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exercise LXXXI

§ 468.

§ 469. Translate into English

• Ní raiḃ Gaeḋilge agam nuair ḃí mé óg, agus atá aiṫṁeula orm anois.
• Atá brón mór orrainn anois, atá ar n-aṫair marḃ.
• Nuair ṫáinig siad do’n áit úd, ḃí eagla orra.
• Ṫáinig eagla orm, aċt ní ġaca mé taiḋḃse ar biṫ ins an áit sin.
• An ḃfuil faitċíos ort?
• Atá tinneas trom ar do ṁáṫair.
• Ní ḟuil ocras ar biṫ orm, aċt atá tinneas orm, agus atá tart mór orm.

§ 470. Translate into Irish

• Come in and sit down and rest yourself.
• Sit down on that little stool; do not sit at the door, the day is cold and wet.
• Is that woman sick now? She is not, she was sick but now she is strong.
• Do not give me that meat, I am not hungry.
• That grave is not wide.
• That young beagle is lost, we did our best, but we did not find the fox or the beagle.
• Our oats is growing in that place.
• Put that little boat in the river.
• The ship is on the Erne and there is a tall mast and a big wide sail on her.
• Are you sick? No, I am in pain.
• Good bye.

note that
phonetic
symbols
are not
necessarily pronounced
as in English

See § 13-16