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§ 419. Go mbeaanuiġiḋ Dia duit, go mbeannuiġiḋ Dia agus Muire ḋuit (gŭ maN'-ee). This is the full form of the ordinary salutation, which is contracted to Dia ḋuit in Munster. It means:

§420. Translate into English

• ‘mbeannuiġiḋ Dia ḋuit, a Taiḋg.
• Go mbeannuiġiḋ Dia is Muire ḋuit, a Nóra.
• An ḃfaca tú an ceo ar an loċ?
• Ní ḟaca mé bád nó long ar an loċ indiu.
• Fear flaiġeaṁail, flaiṫ fearaṁail.
• Ḃí an fear flaiġeaṁail, fial.
• Ní ḟuil an sí ag teaċt a ḃaile fós.

§ 421. Translate into Irish

• Did you get money?
• No, I got corn at the market.
• Barley or oats?
• Nora got a rich husband, he is princely and generous.
• I did not get the key.
• Do not leave the key on the floor.
• Miles Lynch has the key.
• I have no the lock.

note that
phonetic
symbols
are not
necessarily pronounced
as in English

See § 13-16