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exercise XCII

§ 511. "Niall owes Art a debt" is translated into Irish by Atá fiaċ ag Art ar Niall, Art has a debt or claim on Niall. When the amount of the debt is to be stated, it is placed instead of the fiaċ, as atá sgilling agam ort, you owe me a shilling; I have a (claim of a) shilling on you.

§ 512.

§ 513 TRanslate into English

• Cuir an ṗiġinn Ud in do ṗóca.
• Ná fág an t-uḃall ar an urlár.
• Fuair tú uḃall uaim indé; atá piġinn agamort.
• Ní ḟuair mé aċt uḃall beag uait; ní ḟuil aċt leiṫṗiġinn agat orm.
• Fuair Briġid caora ó Euḋmonn, agus atá punt aige uirri.
• Ni ḟaca mé an t-uḃall ar an iomaire, aċt ḃí an feur ag fás air, agus ḃí an seur tuiġ.
• Fuair an t-aṫair gás, agus ḃí cuṁa agus brón mór ar an mac.
• Ḃí mé ag obair ó ṁaidin go h-oiḋċe, aċt ní ḟuair mé piġinn ruaḋ uait.

§ 514. translate into Irish

• This apple is sweet, that applie is bitter (searbh).
• There is a young tree growing on the ridge, the ridge is high, but the tree is not high yet.
• The father gave the apple to Edmund.
• The mother found the apple on the floor, and she gave the apple to the father.
• I do not owe you a penny today. I owed you a halfpenny yesterday.

note that
phonetic
symbols
are not
necessarily pronounced
as in English

See § 13-16