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§ 273 Translate into English

• N á fág do ḃreac ag an boras.
• An raiḃ Caṫal liḃ ag dul go Gailliṁ?
• Ḃí, agus fuair sé capall ar an ród, agus ṫáinig sé go
• Gailliṁ linn.
• Ḃí Art tinn, agus guair sé bás.
• An raiḃ capall agaiḃ?
• Ní raiḃ, ḃí bó agus asal againn.
• Atá fuinneóg leaṫan ar an dún.

§ 274. Translate into Irish

• We are not going down to Galway, ye are going up to Granard.
• We have a horse, ye have a coach.
• Had ye a scythe in the meadow?
• Was the horse working in the meadow?
• Dermot was not working with us down in the meadow.
• Had Nora a lamb?
• No, she had a sheep.
• Had Art a horse?
• Yes, and he had a coach.
• My window was clean, thy window was not clean.
• There was no window at all in the fort.

note that
phonetic
symbols
are not
necessarily pronounced
as in English

See § 13-16