fíor.
• Níl an mac óg láiir; atá sé tinn, agus níl ciall aige fós.
• Atá gort mór agan, níl páirc agam; atá bó agaim, atá só ar an ród.

§ 192. Translate into Irish

• Prudent Nora.
• Conn has a belt.
• Do not believe the story.
• Do not put clay on the road.
• A horse has not sense, a man (duine) has sense.
• The other man (duine) has not sense.
• Nora and Una are prudent, they have sense, they are not young now.
• How are they now?
• They are well and healthy—they are not sick.
• Believe the true story.
• The man got a belt at the shop, the belt is cheap.
• Conn has a big strong boat.
• I have not a boat, weak or strong.
• How are you?
• Good bye.
• A cow is on the road, she has no grass on the road now, the road is dry.

note that
phonetic
symbols
are not
necessarily pronounced
as in English

See § 13-16