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exercise LVIII

§ 338. In the middle of words ḋ and ġ are slient and lengthen preceding short vowels sounds, lengthening

§ 339. Words

§ 340. Translate into English

• Dia duit, a Ṫaiḋg (heig).
• Dia’s Muire duit.
• Lá breaġ; ṫainig Taḋg a ḃaile ar maidin ó Árd-maċa, aċt ní ḟuil sgeul nuaḋ ar biṫ aige.
• Ní ḟuil Taḋg tinn, atá sé go breag anois, aċt ḃí sé tinn go leor.
• Atá Art Maġuiḋir ag aboair, atá sé ag cur tuiġe ar an teaċ nuaḋ.
• Atá an fear boċt ag guiḋe ag an doras, fuair sé arán agus im ó Nóra, “Atá an oiḋċe geal agus an bóṫar breaġ, aċt mar sin féin (even so), fan go lá” (till day, a populat saying)

§ 341. Translate into Irish

• The ivy is growing at the door.
• The ivy is green.
• John and James are in the house.
• The night is fine (and) soft.
• The ivy is fresh and green, but the wall is old and yellow.
• The fox a nd the dog are not in the meadow, the fox is in the river and the dog is coming home.
• Brigid is not in the house, she went home.

note that
phonetic
symbols
are not
necessarily pronounced
as in English

See § 13-16