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exercise lxxx

§ 464. We have already seen that atá cóta nuaḋ ar Art (a new coat is on Art) is the Irish way of saying that Art is wearing a new coat. Thus also all sorts of burdens are said to be on a person, not only actul burdens of any sort, but such burderns as grief, trouble, anxiety, anger, pain, hunger, thirst, etc.

§ 465. Examples

§ 466.Translate into English

• Atá ocras ar Niall, atá tart ar Nóra
• Taḃair beoċ do’n leanḃ, atá tart mór air.
• Ní ḟuil tart orm anois, fuair mé deoċ uisge ṡios ag an tobar.
• An ḃfuil ocras ort?
• Ní ḟuil, aċt atá tart orm, taḃair deoċ ḋom.
• A Ḋiarmuid, taḃair an feur so do’n láir, atá ocras uirri.
• Ní ḟuil tart ar an láir úd, aċt atá ocras ar an asal óg so.
• Ná cuir uilaċ mór ar an asal úd, atá tuirse air anois, ḃí sé ag an margaḋ agus ualaċ mór ciorce ar a ḋruim.
• An ḃfuil tuirse ort? Suiḋ síós.

§ 467. Translate into Irish

• Open the door, we are tired; we are coming from Armagh.
• I am not ired, but there is a pain in my back.
• John is hungry, Mary is thirsty, Dermot is tired, Nora is sick.
• I am very hungry (great hunger is on me)
• Were ye very thirsty yesterday?
• We were, but we got a drink at that little well.
• That well is cold and wholesome.
• Dermot and Teig were in that place yesterday, adn they were tired when they came home at (in the) night.
• Are you tired?
• I am not tired today. I was tired yesterday.

note that
phonetic
symbols
are not
necessarily pronounced
as in English

See § 13-16